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

Pace attack can conquer in India: Siddle

Chloe Saltau Three-quarters of the wickets during England's historic series win in India recently fell to spin, but Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is predicting a pace-led quest for the Border-Gavaskar...

Need for speed: Siddle knows way to success

Peter Siddle

Chloe Saltau THREE-quarters of the wickets during England's historic series win in India recently fell to spin, but Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is predicting a pace-led quest for the Border-Gavaskar...

The last of Australia's dominant generation leaves the game

Ricky Ponting

Chloe Saltau Ricky Ponting leaves memories of imperious straight drives and commanding pull shots.

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Over too soon: Ricky Ponting's last stand was short of runs but full of emotion

Ricky Ponting.

Chloe Saltau Ricky Ponting raised both arms to all parts of the WACA Ground and said farewell to cricket.

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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.

Cricket

Watson could match Kallis, says Arthur

Top scalp: Shane Watson grabs  Chris Gayle’s wicket.

Chloe Saltau, Colombo Shane Watson can be as good as Jacques Kallis, coach Mickey Arthur says.

Lyon has taken his share

Nathan Lyon

Chloe Saltau, Adelaide Nathan Lyon loves nothing better than when a plan comes together.

Cricket

Dravid contrite, India not

Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid.

Chloe Saltau, Adelaide Rahul Dravid implores his country to rebuild a competive Test team for the sake of world cricket.

Cricket

We are top dogs, says Pup

Michael Clarke

Chloe Saltau The new India, which showed up at the MCG on Friday, has not shaken Michael Clarke.

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Little Master poser

After Sachin Tendulkar's poor showing in the one-day series, there have been calls for him to be dropped.

Chloe Saltau After Ricky Ponting, the knives are out for Indian great, Sachin Tendulkar.

Cricket

Clarke rapt to have Watson back on deck

Back: Shane Watson.

Chloe Saltau Shane Watson may make his international comeback against improving Sri Lanka.

End in sight for India's sorry tour

Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni jabs his finger in anger at umpire Billy Bowden after a contentious decision in a recent one-day international.

Chloe Saltau India's sorry tour of Australia is set to mercifully end in Hobart tonight.

A great and gentle man of the game bows out

Chloe Saltau When news of Rahul Dravid's retirement broke, the world's most popular cricket website crashed.