Daniel Brettig

Watson accepts all-round role

Shane Watson has conceded he does not merit a place in Australia's Test side on his batting alone and is committed to pursuing a more targeted pre-season this winter in a bid to be fitter for the all-round role the captain Michael Clarke and coach Darren

26-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Cape Town

Rogers survives once more

Chris Rogers has said that despite his place in the team being under threat, he played a bit better when under pressure

25-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Watson to replace Doolan or Marsh

One of Alex Doolan or Shaun Marsh will make way for Shane Watson provided the Australia allrounder proves his fitness

24-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Clarke's form under microscope

Australia's captain Michael Clarke faced the first pointed questions about his own batting form in the wake of his team's rapid surrender to South Africa in the second Test at St George's Park

23-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Australia left with uncomfortable answers

Australia walk away from the Port Elizabeth Test with proof of their vulnerability on surfaces that are less lively than the tracks at home, a theme common to their defeats in India and England

23-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Haddin and Smith run out of miracles

At some point, Australia's uncertain top order was going to cause trouble they could not recover from. Without two days of defiance, or perhaps help from the weather, Port Elizabeth will be that occasion

22-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Top order tests Lehmann's patience

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann narrowed his focus on the touring side's top order after a poor start to another first innings allowed South Africa to roar back into a series that had looked beyond their grasp after a hiding in the first Test

21-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Australia doze at wrong moment

The Test was moving at a slow pace on a sluggish pitch while South Africa batted and they may have lulled Australia into a distracted mindset which proved costly late in the day

21-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Lillee may walk away from CA

Dennis Lillee may walk away from his fruitful work with Mitchell Johnson and other Australian pacemen due to a dispute over money with Cricket Australia

21-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Patience pays off for Australia

On a slow St. George's Park surface providing them little of the assistance they enjoyed at Centurion, Australia's four-man attack exerted constant pressure on South Africa's batsmen

20-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Revisiting the ghosts of 1997

In 1997 Australia secured a remarkable come-from-behind victory in Port Elizabeth which helped define a generation. The lead in to the Test this year has some striking similarities

19-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Watson must bowl - Clarke

Australia captain Michael Clarke has cast further doubt over Shane Watson's place in the team, confirming that the allrounder will not be considered until he is fit again to bowl

19-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

Philander hits Australian wall

Vernon Philander began the series ranked as the world's No. 1 paceman but is increasingly struggling to live up to the expectations of his lofty perch against Australia

18-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Doolan regrets missing ton on debut

In spite of a near-perfect debut, where he scored 89 to help Australia beat South Africa, Alex Doolan's chief emotion after the Centurion Test was regret at having missed a hundred on debut

17-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Johnson the avenging angel

Michael Holding believes Mitchell Johnson's reign of pace bowling terror is providing an overdue reckoning for batsmen grown impure of technique and slow of reaction by years of bullying bowlers of nothing like the same speed

16-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Watson unlikely for Port Elizabeth

Shane Watson will not return to Australia's Test XI in South Africa until he can bowl, effectively ruling him out of the second Test in Port Elizabeth

16-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Red-hot Johnson wants to get even better

Michael Holding and Michael Clarke were among those who lauded Mitchell Johnson after his destruction of South Africa

15-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig at Centurion Park

Australia exceed the hype

Beating South Africa at their stronghold, Centurion Park, is among the toughest challenges in modern cricket. Australia obliterated them

15-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig at Centurion Park

Doolan ice extinguishes South Africa fire

Against a revved-up Dale Steyn, on a lively pitch, after the loss of an early wicket, Alex Doolan turned a nervous period into seemingly inevitable domination and vindicated his selection

14-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Centurion

Johnson's intimidatory delight

Mitchell Johnson stopped short of invoking David Warner's infamous "scared eyes" line about England at the Gabba, but he could not disguise a sense of delight at wreaking havoc in South Africa once more

13-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig at Centurion

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