Daniel Brettig

Marsh hamstring injury hits Australia plans

Australia's plans for the Test series against South Africa have been upset by a hamstring injury to Shaun Marsh, making him an unlikely starter for the opening match at the WACA Ground in Perth

16-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

How three small words unravelled the Hughes inquest

A difficult week was made worse by how the players involved in the match in which Phillip Hughes was struck had their tactics and "nature of play" questioned

15-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Clarify bouncer laws, Hughes inquest told

Definitions of what constitutes "unfair bowling" should be clarified by cricket's lawmakers, the New South Wales coronial inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes has heard

14-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

New sledging claims appear at Hughes inquest

Sledging directed at Phillip Hughes and his batting partner Tom Cooper "in no way exacerbated the incident" in which Hughes was fatally injured, the inquest into the batsman's death has been told

12-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Sean Abbott recalls day Phillip Hughes was hit

Sean Abbott does not want to see the laws of cricket changed to eradicate the use of bouncers because "there will always be risks in the game", the inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes has heard

12-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Hughes short balls 'not excessive'

Phillip Hughes' batting partner Tom Cooper denied his team-mate was subjected to an "ungentlemanly" number of bouncers on the afternoon he was fatally injured in a Sheffield Shield match

11-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Hughes inquest examines tactics, sledging

Short-bowling tactics and allegations of sledging were placed under the microscope on day one of the New South Wales Coroner's inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes

10-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

The Wade-Shamsi confrontation

Plays of the day from the fourth ODI between South Africa and Australia in Port Elizabeth

09-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Abbott, du Plessis lead SA to 4-0 with another rout

Facing a side resting three first-choice bowlers in a dead rubber, Steven Smith's Australia were shot out for 167 as South Africa romped to a six-wicket win and a 4-0 lead in the series

09-Oct-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Miller ruled out as harried Australia chase respectability

Having been clouted to all parts of Centurion, the Wanderers and Durban, Australia's punch-drunk bowlers will be seeking some respite in Port Elizabeth

08-Oct-2016•The Preview by Daniel Brettig

Phillip Hughes inquest to consider health and safety in cricket

The New South Wales Coroners Court will hold a public inquest into the circumstances surrounding the blow that killed Phillip Hughes in a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG in November 2014

07-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Henriques 164*, Cummins four-for hand NSW slim win

Pat Cummins' pace came to the rescue for New South Wales as the Blues squeaked past the Cricket Australia XI in a high-scoring Matador Cup affair at Hurstville Oval

07-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Joe Burns guides Queensland to five-wicket win

Queensland comfortably secured their third win in as many matches in a rain-truncated affair against Western Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth

06-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

O'Keefe ruled out of Matador Cup

Steve O'Keefe's nightmarish start to the season has escalated further, with a broken finger ruling the New South Wales and Australia left-arm spinner out of the Matador Cup

06-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

NSW Women go fully professional

New South Wales cricketers will be the first Australian female domestic athletes to go fully professional, via a landmark deal that will push the wages of some players beyond six figures

06-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Australia have an identity problem

Playing the "Australian way", verbally and tactically, has yielded mixed results. And it does not help that the snarl of the Waugh-era team does not sit naturally on Steve Smith's men

06-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Maxwell puts aborted NSW move behind him

Glenn Maxwell insists he is comfortable with Victoria after admitting to a "stuff-up" in trying to move to New South Wales outside the window allowed for such moves

04-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Bailey, Haddin demand more from Australia batsmen

Senior batsman George Bailey has admitted Australia's batsmen have let their inexperienced bowling counterparts down so far in South Africa, a sentiment echoed by the former vice-captain Brad Haddin

04-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

A torrid pair of debuts for Australia's quicks

The Plays of the Day from the second ODI between South Africa and Australia at Johannesburg

02-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Du Plessis century underpins crushing South Africa win

South Africa's batsmen overwhelmed Australia for the second time in as many matches. The final margin of 142 runs was South Africa's second-biggest over Australia.

02-Oct-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

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