Chloe Saltau

Chloe Saltau is the chief cricket writer at The Age, regularly covering international cricket and providing news, comment and analysis on international cricket. She joined The Age as a trainee in 1998 and spent several years writing for general news (chiefly as a social policy reporter covering welfare and family issues) before moving to sport.

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Twenty20 may upset Pattinson's plans

Chloe Saltau IPL summons could upset James Pattinson's preparation for series against South Africa.

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Harris targets quick fix

Chloe Saltau and Jesse Hogan Australia has come as close as it probably ever will to the dream scenario of having all its fast bowlers fit at once.

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Injury and Pakistan put the heat on Australians

Chloe Saltau Australia's seven-wicket loss to Pakistan in Abu Dhabi was played in suffocating humidity.

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Dogged Cook could be the man to heal rifts

Chloe Saltau On the day Michael Clarke was named captain of the ICC's Test team of the year, much intrigue focused on whether England's new Test captain, Alastair Cook, would prove a formidable opposing leader to...

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Ashes boost: Strauss quits

Chloe Saltau Australia's Ashes outlook has brightened in the past month as England lost, in turn, its most dangerous batsman, its No.1 Test ranking and, last night, suddenly, its captain.

Strauss exit a sign of Poms' decline

Chloe Saltau AUSTRALIA's Ashes outlook has brightened significantly in the past month as England lost, in chronological order, their most dangerous batsman, their No.

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Speculation mounts that Strauss will quit as England skipper

Chloe Saltau Speculation is rife that Andrew Strauss will quit as England captain at a press conference at Lord's tonight, Melbourne time.

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'Chucking' prototype gets put to test at AIS

Chloe Saltau Six years after Shane Warne called on the International Cricket Council to test the legality of bowling actions in match conditions instead of laboratories, Australian scientists have developed a...

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Bowling faces true test over actions

Chloe Saltau Australian scientists unveil means to test legality of bowling actions in match conditions.

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Cricket chiefs plump for less dash in Big Bash

Chloe Saltau Cricket Australia declares Big Bash League no place for celebrity athletes.

CA gets go-ahead to pursue Pietersen

Chloe Saltau CRICKET Australia has declared the Big Bash League no place for celebrity athletes in it ''for a bit of fun'' but has obtained board approval to chase perhaps the only cricketer who can rival Usain...

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CA board in historic shake-up

Chloe Saltau Cricket Australia commits to a fully independent board within three years.

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New board gives states equal say

Chloe Saltau Cricket Australia will for the first time have independent directors, and give states an equal say in how Australian cricket is run, following a watershed decision to modernise the game's governance.

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McDermott to follow father

Chloe Saltau Alister McDermott is poised to follow his father, Craig, onto the world cricket stage.

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Recruiting Bolt would not be cricket

Chloe Saltau Put Usain Bolt in a Melbourne Stars top and let him run the drinks, at express speeds.

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Let Bolt run amok - off the field

Chloe Saltau If Cricket Australia wants its Big Bash League to be taken seriously then it cannot enlist great sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake as BBL players.

White back in favour for world Twenty20

Chloe Saltau Australian selectors have named an unsurprising squad for the World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, where ex-captain Cameron White will have a chance to re-establish himself at international level...