Cricket
Clarke's duck sours bright start
Chris Barrett So untouchable has Michael Clarke been with the bat over the past 18 months that a first-ball duck seemed, for him, about as likely as Shane Watson and Pat Howard having a laugh on Friday over a...
Clarke duck sours bright start
Chris Barrett So untouchable has Michael Clarke been that a first-ball duck seemed, for him, impossible.
Cricket
Replacements needed but the cupboard is bare
Chris Barrett HYDERABAD: Humiliating. That is the only word for it. Australia's abject campaign in India was already a throwback to the dark ages of the 1980s, when Allan Border's men were lucky to beat a backyard...
Australia to test its patience
Chris Barrett Australia's touring party to India in 1986 lived by the motto: lose patience and lose the battle.
Test of patience: Jones says the waiting game is best route to success in India
Chris Barrett Australia's touring party to India in 1986 lived by the following motto: lose patience and lose the battle.
Second Mitch under Lillee's wing
Chris Barrett The legendary fast bowler joins the Australian camp in the lead-up to the third Test.
Cricket
Watson keen to avoid mistakes of recent past
Chris Barrett TOO often Shane Watson has learnt the hard way. ''If it doesn't get to the point where it's not absolutely, totally perfect, then I don't want to make the same mistakes of the past,'' he said of his...
Cricket
Quiney’s Test debut looms after battle with Proteas
Chris Barrett VICTORIA’S Rob Quiney is set for a Test debut against South Africa on Friday after being called into the Australia squad as cover for the injured Shane Watson.
The Tonk
Cardboard cut-outs help Steyn hit the spot
Chris Barrett They say he can't bowl to left-handers so Dale Steyn has taken a novel approach to his first Test preparation - bowling at a cardboard cut-out in the Gabba nets to ensure his line and length are just...
Cricket
Blues given a stumper by selectors over Haddin
Chris Barrett TEST selectors have asked that Brad Haddin continue to be picked as the wicketkeeper for NSW but the gloveman could play his twilight years as a specialist batsman, with the Blues and Australian...
Cricket
Lyon must lift, say selectors
Chris Barrett National selector John Inverarity concerned at Nathan Lyon's form, 10 days from first Test.
Cricket
Proteas' weapon primed
Chris Barrett Vernon Philander is not very tall, but it is coming out of the hand that counts.
'Humble businessman' Philander a vital cog in Proteas' pace machine
Chris Barrett VERNON PHILANDER was whacked on his bowling shoulder in the SCG nets yesterday, applying an ice pack to the wound for the remainder of South Africa's first Australian training session.
Cricket
Australia ravaged by injuries as five ruled out of first Test
Chris Barrett Australia's preparations for the first Test against New Zealand are in turmoil with five players - Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Pat Cummins, Shaun Marsh and Shane Watson - all ruled out today.
