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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.

The Gabba pitch for the first Test between Australia and South Africa has favoured the batsmen.

Cricket bosses eye pitches

Chloe Saltau State of pitches around the nation will be a hot topic at a summit of cricket bosses this week.

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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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Ready-made Rogers is more than capable for Ashes' heat

Chloe Saltau Chris Rogers and James Faulkner, the old and the new, bring to Australia's unfancied Ashes squad qualities that have been in desperately short supply in recent national teams.

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Seasoned players signal squad's changed course

Chloe Saltau Chris Rogers and James Faulkner bring to Australia's unfancied Ashes squad qualities that have been in desperately short supply in recent Australian teams.

Batsman's paradise is the fast bowler's lament

Chloe Saltau Brett Lee describes Adelaide Oval's second-Test strip as ''the most amazing batting pitch I've ever seen''.

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Ground is fine for batsmen but how about the bowlers, says Lee

Chloe Saltau AS AUSTRALIA'S fast bowlers strained for a breakthrough without success, Brett Lee lamented the lack of zest in Test pitches around the nation and described Adelaide Oval's second-Test strip as ''the...

Kallis v Sobers

Chloe Saltau No Test all-rounder can match the record of the South African run machine, but few experts are willing to rate him alongside the charismatic West Indian.

CA backs Hobart pitch

Chloe Saltau THE state of pitches around the nation will be a hot topic at a summit of cricket bosses this week, as concern mounts over the perilous Bellerive strip ahead of next month's Hobart Test against Sri...

Spin whiz lays down gauntlet for Aussies

Chloe Saltau If Ajantha Mendis's incredible start to the World Twenty20 is a sign of things to come, Australia's batsmen had better be sure they have improved at unravelling the secrets of the world's best...