Daniel Brettig

Harris in serious doubt for third Test

Ryan Harris, the Australia fast bowler, is in considerable doubt for the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo after scans revealed a minor hamstring strain sustained on the final day of the second Test in Pallekele

14-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Opening my primary job - Watson

Shane Watson has reiterated his desire to stay at the top of the order for Australia but said that if he has to bowl more overs for the team he may need to be played in a different role

13-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Australia seek reward for effort

Australia's meticulous planning and organised performance against a Sri Lankan team that has floundered rather more than it has flourished will count for very little should the hosts gather themselves and win the final Test in Colombo

13-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Harris and Marsh pose questions for Clarke

Michael Clarke must weigh up the fitness of his spearhead Ryan Harris and the century at No. 3 by Shaun Marsh as he travels to Colombo for the third Test

12-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Mendis out of third Test

Ajantha Mendis will play no part in the Test series against Australia, having been ruled out of the final match in Colombo because of a back complaint

12-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Harris as valuable as he is fragile

Australia's success thus far in Sri Lanka could not have taken place without Ryan Harris and his combination of speed, swing and seam

12-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Haddin calls for DRS consistency

Brad Haddin, Australia's wicketkeeper, has said the use of technology to review decisions should be made uniform across international cricket or thrown out altogether

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Sangakkara calls for extended runs for players

Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka batsman, has called for stability in the team after they gave themselves a chance of staving off a Test match and series defeat by Australia in Pallekele

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Another missing frame and Hussey strikes again

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Pallekele

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Sri Lanka's batting finally comes good

While their bowling attack has been weakened by retirements, there are no excuses for Sri Lanka's batting failures in this series, and the batsmen took what was, perhaps, their last chance to assert themselves

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

No excuses from Ratnayake

Rumesh Ratnayake, Sri Lanka's interim coach, has denied the team's dire form thus far against Australia is the result of internal discord

10-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Marsh took playing Test cricket for granted

As Shaun Marsh basked in the glow of a century for Australia on Test debut, he admitted that as a precocious teenager he had taken for granted the amount of application required of a Test cricketer

10-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Marsh performs, who will perish?

Shaun Marsh's debut century has opened up one of Australian cricket's most significant selection debates and has put pressure on numerous incumbents, including Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke

10-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Geoff Marsh in talks about Sri Lanka coaching role

Geoff Marsh, the former Australia batsman and coach, has confirmed discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket about the possibility of becoming national coach

10-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig

Unlucky number won't bother Marsh - Hussey

Michael Hussey says Shaun Marsh has the composure to deal with being 87 not out overnight and praised the debutant's concentration

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Sangakkara's role-switch, Watson's Dilshan-moment

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Pallekele

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Newcastle revisited

Shaun Marsh's maiden first-class ton came in the company of Michael Hussey eight years ago in Newcastle, and, so far, he's looked good to repeat the feat in Test cricket in Pallekele

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Players won't budge on their 26% revenue share

Australia's cricketers will refuse to budge from their fixed 26% share of total Cricket Australia revenue when the game's administrators seek to carry out the player payment recommendations of the Argus review

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig

'The key to umpiring is people skills'

The world's top-rated umpire talks about the challenges of officiating at the highest level

09-Sep-2011•Interview by Daniel Brettig

Clarke's a thinking captain, says Hussey

Michael Hussey couldn't believe that Michael Clarke was giving him a bowl, but, according to him, there was method to his captain's madness

08-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

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