Daniel Brettig

Australia still with much to learn

Australia's display in Pallekele proved that the extra week spent in Sri Lanka had made little difference, and while they may have escaped with an 86-run lead on Wednesday, against better teams, the consequences are bound to be more severe

27-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

We've opened up Sri Lanka's scars - Hazlewood

Josh Hazlewood believes Australia have already opened up mental scars for Sri Lanka's unsteady batting line-up that may smooth a path for the tourists on less helpful pitches later in the series

26-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Four things Australia got right, and one they got wrong

Australia grabbed a vantage point on the opening day of the Pallekele Test through the performances of their bowlers, and the only blips on their day were the dismissals of their openers

26-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Test Championship mace presented in private

In a stark indication of the game's convoluted and context-less international schedule, Australia's captain Steven Smith was handed the mace by the ICC's chief executive David Richardson in a "closed event" in Kandy

25-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Kandy

Smith yearns to turn Asian tide

Australia captain Steven Smith has said that the side is keen to turn its Test form around in Asia

25-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Australia's happy hunting ground

Why do Australia, so often poor in Asia, never seem to lose in Sri Lanka? Here are four possible reasons

24-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Warner stresses patient approach

David Warner has emphasised the need to be patient in order to be successful in slow and low subcontinent conditions

24-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Pain-free Starc targets Angelo Mathews

Mitchell Starc has forecast a concerted Australian attack on Sri Lanka's captain Angelo Mathews in the three-Test series that begins in Pallekele on Tuesday

23-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Australia seek returns on Mitchell Marsh investment

Australia will be hoping that Mitchell Marsh grows from an emerging allrounder into a top-quality allrounder by the end of the Sri Lanka tour

22-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Kandy

Lehmann outlines Sri Lanka blueprint

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann highlighted a few areas as key battlegrounds, as the touring team moved out of their initial Colombo base to prepare for the first Test match in Kandy

21-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Banozic departs Cricket Australia

Kate Banozic has left her post as the Cricket Australia chief financial officer after more than 14 years, a departure that leaves the chief executive James Sutherland as by far the longest serving member of the governing body

19-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Australia willing to share India tour windfall

James Sutherland has said Cricket Australia is open to diverting part of its overseas television revenue from India tours ot Australia to a central rights package bundle to be shared among all member boards

04-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

When Don met Kerry

How a little-known meeting between the two most influential men in Australian cricket changed the game's landscape

01-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig

Manou signed up to develop youth

Former Test wicketkeeper Graham Manou has been recruited as Australia's national under 15-19 High Performance pathway manager

30-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

Cricket makes an effort to bind together

On display at the ICC's annual conference in Edinburgh will be efforts to preserve the health of the bilateral international game in rapidly changing times

28-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

When the Maxwell bomb fizzled

Plays of the day from the tri-series final between West Indies and Australia in Barbados

27-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

Cricket's Olympics question gains urgency

Opposition to cricket's entry into the Olympics may become increasingly problematic after the ICC was advised that the sport's preferred path to inclusion may be shelved by the IOC

26-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

Marsh, Wade lift Australia to title win

Having taken Australia into the triangular series final with the bat, Mitchell Marsh ensured a tournament-winning victory over the West Indies by delivering with the ball

26-Jun-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

The eliminator before the decider

ESPNcricinfo previews the tri-series encounter between West Indies and South Africa

23-Jun-2016•The Preview by Daniel Brettig

The tale of the tape

Plays of the day from the tri-series match between West Indies and Australia in Barbados

22-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

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