Daniel Brettig

'You have no idea what you're doing here'

Like other Australian spinners in India, Gavin Robertson finished his tour with a good idea of how to bowl there. Somehow the lessons keep getting lost

01-Mar-2013•Daniel Brettig

NSW bundle state and BBL coaching jobs

New South Wales will afford their next state coach control of a Big Bash League team, falling into line with the coaching structure favoured by the rest of the country

01-Mar-2013•Daniel Brettig

Harris' late show seals win for Bulls

Ryan Harris conjured a sizzling final over to snatch for Queensland a domestic limited overs final that Victoria seemed to have in their keeping

27-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

India take 1-0 lead with eight-wicket win

An Indian victory that seemed imminent minutes after tea on day four was eventually completed by Sachin Tendulkar, 40 minutes before lunch on day five

26-Feb-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Toilet humour at Kensington Oval

Ryan Harris had to be summoned from the toilet in order to help complete a dramatic victory for Australia over West Indies in Bridgetown

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

What's in a Suriname? George Bailey's visa

No cricketer can have gone to more extraordinary lengths to secure an India visa for the IPL than Chennai's George Bailey

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Tensions of a doting dad

As a Test opener, Geoff Marsh stood squarely in the sights of fast-bowling terrors such as Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Patrick Patterson, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Lessons from England's rise

Observing England's battering of India in the first two Tests from afar, Robert Craddock writes in Brisbane's Courier Mail about the methodical steps taken to reach the top, and how they contrast with the attitudes of other nations, particularly

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Wresting control from the Australian selectors

Australia's selectors have received plenty of criticism lately, and are one of the chief subjects of the Australian team performance review due to report to the Cricket australia board in August

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Katich: the contrarian argument

Amid all the noise about Simon Katich's removal from the Cricket Australia contracts list, the national selectors have found some support from seasoned voices

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

McGain in Kat's corner

Bryce McGain, the former Australian Test legspinner, uses a column in The Drum to explain why he thinks the removal of Simon Katich from the list of Cricket Australia contracts was "unfathomable".

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Lonely at the top for Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, the Australian captain, talks to Malcolm Conn in the Daily Telegraph about leadership, his pre-season training regimen, and the sins of the 2008 Sydney Test match against India.

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

The case for another Botham biography

Simon Wilde, cricket correspondent for the Sunday Times , explains why it was worthwhile to write a new biography of Ian Botham, hardly the most underwritten of cricketers.

25-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Spinners put India on verge of win

Showing enough good sense to put his more experienced team-mates to considerable shame, Moises Henriques granted Australia a stay of execution and a narrow lead after four days of the first Test in Chennai

25-Feb-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Dhoni's double builds large lead

In a startling display of power and poise that amounted to a six-hour celebration of MS Dhoni's inimitable technique, Australia were humbled on day three in Chennai, as India went ahead by 135

24-Feb-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Tendulkar, Kohli even up match

By the end of day two in Chennai, India reached a contented 182 for 3 with Virat Kohli offering typically wristy support to Sachin Tendulkar

23-Feb-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Clarke helps Australia edge spin test

R Ashwin troubled the top order, but Australia were rescued by their captain Michael Clarke and their debutant Moises Henriques, who shared a 151-run stand

22-Feb-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

BBL chief McKenna's dual roles under spotlight

Mike McKenna's contentious dual role as Cricket Australia's commercial chief and custodian of its disciplinary codes will be examined as part of CA's integrity review

22-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Wickets can put Ahmed on Ashes tour

Every wicket Fawad Ahmed takes for Victoria will enhance his chances of earning Australian citizenship in time for this year's Ashes tour of England

21-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

On the captain's back

Michael Clarke's successful management of degenerative back trouble has been a triumph of meticulousness. But it will only get harder from here

20-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

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