Daniel Brettig

BBL or the bush

If traditionalists are alarmed at Cricket Australia's new thrust on Twenty20, they'll need to get used to it. Swayed by public research findings, the board has decided to go all out to pursue new audiences

24-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

States 'created' BBL cash splurge

Paul Marsh, the Australian players union chief executive, has defended the weighting of state and Big Bash League contracts for next summer.

22-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Warriors aim to be clever with Cameron

Western Australia have launched an off-season raid on the eastern states, having added Nathan Rimmington, Travis Birt and Mark Cameron to their squad for 2011-12

22-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Australian contract priorities wrong - Arthur

Mickey Arthur says Australia has its priorities "the wrong way round" by squeezing state contracts to fund the Big Bash League.

21-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Player selector relations can improve - Chappell

Australia's selectors agree that communications between the national panel and the players it chooses, for national contracts and teams, are not what they should be.

17-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Big Bash League window too narrow for some

Stuart Clark, the Sydney Sixers general manager, has said it will be difficult for some Test players to take part in the expanded Twenty20 Big Bash League

16-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Australian players' Big Bash League headache

Australian cricket's playing and marketing imperatives are colliding over the matter of Test players taking part in the early rounds of the expanded Big Bash League.

15-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

'There's been an artificial push towards youth in Australia'

Australian cricket is undergoing a major review of its structure, and Paul Marsh, the players' association chief, talks about its outcomes, the academy's identity crisis, his hopes for the new Big Bash League, and more

14-Jun-2011•Interview by Daniel Brettig

Major overhaul for Futures League

One of the chief contributors to Australian cricket's sharply declining fortunes over the past few summers, the Futures League, will be drastically overhauled.

11-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Action against Katich unlikely - Sutherland

James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, doubts any action will be taken against Simon Katich.

10-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig and Brydon Coverdale

Sound and fury signifying much

International opponents have known for years how feisty Simon Katich can be as an adversary, and now Cricket Australia has been similarly enlightened

10-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Katich shakes Australian cricket

Simon Katich has announced that he will play on for New South Wales after being axed from Cricket Australia's contract list on Tuesday, a decision he slammed as "ridiculous"

10-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Australian cricket can't afford to lose Katich - Marsh

Australian cricket cannot afford to lose Simon Katich from Sheffield Shield ranks already thin on experience, the players union chief Paul Marsh has said.

08-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Hilditch regards job like he did the batting crease

Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch is hanging onto his job as stubbornly as he once did the batting crease.

07-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Worst day for Hussey's best man

Cruel arithmetic dictated that only one of Simon Katich and Mike Hussey would be handed a Cricket Australia contract.

07-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Katich cut from contract list

Simon Katich's Test career is effectively at an end after he was denied a Cricket Australia contract.

07-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Australia considers match-fixing laws

Match-fixing in any sport in Australia would be made an offence under proposed government legislation.

06-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Gillespie returns to the fold

Jason Gillespie has revealed the depths of his frustration at being placed in cricket purgatory after his dalliance with the ICL.

03-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Lyon's green thumbs become green sprigs

Nathan Lyon's emergence from the Adelaide Oval groundstaff to join the ranks of young Australian spin bowlers is a tale drawn from another age

03-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

Harris on alert for Sri Lanka

Ryan Harris has been alerted by the national selectors to be ready to return to the Australian Test attack against Sri Lanka in August.

02-Jun-2011•Daniel Brettig

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