Daniel Brettig

Hostile Harris gets reward

Ryan Harris scooped 3 for 24 on day three as Australia closed in on a deserved victory, and rightly viewed his success as the reward for consistently hostile and accurate bursts

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia's heart-starter

This Australian side is an enormous distance from being a great team, or even a very good one, but it has shown willingness to work hard and scrap heartily for success

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Problems with the pitch-mat?

Plays of the Day from the third day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Australia

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Umpires ask ICC to look in to Hughes' dismissal

Simon Taufel has referred Phil Hughes' lbw dismissal in the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia to the ICC as a serious question mark against the accuracy of Hawk-Eye, the ball tracking technology

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Dream debuts and unpaid bills

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Copeland, Lyon share debut as friends

Australia's two debutants, Nathan Lyon and Trent Copeland, are old friends and enjoyed each other's success on debut

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Nathan Lyon's debut in the sun

Offspinner Nathan Lyon, a groundsman by trade, took 5 for 34 on debut to skittle Sri Lanka for 105 in Galle

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

'Driest first-day pitch I've played on' - Hussey

Michael Hussey believes Australia's 273 places them in a stronger position than would appear, on what he declared the "driest" first day pitch he had encountered

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia struggle despite Mendis' absence

Given Australia's struggles against Sri Lanka's mystery spinner in the limited-overs games, it was surprising he was not picked for the Test

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Debuts, delays and deluxe views

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Debuts for Copeland and Lyon; Khawaja to play

Seamer Trent Copeland and offspinner Nathan Lyon will make their Test debuts for Australia in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Can video unravel the mystery spinner?

Australia's batsmen have gorged themselves on video footage of Sri Lanka's attack in the lead-up to the first Test in Galle in a bid to help them combat the hosts' bowlers better

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Spinners' experience advantage for hosts - Dilshan

Sri Lanka's captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes the experience of his slow bowlers will provide a useful advantage over Australia's rookie spinners in the first Test in Galle

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

'Australia need to live and die by the sword'

Darren Lehmann, one of the lynchpins of Australia's batting on their extraordinary 2004 tour to Sri Lanka, looks back at that series

30-Aug-2011•Interview by Daniel Brettig

Ricky the waterboy

Ricky Ponting is happy to be playing whatever part he can within the new set-up in the Australian team. Even if it means running out with the drinks

29-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Ponting wanted to be a selector

Ricky Ponting believes the elevation of Australia's captain to a formal place at the selection table will eradicate communication problems between the players and the selectors

29-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Khawaja v Marsh poses selection headache

The two-hour bus trip from Colombo to Galle may not be long enough to accommodate all that Michael Clarke must ponder - particularly the Khawaja v Marsh selection tussle, and his own batting form

28-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Slow and steady Copeland winning the pace race

Michael Clarke believes Trent Copeland's lack of pace can aid the tourists in against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle from Wednesday

28-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Beer builds his spin vocabulary

Quietly and unobtrusively Michael Beer has bolstered his knowledge of spin bowling on the subcontinent across his first three days of cricket in Sri Lanka

27-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

Thirimanne gets century in draw

Lahiru Thirimanne pushed for a berth in Sri Lanka's squad for the first Test with an unbeaten 100 for the Board XI against the Australians on the final day of the tour match at the P Sara Oval

27-Aug-2011•The Report by Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

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