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Daniel Brettig

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Johnson preys on fresh victims

As England discovered in the Ashes, knowing what to expect from Mitchell Johnson is a different matter to countering it

13-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Marsh takes his last chance

Shaun Marsh has said working with Justin Langer and Simon Katich helped him develop his mental toughness

13-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Centurion

Marsh's rush job is one to remember

Shaun Marsh entered the first Test in Centurion with barely any time to think. As he constructed a century that may yet provide the foundations of a famous Australian victory, it was possible to conclude it had been good for him

12-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig at Centurion

Marsh, Doolan to tip out Hughes

Australia are set to go with hunches over hundreds against South Africa, anointing Alex Doolan for his Test debut at No. 3 while also shaping up to recall Shaun Marsh

11-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Centurion

A battle beyond the boardroom

In recent weeks, the importance of a cricket nation's international performance has run secondary to the capacity of its board to deal shrewdly, even secretly, to secure a greater share of the money flowing into the game

11-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

McDermott rates Johnson No. 1

Craig McDermott, Australia's pace-bowling coach, rated Mitchell Johnson as the No.1 fast bowler in the world

11-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Centurion

Shaun Marsh in serious contention

Shaun Marsh may be close to an extraordinary return to the Test side, after the vice-captain Brad Haddin indicated that Phil Hughes' greater practice time would not necessarily work in his favour

10-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Centurion

Tourists confront fortress Centurion

As Australia's touring party wrestled with the changes to be forced by Shane Watson's absence from the Test team, they also had cause to glance furtively at another obstacle looming in the distance

09-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Fit-again Marsh called up for Watson

Shaun Marsh, who had initially been ruled out by a calf injury, is fit again and back in the squad, in place of Shane Watson, who has withdrawn with a calf injury of his own

08-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Watson out of first Test

Shane Watson is out of the first Test between South Africa and Australia because of a persistent calf injury

08-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Lyon changes angle of attack

Nathan Lyon added one more weapon to his spin armory after gaining confidence from bowling over the wicket, an angle of attack he seldom employed during the recently-concluded Ashes

08-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

Doolan glitters but Hughes abides

If Alex Doolan is favoured to be Australia's No. 3 batsman against South Africa in the forthcoming Tests then at least Phillip Hughes is running him to a close finish

07-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

Watson carrying calf niggle

Shane Watson will again test the recuperative powers of Australia's medical and fitness staff after it was revealed that he had been carried a calf niggle through the first week of the tour of South Africa

07-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

Phillip Hughes plays the long game

Phillip Hughes has much work ahead to improve on his first series in South Africa but he now seems far less hurried about doing so, and less troubled by a desire to match up to his younger self

07-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

SLC questions legality of proposals

Sri Lanka's board president Jayantha Dharmadasa has followed up SLC's publicly stated objection to resolutions for vast changes to cricket's global revenue sharing and governance by openly questioning the legality of the proposal and the manner of its cre

06-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

'We've got to be really proactive' - Lehmann

As was the case in England last year, Australia will have to overcome the hiccups of their early days on tour. In Darren Lehmann, however, they have a mentor capable of invention

06-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Peterson in Australia's sights

With Australia having given the opposition spinners a torturous time in recent months, Robin Peterson will have his work cut out for him in the upcoming series

05-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Clarke's brutish Pretoria welcome

Robbed of precious practice time in Potchefstroom, the Australia captain had a hair-raising net against the team's fast bowlers on damp pitch

04-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Moody takes CPL role, open to England

Tom Moody, the former Australia international and Sri Lanka coach, will venture into administration by taking up a role as director of cricket for the Caribbean Twenty20 Premier League

03-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

Gillespie rules out England job

Jason Gillespie, the former Australia fast bowler and popular coach of Yorkshire, has ruled himself out of the running for an England coaching job

01-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

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