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Brisbane Times

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Australia on brink of elimination from T20 World Cup after group stage loss

Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets, leaving their opponents on the brink of a humiliating early exit.

16.02.2026 200

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Australia on brink of elimination from T20 World Cup after group stage loss

Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets, leaving their opponents on the brink of a humiliating early exit.

16.02.2026 20

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Australia on brink of elimination from T20 World Cup after group stage loss

Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets, leaving their opponents on the brink of a humiliating early exit.

16.02.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Australia on brink of elimination from T20 World Cup after group stage loss

Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets, leaving their opponents on the brink of a humiliating early exit.

16.02.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

‘Champions united’? Cam Green’s not in Ash Barty’s league. It’s time he imposed himself

Barty is a legend of Australian sport, with a couple of grand slam titles to prove it. It’s equally undeniable that Cameron Green is nowhere near...

15.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

‘Champions united’? Cam Green’s not in Ash Barty’s league. It’s time he imposed himself

Barty is a legend of Australian sport, with a couple of grand slam titles to prove it. It’s equally undeniable that Cameron Green is nowhere near...

15.02.2026 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

‘Champions united’? Cam Green’s not in Ash Barty’s league. It’s time he imposed himself

Barty is a legend of Australian sport, with a couple of grand slam titles to prove it. It’s equally undeniable that Cameron Green is nowhere near...

15.02.2026 20

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

‘Champions united’? Cam Green’s not in Ash Barty’s league. It’s time he imposed himself

Barty is a legend of Australian sport, with a couple of grand slam titles to prove it. It’s equally undeniable that Cameron Green is nowhere near...

15.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Unusual but perfectly legal: Breaking down the bowling action of Pakistan’s mystery spinner

Usman Tariq’s mystery spin surprised and frustrated Cameron Green in Lahore. But that doesn’t mean he did anything illegal - far from it. We use...

05.02.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Unusual but perfectly legal: Breaking down the bowling action of Pakistan’s mystery spinner

Usman Tariq’s mystery spin surprised and frustrated Cameron Green in Lahore. But that doesn’t mean he did anything illegal - far from it. We use...

05.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Unusual but perfectly legal: Breaking down the bowling action of Pakistan’s mystery spinner

Usman Tariq’s mystery spin surprised and frustrated Cameron Green in Lahore. But that doesn’t mean he did anything illegal - far from it. We use...

05.02.2026 9

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Unusual but perfectly legal: Breaking down the bowling action of Pakistan’s mystery spinner

Usman Tariq’s mystery spin surprised and frustrated Cameron Green in Lahore. But that doesn’t mean he did anything illegal - far from it. We use...

05.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green should leave bowling actions to umpires. Australia’s T20 team has bigger problems

Australia has now been battered twice in as many games on foreign soil in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, and Green is clearly looking for excuses.

01.02.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green should leave bowling actions to umpires. Australia’s T20 team has bigger problems

Australia has now been battered twice in as many games on foreign soil in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, and Green is clearly looking for excuses.

01.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green should leave bowling actions to umpires. Australia’s T20 team has bigger problems

Australia has now been battered twice in as many games on foreign soil in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, and Green is clearly looking for excuses.

01.02.2026 7

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green should leave bowling actions to umpires. Australia’s T20 team has bigger problems

Australia has now been battered twice in as many games on foreign soil in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, and Green is clearly looking for excuses.

01.02.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

Like Adam Gilchrist before her - and Travis Head this summer - Healy made a major impact when she moved to the top of the Australian batting order.

13.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

Like Adam Gilchrist before her - and Travis Head this summer - Healy made a major impact when she moved to the top of the Australian batting order.

13.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

Like Adam Gilchrist before her - and Travis Head this summer - Healy made a major impact when she moved to the top of the Australian batting order.

13.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

Like Adam Gilchrist before her - and Travis Head this summer - Healy made a major impact when she moved to the top of the Australian batting order.

13.01.2026 20

The Age

Daniel Brettig

From a ‘seaming viper’ that got Travis Head, to the MCG’s two-day stinker: The best and worst of these Ashes

It was hardly a vintage series, but there was still much to celebrate – and plenty to poke fun at – over the past six weeks.

09.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

From a ‘seaming viper’ that got Travis Head, to the MCG’s two-day stinker: The best and worst of these Ashes

It was hardly a vintage series, but there was still much to celebrate – and plenty to poke fun at – over the past six weeks.

09.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

From a ‘seaming viper’ that got Travis Head, to the MCG’s two-day stinker: The best and worst of these Ashes

It was hardly a vintage series, but there was still much to celebrate – and plenty to poke fun at – over the past six weeks.

