Chloe Saltau

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.

Cricket

Agar looms large for spinner's role

Ashton Agar.

Chloe Saltau Ashton Agar is closing in on the second spinner's berth for the Ashes tour.

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Cricket

National contracts to spread the load

Cricket Australia

Chloe Saltau and Andrew Wu State of Australian cricket will be revealed when national contracts are handed out.

Argus: we can still be No.1

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Chloe Saltau Don Argus says no quick fix for the problems laid bare in India, and implores selectors and administrators to ''hold their steel''.

Cricket

Selectors on right path in overhaul despite bumps in the road, says Argus

Don Argus

Chloe Saltau Don Argus, whose review of Australian cricket charted a course back to world domination, says there is no quick fix for the problems laid bare in India, and implored selectors and administrators to...

Howard's men pad up to show their methods aren't madness

 Pat Howard

Chloe Saltau THE under-fire top brass of Australia's team performance wing will front the Cricket Australia board on Monday to explain why their controversial methods must be maintained.

Cricket

Senior pair to front board

Pat Howard

Chloe Saltau The besieged top brass of Australia's team performance wing set to front Cricket Australia.

Cricket

Australia's best Test side? Here's our chosen 11 ...

Michael Clarke

Chloe Saltau Injuries and rotations have muddied the water when it comes to who commands selection in Australia's best Test team.

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Siddle out of Victoria reckoning

Peter Siddle.

Chloe Saltau Paceman prohibited from playing competitive cricket before Test squad leaves for India.

Watson to come back via club competition

Shane Watson

Andrew Wu, Chloe Saltau SHANE WATSON will take his first steps towards next month's tour of India this weekend when he makes his comeback to competitive cricket with his grade club Sutherland.

Cricket

England's Ashes hopes on the rise

Ricky Ponting.

Chloe Saltau Retirements and selection intrigue in Australia have heightened England's optimism.

Cricket

England revel in Australia's 'failings'

England's Alastair Cook celebrates after reaching his century during the first cricket test match against South Africa at the Oval cricket ground in London July 19, 2012.     REUTERS/Philip Brown (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)

Chloe Saltau RETIREMENTS and selection intrigue in Australia have heightened England's Ashes optimism.

Cricket

Lillee to work with quicks

Dennis Lillee.

Chloe Saltau Cricket Australia appoints pace legend Dennis Lillee as a consultant to the nation's fast bowlers.

Cricket

Plenty of jobs for the boys in Warne's manifesto

shane warne

Chloe Saltau THE first instalment of Shane Warne's much-anticipated bible for the betterment of Australian cricket proposes a player-led mutiny against rotations and a ''dream team'' to run the game that includes...

Cricket

The ways of Warne: Test great calls for Fleming as coach

shane warne

Chloe Saltau The first instalment of Shane Warne’s much-anticipated bible for the betterment of Australian cricket proposes a player-led mutiny against rotations and a "dream team" to run the game that includes...

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Cricket

Johnson roars back to brink of a hat-trick

Mitchell Johnson

Chloe Saltau Clearing hurdles introduced by rotation policy gives Mitchell Johnson more satisfaction than his 200th wicket.

All's well for Maxwell as baggy green looms

29/12/2012. Australian cricket player Glenn Maxwell speaks to the media at the MCG, Melbourne, Saturday 29th December 2012.  Photograph Paul Jeffers.

Chloe Saltau GLENN MAXWELL'S transformation from maverick batsman who bowls a bit to probable Test all-rounder has been accelerated by Shane Warne, who is teaching him the art of patience and mind games.

Maxwell's call-up poses an all-round dilemma

Chloe Saltau VICTORIA'S confident tyro Glenn Maxwell has bolted into the Test squad, but he will have to fight Mitchell Johnson for the right to be Australia's next allrounder in the New Year's Test at the SCG.

Cricket

Khawaja's run of outs continues

Australia's Usman Khawaja reacts during a practice session in the nets at the Sydney Cricket Ground January 2, 2013. The third test match between Australia and Sri Lanka begins in Sydney on Thursday.        REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)

Chloe Saltau THE confusion created by the revolving door for Australian quicks has spread to the batsmen, following the omission of Usman Khawaja after just one game in one-day colours.

Cricket

Arthur lashes out at critics of rotation policy

Australian coach Mickey Arthur.

Chloe Saltau Australian coach hits out at detractors, calling them "either naive or stubborn".

Bird hopes to make Test debut at MCG

Jackson Bird.

Chloe Saltau Aspiring Test paceman Jackson Bird hopes his intimidating record at the MCG will earn him a Boxing Day debut ahead of left-armer Mitchell Johnson.