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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MacGill, Mallett to spin Australia in a new direction
Chloe Saltau Stuart MacGill was bamboozled by so many coaches during his career that he has become one. Ashley Mallett was so critical of Cricket Australia's spin program that he has been invited to join it.
Australia dressing room still in flux
Chloe Saltau Two contrasting pictures of the Australian team's cultural malaise have emerged from the mess in Mohali.
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Australia hands ODI debuts to Cutting, Richardson
Chloe Saltau Mitchell Johnson is Australia's latest fast bowling casualty while Usman Khawaja has been omitted from the one-day team after just one game.
Australia wants Test venue moved
Chloe Saltau Australia is pushing to have a Test during its impending tour of India moved from the northern industrial city of Kanpur.
The last of Australia's dominant generation leaves the game
Chloe Saltau Ricky Ponting leaves memories of imperious straight drives and commanding pull shots.
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Australia's best Test side? Here's our chosen 11 ...
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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England revel in Australia's 'failings'
Chloe Saltau RETIREMENTS and selection intrigue in Australia have heightened England's Ashes optimism.
Five-question haul: Australia’s moment of truth
Chris Barrett, Chloe Saltau and Phil Lutton With the opening Test of the summer starting tomorrow, Fairfax cricket writers Chris Barrett, Chloe Saltau and Phil Lutton discuss what looms as an intriguing match against South Africa.
Laid bare: Australia's dossier on tackling South Africa
Chloe Saltau Australia draws up dossier of detailed plans to unsettle each of South Africa's batsmen.
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Spun out: Australia advance despite heavy loss
Chloe Saltau Colombo: Pakistan's spinners, all five of them, gave Australia an almighty scare last night.
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Australia qualifies for World T20 semis
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia falls to Pakistan but still manages to qualify for the World Twenty20 semi finals.
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Australia exposed in every facet of the game: Bailey
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australian captain George Bailey said his team's capitulation to Pakistan laid bare its deficiencies against spin but stopped short of describing the defeat as an embarrassing way of advancing to the...
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Gayle destroys Australia's World T20 final hopes
Chloe Saltau Somewhere over Colombo is a cricket ball launched into orbit by Chris Gayle, and Australia's hopes of winning its first ever World Twenty20 crown went with it.
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Australia's campaign ends in regret, but with hope for future
Chloe Saltau George Bailey insists team's semi-final finish just the start of his career as national leader.
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Hip-hop Windies waltz all over Australia
Chloe Saltau COLOMBO: As Chris Gayle danced, Gangnam Style, on the grave of Australia's World Twenty20 campaign, vanquished captain George Bailey insisted the team's semi-final finish was just the start of his...
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Australia wary of giant-killing Irish
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia paid for a wayward bowling performance with defeat to England in its final warm-up for the World Twenty20 despite the valiant batting of Mike Hussey, who will feature in the nightmares of a...
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Australia needs fish to fry
Chloe Saltau, Colombo If Shane Watson and David Warner don't get you, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc will.
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Australia avoid being punchline to Irish joke
Chloe Saltau Australia were tiring of the Irish jokes, and it showed in the deadly serious manner in which Shane Watson muscled his team past Ireland in its opening match of the World Twenty20.
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Australia eases past Ireland in World Twenty20 opener
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia was tiring of the Irish jokes and it showed in the deadly serious manner in which Shane Watson muscled his team past Ireland in its opening match of the World Twenty20.
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Australia out to put Narine in a spin
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia will attempt to drag West Indies mystery spinner Sunil Narine out of his comfort zone and only then, coach Mickey Arthur has said, will his true calibre be revealed.
