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New Zealand 'would love' Hughes retention

Phillip Hughes may be the best thing going for a battling New Zealand outfit right now

04-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Pattinson sets up Australia's nine-wicket win

James Pattinson achieved in Brisbane what Nathan Lyon managed in Galle and Pat Cummins accomplished in Johannesburg: a five-wicket haul on Test debut to help Australia to victory

04-Dec-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Bracewell needs to work on no-balls - Martin

Doug Bracewell must use the error of dismissing Australia captain Michael Clarke with a no-ball as a spur to ensure it does not happen again, Chris Martin has said

03-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Australia take charge through Clarke and Haddin

After two hard-fought days at the Gabba, Australia tightened their grip on the Test on the third

03-Dec-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Arnel, Aldridge help keep Northern Districts top

Northern Districts stayed top of the table after thrashing Canterbury, while Wellington picked up their first win of the season

02-Dec-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Vettori impressed by Lyon's aggression

Nathan Lyon and Daniel Vettori bowl with opposite hands and could not be further apart in the volume of their Test match experience. Yet their intelligence and application were at a similarly high level on day two in Brisbane

02-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Sutherland questions bad light call

James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has questioned the bad light call that ended day two of the first Test against New Zealand

02-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Ponting half-century steers Australia

After nearly two years without a Test hundred, Ricky Ponting gave himself every chance of completing one on home soil with an assured half-century that provided a solid platform for Australia at the Gabba

02-Dec-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

McCullum rues poor shot selection

New Zealand's batsmen are rightly cursing their shot-selection after giving up the first five wickets of the innings with a flurry of poor choices

01-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Starc searches for consistency

Mitchell Starc's debut day for Australia began with a pep-talk from Richie Benaud. It ended with two wickets and an enhanced reputation

01-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

Australia on top on truncated day

The first day of Australia's home Test summer ended in gloom, only 51 overs bowled as bad light and rain closed in on the Gabba late in the second session. But for Australia's fans, the darkness overhead was of less consequence than the several bright spo

30-Nov-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Bracewell can become great - Taylor

New Zealand captain Ross Taylor expects great things of Doug Bracewell, declaring the young allrounder capable of growing into one of the best in the world

30-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

New-look Australia remain favourites

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabba

30-Nov-2011•The Preview by Brydon Coverdale

Hussey hopes youngsters gel into team

Though Australia's XI for the first Test against New Zealand is flushed with youth, Michael Hussey has admitted it lacks the familiarity and closeness of past teams.

29-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

What Sehwag saw in Warner

Virender Sehwag saw the Test batsman in David Warner before he realised it himself

29-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

'We can adjust to Gabba bounce' - John Wright

New Zealand's batsmen can make a callow Australian attack sweat in the first Test, so long as they successfully manage the awkward adjustment from the easy surface of Allan Border Field to the more steepling bounce of the Gabba

29-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

'No fear of Australia at all' - Bracewell

New Zealand seamer Doug Bracewell has said his team has the "mongrel" to topple Australia on their own turf, ahead of the two-Test series that gets underway at the Gabba from December 1

27-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Explosive Ryder livens draw

The tour match may have ended in a draw, but there was no shortage of entertainment as Jesse Ryder equalled a first-class record for the most sixes in an innings - 16 - on his way to 175 at the Allan Border Field

27-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Tourists build lead after Cowan century

Ed Cowan and Matthew Wade fashioned innings of substance to help Australia A get within 28 runs of the New Zealand tourists' first innings in the tour match in Brisbane

26-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Howard, selectors test depth at their disposal

Australia have turned injury crisis into selection opportunity by naming four potential debutants in the squad for the first Test against New Zealand, and they are unlikely to be the last this summer

26-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig

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