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Australia name unchanged side for Hobart

Daniel Christian will have to put on hold his dreams of a baggy green after Australia named an unchanged side for the second Test in Hobart

08-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

New Zealand bank on local knowledge

New Zealand bowling coach, Damien Wright, has had success during his playing days in Hobart, and his charges are looking to learn from him

07-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

Pattinson debut exposes coaching disparity

James Pattinson's astonishing debut has exposed the often vast differences between state and national coaching philosophies in Australia

06-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Arthur calls for 'mature' rotation response

Australia's cricketers must be mature enough to accept changes to the team for reasons of balance or rotation will become more frequent under the new team performance regime

06-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Australian export Brownlie thriving for New Zealand

Dean Brownlie spent the first 25 years of his life in Australia. Now he is trying to thwart them in Test cricket.

06-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Batsmen 'on notice' - John Wright

John Wright, the New Zealand coach, has slammed his side's batting performance at the Gabba, but said there would not be any changes to the top order for the second Test in Hobart

05-Dec-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'I'm on top of my game' - Christian

Daniel Christian has been dreaming of a baggy green since he was a child, but he didn't think it would happen this summer

05-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Batsman-rotation plan irks Michael Hussey

Michael Hussey is uncomfortable with the possibility of batsmen being rotated out of the Australian Test team

05-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Christian included for Hobart

Daniel Christian has formally replaced Ben Cutting in the only change to the Australia squad for the second Test against New Zealand in Hobart

04-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

Pattinson picks up simple mantra

In his own words, James Pattinson has been "smashing" a full length at every opportunity for the past four months. Given the chance to make his debut, he duly used that length to smash New Zealand

04-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

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

Christian has strong chance to debut

Daniel Christian has a chance of making his debut in the Hobart Test as insurance against the risk of overextending the hosts' youthful bowling attack

04-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig at the Gabba

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

Clarke wants clarity on bad light

Australia's captain Michael Clarke believes a clearer distinction must be drawn between light that is potentially harmful to players and light that is merely difficult

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

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

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