Daniel Brettig

Steven Smith could miss World Cup as part of staggered return

David Warner is set to be part of the World Cup squad but Smith's elbow injury may persuade the selectors to hold him back for the Ashes

05-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Chief selector Trevor Hohns wants to stay on post-Chappell

Australia's selectors have been under pressure this season but it's understood Hohns wants to continued until at least 2020

05-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Through clouds of overthought and failure, a better Australian team emerges

Equally important as the series sweep over Sri Lanka is that the Australians have earned back some of the respect they had lost

04-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Tim Paine targets Ashes glory after Sri Lanka sweep

The possible returns of Steven Smith and David Warner have also raised the Australia captain's hopes

04-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Starc clears his head and goes whang

In the midst of a summer in which his ability and place in the Australian side has been questioned, Starc has fallen back to a simple approach

03-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Khawaja reveals strain of brother's arrest after century

In a summer where he's had to battle injury and some very good bowling, the off-field issues really took a toll on Australia's No. 3

03-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Princely Kurtis Patterson adds steel to his elegance

In the years since his maiden first-class ton, he has always looked bound for Test cricket. But he first needed to learn to get the best out of himself

02-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Selector Greg Chappell set to retire from CA

In the midst of extensive debate about the selection panel's role, Chappell has informed colleagues of his intention to depart CA, ending an association of more than 30 years

02-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

CA consider extended family time for England trip

The board are conscious of the amount of time some players will spend away from home in the World Cup and Ashes

02-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Will Pucovski opts out of Australia squad for mental health reasons

The 20-year old batsman is expected to return to cricket for Victoria when the Shield resumes after the end of the Big Bash League in the second half of February

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Travis Head's maiden Test century a tearful tribute to Phillip Hughes

For Joe Burns, too, it was an emotional occasion as his fourth Test century came after a roller-coaster couple of seasons

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Australia's last resort Joe Burns makes their first hundred of the summer

Joe Burns' many omissions over the past two years began looking curiouser and curiouser as he strode to his fourth hundred in 16 Tests

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig at the Manuka Oval

Canberra's Test dream started with Fingleton scoreboard

Archival material has revealed the dream of Michael Hodgman, the minister for the ACT from 1980 to 1983, to 'see the Ashes played right here in the national capital'

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig at the Manuka Oval

Tim Paine seeks keys to consistency in wake of rare victory

Stung by memories of a flat performance in Melbourne after levelling the series against India, Australia's captain has told his team to be at their most vigilant against Sri Lanka

31-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

A Test debut beyond Jack Fingleton's dreams

The name of the former Australia batsman - "an important political figure for cricket" - adorns the manual scoreboard at Manuka Oval

30-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig

Mitchell Starc strives to place Ashes seed in Justin Langer's mind

At the end of a Test season in which he has significantly underwhelmed, Starc will be striving to place vivid memories in the mind of the coach in order to seal an Ashes spot

30-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig

BBL clubs want overseas players outside salary cap

The concept of paying overseas stars from outside the existing AUD 1.77 million salary cap for each club has broad support from the eight teams

29-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig

Fifty-over contest likely to split Sheffield Shield and BBL next Australian summer

The BBL season could start as late as around Boxing Day following complaints about the current structure

28-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig

Warrior Mooney ensures Heat become champions

The wicketkeeper batsman made a sensational half-century while battling heat-induced exhaustion to end the Sixers' quest for a hat-trick of titles

26-Jan-2019•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Labuschagne, Head hit 80s as Australia stamp their authority

Pat Cummins strikes with the final ball of the day to leave Sri Lanka with a lot of work to do to save the game

25-Jan-2019•The Report by Daniel Brettig

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