Daniel Brettig

Haddin flies home for personal reasons

Australia's Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is returning home from the Caribbean for personal reasons

15-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Watson content as Test No. 3

Shane Watson will happily return to Australia's Test team as a No. 3 batsman, having reasoned that he is no longer in a position to demand the opening spot he vacated due to injury in 2011

15-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Haddin shades Wade for Test gloves

Brad Haddin has the endorsement of the national selectors to keep wicket for Australia in the first Test against the West Indies in Barbados - but will have to perform immediately

14-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Forrest's rise continues, Beer returns

Peter Forrest's rise as an Australian batsman of the future has been maintained and Michael Beer's sturdy domestic summer rewarded with their selection for the West Indies Tests

14-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Lee unhappy with dual new balls in ODIs

Brett Lee has taken aim at the use of dual new balls in ODIs, claiming the change has stripped fast bowlers of reverse swing in the late overs of an innings

14-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

ODI return consumed Harris

Ryan Harris has admitted he was so consumed by keeping his place in the national ODI team that it resulted in his worst bowling in recent memory

13-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Shield final coverage resurrected

Tasmania's Sheffield Shield title defence against Queensland at the Gabba will now be shown on television after the pay television provider agreed to provide full coverage

13-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Arthur warns against complacency

Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has warned the tourists that a West Indies trip at the conclusion of a demanding and successful summer should not be regarded as an end-of-season holiday

12-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Sheffield Shield final cut from television schedule

Australian domestic cricket's honorary "Test match", the Sheffield Shield final, will not be broadcast on television for the first time since 2007

12-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Six lessons from the triangular series

The tri-series showed that the format can work, that Virat Kohli is India's future, and that Mahela Jayawardene is one of the game's best captains

09-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Fresh Watson leads weary team to West Indies

Australia's cricketers departed for the West Indies with two abiding sensations: weariness and optimism

09-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Over-rate fine only blip in Australia's victory

Australia's stand-in captain Shane Watson will be in danger of a suspension during the ODI series in the West Indies after he and his team were fined for a slow over-rate in their triangular series final victory at Adelaide Oval

08-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig at Adelaide Oval

McKay five-for delivers title

Unwavering spells from Clint McKay and the stand-in captain Shane Watson delivered the triangular series trophy to Australia in a fittingly tense third final

08-Mar-2012•The Report by Daniel Brettig at Adelaide Oval

Ponting's absence affecting Australia's energy

Australia's inconsistency in the CB series and their listlessness in the second final cannot be put down solely to Ponting's absence. But, as Mickey Arthur, says it is difficult to replicate Ponting's intensity

07-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Clarke hamstring injury serious

Michael Clarke's left hamstring injury is believed to be serious enough to rule him out of the entire limited overs portion of Australia's looming West Indies tour

06-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Michael Clarke says rushed return cost him

Michael Clarke has admitted that in rushing back to play after suffering an injury to his right hamstring, he opened himself up to the strained left hamstring that puts him in doubt for the third final

06-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig at the Adelaide Oval

Emphatic Sri Lanka level finals

Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan took full toll of a wayward Australia as Sri Lanka forced a third triangular series final in Adelaide

06-Mar-2012•The Report by Daniel Brettig at Adelaide Oval

David Hussey no longer just a net bowler

David Hussey is enjoying his best summer for Australia, not only as an inventive batsman but also as a back-up spinner

05-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Australia wait on Warner fitness

Pre-match training drills will determine whether or not David Warner has recovered enough from his groin strain

05-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Hosts brace for final Sri Lankan surge

Australia are a match away from sealing a dramatic and entertaining triangular series, but it is all too apparent that Michael Clarke's team is staggering towards the finish line

05-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

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