Daniel Brettig

Sutherland defends Australian Test team's preparation

James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive said that Steven Smith's team could not blame their preparation for the poor results achieved so far this summer

13-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Lehmann admits pressure after Australia collapse for 85

Australia coach Darren Lehmann accepted that his side's propensity for batting collapses had reached crisis proportions, and said they must improve

12-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Batting nightmare through a brother's eyes

Lachlan Ferguson flew all the way from London to Hobart to watch his brother make his Test debut. What he saw caused him to rush to the exit in exasperation

12-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Pitfalls of Australia's natural batting game

The increasingly homogenised method of Australian batting across all formats is a growing concern. How many of Australia's current batsmen are truly good enough to make such an approach work?

11-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Selectors look to skies for Marsh verdict

Australia will wait until the morning of the Test in Hobart before deciding who to choose between Mitchell Marsh and Callum Ferguson

11-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Players chase share of new revenue streams

Players will be chasing a slice of Cricket Australia's digital revenue, arguing the content could not exist without them, when negotiations for a new payment memorandum of understanding (MOU) formally begin in Melbourne on Friday

10-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Starc to play in Hobart despite injury risk

Mitchell Starc may be at high injury risk in the Hobart Test but Australia are expected to play him anyway, with their hopes in the series on the line

10-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Marsh LBW correctly tracked - EagleEye

The custodians of EagleEye have stood by the projection that led to Mitchell Marsh being dismissed in Perth, despite a chorus of criticism from former players and captains

09-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Burns recall follows batting breakthrough

Joe Burns was able to put a poor Test series in Sri Lanka behind him with a century against the pink ball in the Sheffield Shield, which should hold him in good stead as he returns for the second Test against South Africa

09-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Siddle out of Hobart Test, Mennie in line for debut

Peter Siddle has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa due to a back injury, which almost certainly means a Test debut for Joe Mennie in Hobart

08-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Smith refuses to blame scheduling for loss

In the wake of Australia's defeat to South Africa at the WACA, Steven Smith focused on the side's need to build bigger first-innings totals

07-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Australia call up Burns and Ferguson; injured Shaun Marsh out

Batsmen Joe Burns and Callum Ferguson have been included in Australia's Test squad for the second Test against South Africa, which begins in Hobart on November 12

07-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

Australia must face facts, consequences

This was Australia's fourth consecutive Test defeat. History tells us that Australia's cricket system can only take so much strain before it breaks.

07-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

Australia's dangerous signs of complacency

The Australian Test team seems to be well settled, at least at the top. That might not necessarily be a good thing, given the team's recent run

06-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

No changes for Hobart Test - Lehmann

Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill and Adam Voges have been an extended tenure as Australia have opted for the same squad for the second Test, which starts from November 12

06-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Perth

A memo to Australia's batsmen

Australia's batsmen had the chance to take control of the Test on day two. They didn't. On day three, Dean Elgar and JP Duminy showed them how it was done

05-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

Smith hopeful of fourth-innings heist

Australia's captain Steven Smith has not given up hope of a redemptive fourth-innings chase against South Africa at the WACA, particularly as South Africa have been shorn of Dale Steyn's speed by a shoulder injury

05-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Perth

Pattern of collapses 'hard to take' - Warner

The Australia batsman admitted that the trend of the side's middle-order collapses after a good start goes back to the 2015 Ashes tour

04-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Perth

Australia's batting malady comes home to roost

The problems that plagued Australia in Sri Lanka, particularly the lack of depth in the middle order, left them debilitated once again in Perth

04-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Perth

Bouncer definition could be redefined

Cricket Australia's CEO James Sutherland has said that definitions of bouncers and short-pitched bowling may need to be redefined in the aftermath of the inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes

04-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

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