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

Quiney's good grace over Test selections

Rob Quiney.

Chloe Saltau Rob Quiney has reacted with good grace to the revelation that he was selected, in part, as a human shield for Phillip Hughes against South Africa.

Cricket

Dilshan shows he is still up to the test

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Chloe Saltau TILLAKARATNE DILSHAN considered following Lasith Malinga into retirement from Test cricket this year, and Australian Big Bash teams were keen on signing one of the world's most potent short-form...

Cricket

Dilshan makes a good call on Test career

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Chloe Saltau Tillakaratne Dilshan considered following Lasith Malinga into retirement from Test cricket this year, and Australian Big Bash teams were keen on signing one of the world's most potent short-form...

Dropped catch shows perils for bowlers

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 09:  Ricky Ponting of Australia helps his team mate Peter Siddle of Australia to his feet after he dropped a caught and bowled chance from Hashim Amla of South Africa only to have it over rules due to a no-ball during day one of the First Test match between Australia and South Africa at The Gabba on November 9, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Chloe Saltau IT COULD be the only chance Hashim Amla offers all series, but Peter Siddle has an alibi. His dropped return catch on the opening day at the Gabba follows a significant decline in caught-and-bowled...

Bats, not batsmen, are now the 'bowler killers'

Soggy wait: Members of the Australian side inspect the ground on the rain-affected day two of the Test.

Chloe Saltau Modern bats are making it harder for bowlers to accept return catches.

Spin whiz lays down gauntlet for Aussies

Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis (C) is congratulated by his team mates after taking the wicket of Zimbabwe's Elton Chigumbura during their Twenty20 World Cup cricket match in Hambantota September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)

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...

Cricket

In Twenty20 world, Australia is the land way down under

Glenn Maxwell oozes that X-factor quality.

Chloe Saltau Forget the Australians' lowly ranking in Twenty20, skipper George Bailey says his team is one of the title contenders at the World Cup.

Cricket

Qadir hopes to spin a ripping yarn, just like dad

High hopes: Usman Qadir, the son of Pakistani great Abdul Qadir, practises his leg-spin bowling at training on the Gold Coast.

Chloe Saltau Young bowler Usman Qadir doesn't have to look far for a hero.

Cricket

White still has some work to do

Cameron White

Chloe Saltau Chief Australian selector John Inverarity says White's 'recent form' is strong, but his summer was 'terrible'.

Cricket

'India, your sport needs you'

England's Alastair Cook.

Chloe Saltau Wisden editor Lawrence Booth calls on cricket's most powerful nation to rise above the self-interest and Twenty20 obsession that threatens the game.