Daniel Brettig

Australia bite tongues over Broad decision

Australia are privately fuming but biting hard on their tongues and declining to express any public anger over the reprieve of Stuart Broad

12-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig and George Dobell at Trent Bridge

Agar joins Waugh in Ashes pantheon

Two days into back-to-back series and the cricket has already been more interesting and entertaining than anything David Warner does after midnight

11-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Hughes comes of age

In his new brief at No. 6, Phillip Hughes showed an improved technique and greater awareness of his team's needs to register a first Ashes fifty

11-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Siddle flicks switch to light way

His first spell mirrored an inauspicious start to the tour but Peter Siddle roared back and provided a template for the bowlers to follow

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Selectors beguiled by a natural

Ashton Agar has talked about looking up to Daniel Vettori and Australia are now hoping he can have a similar impact

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Warner sent to South Africa

David Warner has paid a further price for his wayward behaviour earlier on the tour of England by being pulled out of the Ashes tour

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Teenage Ashton Agar handed shock debut

Australia have spun a major selection surprise by including the 19-year-old Ashton Agar, a Western Australian left-arm spinner, in their XI for the first Ashes Test

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Two Ashes series or one?

Trent Bridge marks the start of an epic Ashes run of ten Tests and it is the result of the second series, which finishes in Sydney, which may give a more accurate assessment of where Australia are

09-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Clarke retreats from Ashes legacy

Australia's captain Michael Clarke is in retreat. If not in retreat from England, then certainly from history

09-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Old Boof, new tricks

Darren Lehmann's ascent to the Australian coaching job was seen as a win for the old school. But his rise has also been a triumph of invention, reconciliation and, believe it or not, sports science

09-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig

Will Siddle be all right on the night?

Question: who is the ICC's top-ranked bowler among those about to contest this Ashes series? Answer: Peter Siddle

08-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

'I've learned I have to think faster'

As observed by Michael Hussey, Nathan Lyon is the beating heart of the Australian team. Fortified by the lessons of India, he is poised to play a pivotal role during a dry English summer.

07-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Clarke's back eased into Trent Bridge

Flanked by Australia's physio Alex Kountouris and their doctor Peter Brukner, Michael Clarke walked laps of Trent Bridge while the rest of his team went rather less gingerly through their paces

07-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Rogers to use English expertise on ball

Chris Rogers' primary task for Australia during the Trent Bridge Test will be to remove the shine from the new ball his side is batting. His secondary task will be to do precisely the opposite when the tourists are in the field

07-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Bridging Watson's concentration gap

Shane Watson's opening partner, Chris Rogers, believes he can help close the concentration gap that has kept the allrounder from turning good into great.

07-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Australia's problems by the hundred

Australian batting has been plagued by a century drought, and Darren Lehmann wants his batsmen to score at least a hundred in each Test

06-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Clarke encourages Warner return

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has given a decidedly strong indication he wants David Warner in his first Test team, despite the left-hander's lack of match preparation

05-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at New Road

Lehmann provides relief amid toil

Wickets were elusive for the tourists as an obstinate Worcestershire dug in for the draw on the final day of the tour match at New Road

05-Jul-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig at New Road

Clarke's pressure valve released

Michael Clarke's century in Worcester was an indication of a clear mind.

04-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at New Road

Clarke makes timely intervention

Enterprising innings by Phillip Hughes and Michael Clarke ensured a vast lead for the Australians over Worcestershire at New Road

04-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at New Road

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