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.

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Young Bull reported for suspect bowling action

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Chloe Saltau Young Queensland seamer Cameron Gannon has been reported for a suspect bowling action and will undergo bio-mechanical testing.

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CA takes stick to suspect bowling action

Marlon Samuels.

Chloe Saltau Cricket Australia set to introduce tougher regime for dealing with illegal bowling actions in domestic cricket.

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Bowler probe throws up tricky issue

Aaron Bird.

Chloe Saltau Match officials are so reluctant to report flawed bowling actions that in-game testing represents cricket's last hope to confront the politically charged throwing issue.

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Chucked out

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Chloe Saltau The last Australian player to be suspended for throwing accepts the decision, but says overseas players are treated differently to domestic players.

Warne faces action over BBL tantrum

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Chloe Saltau Shane Warne faces severe disciplinary action over his eruption towards Marlon Samuels.

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Murali puts a positive spin on return to MCG

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Chloe Saltau Muthiah Muralidaran has tried to forget the indignity of being called for throwing on cricket's biggest stage, on its biggest day, and has urged his countrymen to cherish Sri Lanka's first Boxing Day...

The day a throw changed the game

Muttiah Muralidharan's action is watched by umpire Darrell Hair

Chloe Saltau, Andrew Wu Soon after lunch on Boxing Day of 1995, Chandika Hathurusinghe was fielding at square leg at the MCG when New Zealand umpire Steve Dunne posed him a question.

Throwaway line with a dire result

No ball: Umpire Darrell Hair calls Muthiah Muralidaran for throwing at the MCG in 1995.

Chloe Saltau and Andrew Wu When Darrell Hair called Muthiah Muralidaran for throwing, the cricket world changed.

Kallis v Sobers

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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.

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'Chucking' prototype gets put to test at AIS

Chloe Saltau Six years after Shane Warne called on the International Cricket Council to test the legality of bowling actions in match conditions instead of laboratories, Australian scientists have developed a...

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Bowling faces true test over actions

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Chloe Saltau Australian scientists unveil means to test legality of bowling actions in match conditions.

Ponting's happy homecoming

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Chloe Saltau The decision speaks volumes of the ex-skipper's resilience and rejuvenation.

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Johnson still in mix for Tests

Mitchell Johnson of Australia.

Chloe Saltau Mitchell Johnson is back and is 'certainly, absolutely' in contention to resume his Test career.