Chris Barrett

Chris Barrett

Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.

Cricket

Watson a team man 'sometimes'

On the way out: Shane Watson has already flagged that he may quit Test cricket.

Chris Barrett Australia's misfiring squad in India has been guilty of a litany of minor indiscretions.

Little choice for Test

Generic cricket

Chris Barrett Australia faces likelihood of having only 12 players available for Thursday's third Test.

Cricket

No excuses from repentant Pattinson

James Pattinson

Chris Barrett Paceman says he accepts punishment handed down to him and three teammates.

Clarke's rise to stabilise bats: Warner

David Warner

Chris Barrett Captain has considered promoting himself as high as No. 3 for Thursday's third Test.

Cricket

No joke: enough's enough

James Pattinson

Chris Barrett Standing down of four players is Mickey Arthur's undeniable statement that enough is enough.

Cricket

Players have only got themselves to blame

Chris Barrett

Chris Barrett It wasn't by coincidence that Mickey Arthur described Monday's stunning development in India as Australia's ''Kevin Pietersen'' moment.

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Getaway can help 'clear the head'

Clean break: Adam Gilchrist says the time away mid-tour revitalised the team in 2004.

Chris Barrett Eight-day break between Tests could have been better used to escape from cricket.

Watson considers future as one of four to be axed

Shane Watson.

Chris Barrett, Mohali Sacked vice-captain to contemplate quitting Test cricket after being one of four dumped for third Test.

Cricket

Clarke says axings due to slide in attitude

Michael Clarke

Chris Barrett Captain insists standing down of four players for third Test not simply due to an isolated incident.

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Up in the air: Watson flies home after Test axing

Shane Watson

Chris Barrett Sacked vice-captain Shane Watson says he will contemplate quitting Test cricket after leaving India only hours after he was one of four Australian players stood down for Thursday's third Test.

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Cricket

Clarke could climb as high as No.3 as selectors aim for batting shake-up

Clarke

Chris Barrett Michael Clarke's pending move up the batting order will stabilise Australia's fragile top four, according to opener David Warner.

Coach role set for review unless bowlers spin things around under Rixon

Rixon

Chris Barrett Australia will reconsider how to coach their spin bowlers after the series in India, unless their performances improve in the remaining two Tests.

Cricket

Haddin on standby after Wade rolls ankle

Wade

Chris Barrett Matthew Wade is in the wars. The black eye he carried through the second Test last week had only just subsided when he was left writhing in pain, this time not in a practice net but on a basketball...

Cricket

Spin defects turn focus to future

Mickey Arthur

Chris Barrett Australia will reconsider how best to mentor its spin bowlers after the series in India.

Haddin on standby as Wade trips up

Accidental tourist: Matthew Wade injured himself playing basketball in India, but because of a dispute with the BCCI we have to jump through hoops to portray the incident.

Chris Barrett Australian wicketkeeper sustains a freak injury between Tests for the second time.

Cricket

Hughes coach blames hierarchy

Chris Barrett Australian management accused of failing to properly equip Phillip Hughes for rigours of India.

Cricket

Hughes hung out to dry

Phillip Hughes.

Chris Barrett Australian management have been accused of failing to properly equip Phillip Hughes for the rigours of India, after his batting coach said they ''prepared him to fail'' by blocking the left-hander...

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Lyon goes into bat for his bowling

Nathan Lyon.

Chris Barrett Dumped Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has broken his silence on his controversial Test axing.

Cricket

'My confidence has gone up.' Lyon challenges coach's claim that his self-belief is shot

Nathan Lyon

Chris Barrett Dumped spinner Nathan Lyon has broken his silence on his controversial Test axing, challenging coach Mickey Arthur's contention that he is down on self-belief and in need of a technical shake-up.

Cricket

Winning Indians axe Sehwag for remaining Tests

Sehwag

Chris Barrett Mohali: At his exhilarating best he has been as destructive as any batsmen in the history of the game, but Virender Sehwag may well have blazed his last boundary in Test cricket.