Peter English

Hughes confident he won't short out

Phillip Hughes is sick of defending his play against the short ball, but unless he can prove to England's fast men that he can cope over the next week, the questions will keep coming on and off the field

14-Dec-2010•Peter English in Perth

No major shoulder damage for Ryan Harris

Australia's struggling outfit has received some much needed good news after Ryan Harris was cleared of a serious shoulder injury

09-Dec-2010•Peter English

Australian selectors face tough calls

Replacing Simon Katich for the third Test is the easy part for Australia. Deciding what to do with the rest of the side in Perth is the difficult bit

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

It's all slipping away from Ponting

Ricky Ponting isn't sure whether the situation he'll face over the next three Tests is the biggest challenge of his career. He must quickly realise it is because he is fighting for runs, his team and his captaincy

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

Injured Katich ruled out of series

Simon Katich doesn't think he has played his last Test despite a painful Achilles tear ruling him out of the rest of the Ashes series

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

Katich waits on injury

Simon Katich will have to wait until Tuesday morning to discover whether he has any chance of playing in the third Ashes Test after suffering a painful Achilles injury

06-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Clarke apologises and feels 'distraught'

Michael Clarke has said sorry for not walking during a dramatic last-over dismissal that swung the second Test further towards England

06-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Clarke reasserts his credentials

Australia's vice-captain made a tough start to the Ashes series, but dug deep when his team really needed it only to fall with the job half done

06-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Australia feeling hurt - Watson

Over the past week Australia have been asking the same question as everyone else. Why aren't they taking wickets?

05-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Anything but the cricket

As England piled on the runs with a Kevin Pietersen double hundred, the local supporters were grateful for other attractions at the Adelaide Oval

05-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

'We're not at our perky best' - Haddin

If you say something often enough you start to believe it. At least that's what Australia's resident hypnotist Brad Haddin is hoping

04-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

New faces but same problems for Australia

The hosts shuffled their quick-bowling pack before the second Test but so far it has made little difference and Ricky Ponting has nowhere left to turn

04-Dec-2010•Peter English

Rushed Hussey remains upbeat

Michael Hussey is a man of lists and routine but he was forced into an uncomfortable rush as Australia started the second Test by losing three wickets in 13 balls

03-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Australia's trouble at the top

Captain and vice-captain made a combined total of two runs for the home side and with the leaders removed Australia stumbled badly

03-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide

Pietersen escapes punishment over Twitter tirade

Kevin Pietersen will not be disciplined for his latest Twitter outburst but his captain Andrew Strauss has warned him to be responsible with his comments in the future

02-Dec-2010•Peter English in Adelaide

'I need to get my head straight' - Johnson

Mitchell Johnson will aim to straighten out the kinks in both his head and action after being dropped from the Test team for the first time - but he will do it without leaving the squad

02-Dec-2010•Peter English in Adelaide

Magical memories, but now Australia under scrutiny

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval

01-Dec-2010•Peter English

Ponting unimpressed with technology

Ricky Ponting called the technology used to rule on disputed low catches "a blight on the game" after his take of Alastair Cook was turned down

29-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

Bollinger and Harris added to Test squad

Ricky Ponting says none of Australia's bowlers from Brisbane are safe after Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris were added to a 13-man squad for Friday's second Test in Adelaide

29-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

Cheer up Australia, there's always the North star

With no consideration of reality, Marcus North has already been tipped as a future captain this summer, and this fantasy paints him as Australia's bowling saviour

29-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

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