Daniel Brettig
Daniel Brettig is The Age's chief cricket writer and the author of several books on cricket.
Next instalment of Amazon Test series to feature Pakistan triumph
First devised to capture last summer’s Ashes, Amazon’s follow-up documentary about the Australian men’s team is still filming.
- by Daniel Brettig
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‘We want to be ambitious’: Lanning takes aim at ICC boss for putting women’s Tests in too hard basket
Meg Lanning believes cricket’s leaders will be guilty of lacking ambition if they do not plan for more women’s Test matches.
- by Daniel Brettig
Warne, Barty, Lanning recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Shane Warne and Ash Barty have each received due vice regal garlands in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, alongside Meg Lanning’s award for leading the world champion women’s cricket team.
- by Daniel Brettig
‘Too predictable’: Australia’s weakened case for the defence
Twenty20 world champions or not, Australia are still struggling to improve their ability to defend a target.
- by Daniel Brettig
Yes man? Andrew McDonald and how international cricket coaching really works
Asked about the “yes man” tag, Andrew McDonald deftly flips perspective. Why shouldn’t a coach accentuate the positives? Since taking over from Justin Langer, he has lightened the mood and let the Australian men’s team breathe a little easier.
- by Daniel Brettig
Star power: How Cricket Australia can save the BBL
Rashid Khan and other global Twenty20 superstars may still be secured by the Big Bash League – provided Cricket Australia can thread the needle.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Starc to miss game two with freak injury in dominant win
Australia will face a heaving Khettarama Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday night without Mitchell Starc, after a freakish hand injury during the tourists’ resounding victory in the opening Twenty20.
- by Daniel Brettig
South Africa refuse to play ODIs, BBL crunched by cashed-up new league
January’s one-day games between Australia and South Africa will be cancelled if they cannot be rescheduled.
- by Daniel Brettig
Smith still Australia’s T20 fixer despite Inglis pressure
Steve Smith has retained his place in Australia’s T20 batting order for the start of the Sri Lanka series, despite Josh Inglis making a strong case for inclusion.
- by Daniel Brettig
Pace power trio may be pared down to solo act in Sri Lanka
Power trio Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are braced for the possibility of becoming a solo act in Sri Lanka.
- by Daniel Brettig
‘A form of therapy’: Langer ponders move away from cricket as he writes memoir
Justin Langer has admitted now may be the time to do something other than working in cricket for the first time in 30 years.
- by Daniel Brettig