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Hussey and Haddin put Australia in command

Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin wrote themselves a place in the history books with a monumental 307-run partnership as Australia took a firm grip on the opening Test at Brisbane

27-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Second new ball will be 'really challenging' - Hussey

Michael Hussey believes his interrupted rescue act with Brad Haddin needs to double if they are to earn a dominant position in the opening Ashes Test

26-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

Flower has cancerous growth removed

England's coach, Andy Flower, was forced to miss the second day of the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba after undergoing an operation to remove a cancerous growth, or melanoma, in his right cheek

26-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller in Brisbane

Ponting booed, Clarke bounced

26-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller and Peter English in Brisbane

Resurgent Hussey gives Australia the edge

The Ashes contest lived up its billing of being too close to call on a fluctuating day at the Gabba

26-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Opening salvo sets the tone on dramatic first day

The hype, as Ricky Ponting remarked, gets bigger every year, but the action somehow keeps living up to its billing

25-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller at the Gabba

Bell promises England fightback

Ian Bell insists there is no need for England to panic after they were run over by Peter Siddle's career-best haul on the first day at the Gabba

25-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

'It's an amazing feeling' - Siddle

Australia spent the morning waiting for a hero and by late afternoon they had one as Peter Siddle celebrated his 26th birthday with a hat-trick and career-best figures

25-Nov-2010•Peter English at the Gabba

From a captain to a debutant, nerves all round

ESPNcricinfo's plays of the day from the first day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba

25-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller and Peter English at the Gabba

Siddle hat-trick gives Australia control

Ashes history is littered with some extraordinary opening days and Brisbane produced another as Peter Siddle gave himself a birthday to remember by claiming a hat-trick

24-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Doherty ready for high-stakes debut

Xavier Doherty's level head will be tested over the next week as Australia's latest spin bowling answer makes his debut

24-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

England's best chance, but Australia seek redemption

Ricky Ponting is about to embark on his eighth Ashes campaign, and in that time he's seen the Anglo-Australian rivalry regenerate from its mid-nineties nadir to become arguably a bigger box-office event than at any time in its 133-year history

24-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller in Brisbane

Ponting still won't put away the pull

Ricky Ponting isn't giving up the pull and hook shots but he's going to think more carefully about when to play them. That attitude threatens to cause Ponting even more problems than his faltering cross-bat swipes have over the past year

24-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

Head-to-head: Strauss v Johnson a key contest

Cricinfo runs the rule over some of the major head-to-head contests among the Australia and England players

24-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller in Brisbane

Injury lay-off costs Bollinger his place

A lack of game time has cost Doug Bollinger his spot for the first Ashes Test despite him being Australia's most potent bowler of the past 12 months

24-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

Roles reversed as Ashes battle arrives

Cricinfo's preview of the first Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Gabba

24-Nov-2010•The Preview by Peter English in Brisbane

Gabba challenge excites Cook

Though Australia have not lost a Test at the Gabba in 22 years, Alastair Cook believes that England are in with a good chance to create history

23-Nov-2010•Andrew Miller

Mitchell Johnson focuses on speed

Mitchell Johnson is currently so obsessed by the Ashes that when he is bowling at Australians in the nets he is seeing English batsmen

23-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

Clarke clears first fitness obstacle

Michael Clarke has conquered his first major obstacle to proving his fitness for the opening Ashes Test while Peter Siddle has firmed as Australia's third bowler for the Gabba

23-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

Michael Hussey motivated by pressure

At 35 Michael Hussey, his sideburns flecked with grey, has to convince himself to be free and focused, which aren't always complementary aims

23-Nov-2010•Peter English in Brisbane

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