Stuart Macgill
Cricket
Lyon relishes chance to work with MacGill
Chloe Saltau Nathan Lyon says his decision to move from South Australia to NSW is more about family than cricket, but he will relish the chance to work more closely with captain Michael Clarke and new spin mentor...
MacGill, Mallett put fresh spin on CA coaching ranks
Chloe Saltau Stuart MacGill was bamboozled by so many coaches during his career that he has become one. Ashley Mallett was so critical of Cricket Australia's spin program that he has been invited to join it.
Cricket
MacGill, Mallett to spin Australia in a new direction
Chloe Saltau Stuart MacGill was bamboozled by so many coaches during his career that he has become one. Ashley Mallett was so critical of Cricket Australia's spin program that he has been invited to join it.
Cricket
Spinner looks to minister
Chloe Saltau Fawad Ahmed's hopes of being eligible for Ashes could rest on precedent created by Tennis Australia.
Greg Baum
Indian wickets tricky, not sticky
Greg Baum From this hazy distance, it is hard to say whether or not the antbed Chennai pitch spooked the Australians in India. But it certainly spooked Australians in Australia.
Ashley Mallett
Spinning out of control
Ashley Mallett Is there something wrong with spin bowling Down Under? You betcha. Cricket Australia should be investigating the standard of spin bowling coaching in this country.
Cricket
It's strike rates, not economy rates: Shane Warne tackles Australia's spin bowling problem
Chris Barrett HYDERABAD: Shane Warne argues Australia's young spin bowlers are being neglected at domestic level by captains, coaches and curators, citing a lack of attention to their development as the reason for...
Double centurion questions Australia's application
Chris Barrett HYDERABAD: India's latest double centurion Cheteshwar Pujara says Australia's batsmen have proven themselves to be vulnerable in subcontinental conditions and need to "apply themselves" to combat...
Cricket
'My confidence has gone up.' Lyon challenges coach's claim that his self-belief is shot
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
Spin defects turn focus to future
Chris Barrett Australia will reconsider how best to mentor its spin bowlers after the series in India.
Coach role set for review unless bowlers spin things around under 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.
Spinner ropes in Bulls and lays claim for Ashes
Jesse Hogan It took just half an over to show why officials are lobbying for Fawad Ahmed's eligibility for Australia to be expedited.
Dean Jones
High-risk Maxwell can be high reward
Dean Jones It is the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka in Adelaide. Australia had been sent in on a pitch that needed some application from our batsmen as it was swinging and nipping around...
Malcolm Knox
Warne spin not that hard to pick
Malcolm Knox Shane Warne has delivered manifestos before. In his pre-social media playing days, they came on scraps of hotel notepaper, written with a thumbnail dipped in tar, to the ghost writer of his newspaper...
Conflict of interest never too far from Shane's pen
Malcolm Knox Shane Warne has delivered manifestos before. In his pre-social media playing days, they came on scraps of hotel notepaper, written with a thumbnail dipped in tar, to the ghost-writer of his newspaper...
Cricket
Johnson roars back to brink of a hat-trick
Chloe Saltau Clearing hurdles introduced by rotation policy gives Mitchell Johnson more satisfaction than his 200th wicket.
Live cricket commentary: Australia v Sri Lanka - day one, SCG
Stephen Samuelson Join us for comprehensive live blog coverage of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka from Sydney. Stephen Samuelson is in the commentary chair on day one.
Cricket
Higgs gets late Big Bash call
David Polkinghorne The renaissance of Australian cricket continues - Canberra Comets coach Mark Higgs is the latest retired tweaker to throw his spinning fingers into the Big Bash League ring.
Ashley Mallet
Making slow progress
Ashley Mallet Ashley Mallet looks at the most likely Australian candidates to turn into world-class spinners.
History lesson for Lyon
OUTSIDE the leading four slow bowlers, Australia's spin stocks seem threadbare. Those four bowlers are Nathan Lyon, Michael Beer, Glenn Maxwell and Xavier Doherty.