09.01.2026 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

From a ‘seaming viper’ that got Travis Head, to the MCG’s two-day stinker: The best and worst of these Ashes

It was hardly a vintage series, but there was still much to celebrate – and plenty to poke fun at – over the past six weeks.

09.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

England never recovered from Perth, and neither did this Ashes series

It’s been a dizzying series in many ways, comprising some moments of champagne cricket but many more of poor stuff that spoke to England’s...

08.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

England never recovered from Perth, and neither did this Ashes series

It’s been a dizzying series in many ways, comprising some moments of champagne cricket but many more of poor stuff that spoke to England’s...

08.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

England never recovered from Perth, and neither did this Ashes series

It’s been a dizzying series in many ways, comprising some moments of champagne cricket but many more of poor stuff that spoke to England’s...

08.01.2026 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

England never recovered from Perth, and neither did this Ashes series

It’s been a dizzying series in many ways, comprising some moments of champagne cricket but many more of poor stuff that spoke to England’s...

08.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Webster saves the day, but Australia reject spin at their peril

Australia are not only reluctant to pick a full-time spin bowler, they are also reluctant to use the spin options they do have until pace is...

07.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Webster saves the day, but Australia reject spin at their peril

Australia are not only reluctant to pick a full-time spin bowler, they are also reluctant to use the spin options they do have until pace is...

07.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Webster saves the day, but Australia reject spin at their peril

Australia are not only reluctant to pick a full-time spin bowler, they are also reluctant to use the spin options they do have until pace is...

07.01.2026 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Webster saves the day, but Australia reject spin at their peril

Australia are not only reluctant to pick a full-time spin bowler, they are also reluctant to use the spin options they do have until pace is...

07.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Ruthless Smith shuts the door on England, and retirement

Steve Smith had plenty of reasons to want to shut the door on England at the SCG. A 3-2 Ashes series result would be a travesty to rank with some of...

06.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Ruthless Smith shuts the door on England, and retirement

Steve Smith had plenty of reasons to want to shut the door on England at the SCG. A 3-2 Ashes series result would be a travesty to rank with some of...

06.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Ruthless Smith shuts the door on England, and retirement

Steve Smith had plenty of reasons to want to shut the door on England at the SCG. A 3-2 Ashes series result would be a travesty to rank with some of...

06.01.2026 70

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Ruthless Smith shuts the door on England, and retirement

Steve Smith had plenty of reasons to want to shut the door on England at the SCG. A 3-2 Ashes series result would be a travesty to rank with some of...

06.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Head-scratcher: Should Australia persist with Jake Weatherald?

Travis Head rates him and the opening stands have been solid. But Jake Weatherald has left the door open for Australia’s selectors to look elsewhere.

05.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Head-scratcher: Should Australia persist with Jake Weatherald?

Travis Head rates him and the opening stands have been solid. But Jake Weatherald has left the door open for Australia’s selectors to look elsewhere.

05.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Head-scratcher: Should Australia persist with Jake Weatherald?

Travis Head rates him and the opening stands have been solid. But Jake Weatherald has left the door open for Australia’s selectors to look elsewhere.

05.01.2026 20

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Head-scratcher: Should Australia persist with Jake Weatherald?

Travis Head rates him and the opening stands have been solid. But Jake Weatherald has left the door open for Australia’s selectors to look elsewhere.

05.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Bradman loved spin bowling. He would hate the pace monotony of this Ashes

Australian cricket is thumbing its nose at Sir Donald Bradman and many others who believe that cricket is about more than the seaming ball.

04.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Bradman loved spin bowling. He would hate the pace monotony of this Ashes

Australian cricket is thumbing its nose at Sir Donald Bradman and many others who believe that cricket is about more than the seaming ball.

04.01.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Bradman loved spin bowling. He would hate the pace monotony of this Ashes

Australian cricket is thumbing its nose at Sir Donald Bradman and many others who believe that cricket is about more than the seaming ball.

04.01.2026 30

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Bradman loved spin bowling. He would hate the pace monotony of this Ashes

Australian cricket is thumbing its nose at Sir Donald Bradman and many others who believe that cricket is about more than the seaming ball.

04.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

It’s nearly 50 years since the last thrilling Ashes series Down Under. England need help

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

03.01.2026 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

It’s nearly 50 years since the last thrilling Ashes series Down Under. England need help

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

03.01.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

It’s nearly 50 years since the last thrilling Ashes series Down Under. England need help

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

03.01.2026 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

It’s nearly 50 years since the last thrilling Ashes series Down Under. England need help

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

03.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

This match and this pitch cannot be representative of Test matches; if it is, then cricket’s grandest form will be in trouble.

27.12.2025 40

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

This match and this pitch cannot be representative of Test matches; if it is, then cricket’s grandest form will be in trouble.

27.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig