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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No muzzle on Clarke's men for Ashes
Chloe Saltau, Chris Barrett There is no danger Australia will follow England's lead and ban players from talking about the Ashes, after James Pattinson revealed the bowlers' plan to ''open up'' England by targeting their...
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Clarke happy to talk up Ashes
Chloe Saltau and Chris Barrett There is absolutely no danger that Australia will follow England's lead and ban its players from talking about the Ashes.
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Younger Marsh learns his lessons, looks forward
Chloe Saltau But Mitchell Marsh still feels his lapses of the past year were blown out of proportion.
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Agar the probable spin twin
Chloe Saltau Teen spinner Ashton Agar is closing in on the second spinner's berth for the Ashes tour.
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Agar looms large for spinner's role
Chloe Saltau Ashton Agar is closing in on the second spinner's berth for the Ashes tour.
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Watson resigns as Australian vice-captain
Chloe Saltau Shane Watson pre-empts the selectors by resigning as Australian vice-captain.
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Haddin twist - gloveman to be Test vice-captain
Andrew Wu, Chloe Saltau The soap opera that has been Australian cricket will take another twist on Wednesday when Brad Haddin is confirmed as the new Test vice-captain, raising implications for the short-term future of...
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Haddin's new role has Wade on back foot
Andrew Wu and Chloe Saltau Soap opera that has been Australian cricket will take another twist on Wednesday.
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Faulkner to cap breakthrough year and bring venom to XI
Chloe Saltau Ashes tourist James Faulkner believes he is capable of holding down the No.7 spot against England, and won't be a shrinking violet if he gets the chance.
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Pattinson to have abdominal surgery
Chloe Saltau James Pattinson will have minor abdominal surgery on Friday for a condition not related to cricket, which could cut short his preparation for the Ashes.
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Watson to roll arm over in India as Ashes loom
Chloe Saltau Shane Watson will make an earlier-than-expected return to the bowling crease, for the Rajasthan Royals.
AFL 'will work around' cricket World Cup
Chloe Saltau AFL's push for an earlier start to the season encounters another hurdle.
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Watson in Ashes limbo as Clarke is ruled out for 10 weeks
Chloe Saltau Shane Watson's position, both as vice-captain and batsman, will be hotly debated before Ashes.
Cummins' injury raises questions
Chloe Saltau Young paceman faces a second summer on the sidelines with a bone stress fracture.
Cummins a test case for bowlers' welfare
Chloe Saltau PAT CUMMINS asked the physio to delete the slides revealing a slight crack in his lower back. But no amount of wishful thinking can erase the questions it poses about Australia's injury management...
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CA may use more cotton wool in battle to keep Watson in his element
Chloe Saltau COLOMBO: Cricket Australia says it won't pressure players to skip the Indian Premier League to freshen up for next year's Ashes but insists something has to give in the busy world of Shane Watson if...
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Gayle destroys Australia's World T20 final hopes
Chloe Saltau Somewhere over Colombo is a cricket ball launched into orbit by Chris Gayle, and Australia's hopes of winning its first ever World Twenty20 crown went with it.
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Windies stun Sri Lanka in T20 final
Chloe Saltau, Colombo The West Indies have spoiled Sri Lanka's party at Premadasa and started a festival of their own.
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Gluttony and the runs
Chloe Saltau Cricket has a history of accommodating, even celebrating, players with ravenous appetites and generous dimensions, but this is not a story about Arjuna Ranatunga or Merv Hughes or the gazelle-like...
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Players bid for World Cup cash
Chloe Saltau Windfall from hosting the 2015 World Cup emerges as a powerful bargaining tool in Cricket Australia's push for an incentive-based pay system for the nation's cricketers.
