Daniel Brettig

Injured Harris effectively out of first Test

Ryan Harris has been effectively ruled out of contention for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff when he was unable to be passed fit for the tourists' final warm-up against Essex

01-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Haddin puzzled by hype around new England

Having won the World Cup a few months ago, Brad Haddin has viewed the ensuing hype after England's 3-2 ODI series win over New Zealand with bemusement

01-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Starc unimpressed by pink ball

Even though it was the latest in countless versions of the pink balls trialled by Cricket Australia's official supplier Kookaburra, Mitchell Starc said it was nothing like using the traditional red ball

30-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

First day-night Test for Adelaide Oval

New Zealand Cricket has agreed to play a day-night Test match against Australia as part of a deal that will resume regular cricket between the two countries after a gap of four years

29-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Watson, Marsh duel 'tight' - Lehmann

Shane Watson and Mitchell Marsh will face-off once again for the allrounder's berth in Australia's final warm-up ahead of the first Investec Test against England in Cardiff

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future

Victory soon after tea, runs and wickets for pretty much everyone and an ahead-of-schedule bus departure for Essex made this a more or less perfect warm-up fixture for the Australians

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Harris fights to regain his place

Ryan Harris rates Australia's pace battery well ahead of the equivalent set of fast men who came to England in 2013. The fact he may well be missing from the XI for the first Test in Cardiff is a fair indicator of why

27-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Mitchell Marsh edges ahead in Test battle after ton

Mitchell Marsh has done everything within his power to press for a spot in Australia's first Test XI, leaving Shane Watson to prove his fitness as a bowler next week or risk being dropped from the side

27-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Confident Smith limbers up for Ashes

No matter what the bowlers do, right now the only man in the world who can get Steven Smith out is, well, Steven Smith

26-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Johnson fires up but Watson, Marsh miss out

Where Mitchell Johnson signalled his intent to again dent England neither Shane Watson nor Mitchell Marsh were able to push ahead as the allrounder most likely to take a pivotal place in Australia's first Test X

26-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Shaun Marsh makes his pitch for Test retention

Shaun Marsh began his Ashes tour with a century against Kent to stake a claim for retaining his spot in the Test side but there were also runs for Chris Rogers

25-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Rogers, Watson try to secure spots

Lost somewhat in the hubbub about Chris Rogers' failed tour group venture was a most intriguing Australian team selection for the Kent tour match in the medieval city of Canterbury.

24-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Rogers admits to 'naivety' - but not deception

Australia's batsman Chris Rogers admitted his plan to offer hospitality around his batch of Lord's tickets was 'naive,' but he claimed it stopped well short of deception

24-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Confident Lyon eyes English left-handers

Nathan Lyon is excited at the opportunity to bowl against an England team loaded with as many as seven left-handers on pitches he expects will be batting-friendly with a bit of spin

23-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Shaun Marsh retraces childhood footsteps

Not certain to play in the top six once room is found for both Chris Rogers and Adam Voges. But he is here, and that in itself is an achievement.

22-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Australians return to their heartbreak hotel

Kensington's Royal Garden Hotel has been greeting Australian teams as their London base camp for 17 years but if these walls could talk, they would not have much happy to say for their Australian clientele.

21-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Clarke denies ordering Warner to sledge

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has emphatically denied ever instructing David Warner to sledge opponents, and stated that the coach Darren Lehmann has never done so either

21-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Rebel league could affect Test cricket - Warner

David Warner has spoken for the first time about the prospect of a "rebel" cricket league bankrolled by the Essel Group tycoon Subhash Chandra

19-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

Less growing, more pains for West Indies

Dropping Shivnarine Chanderpaul before the series provided opportunities for younger players, but the West Indies' lack of batting depth was ruthlessly exposed in his absence

15-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

No Harris, no problem for Australia attack

With no weak links in the four-man bowling unit that took on the West Indies, the availability of Ryan Harris for the Ashes will give the Australian selectors much to ponder

15-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig

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