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Brisbane Times

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He’s back! Steve Smith regains golden touch with Alex Carey’s help

Steve Smith is back to something like his best, Alex Carey has never played better, and Australia are batting Sri Lanka out of the Test.

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WA Today

Daniel Brettig

He’s back! Steve Smith regains golden touch with Alex Carey’s help

Steve Smith is back to something like his best, Alex Carey has never played better, and Australia are batting Sri Lanka out of the Test.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

He’s back! Steve Smith regains golden touch with Alex Carey’s help

Steve Smith is back to something like his best, Alex Carey has never played better, and Australia are batting Sri Lanka out of the Test.

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The Age

Daniel Brettig

He’s back! Steve Smith regains golden touch with Alex Carey’s help

Steve Smith is back to something like his best, Alex Carey has never played better, and Australia are batting Sri Lanka out of the Test.

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Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

England and India have, frankly, been left panting in the dust by Australia, and now they want to change the format for the World Test Championship.

02.02.2025 1

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

England and India have, frankly, been left panting in the dust by Australia, and now they want to change the format for the World Test Championship.

02.02.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

England and India have, frankly, been left panting in the dust by Australia, and now they want to change the format for the World Test Championship.

02.02.2025 5

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

Two Test wins in a minute: Why Australia is cricket’s Brazil

England and India have, frankly, been left panting in the dust by Australia, and now they want to change the format for the World Test Championship.

02.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

In a crowded field, one player stood as Australia’s best, scoring a perfect 10 for his contribution to Australia’s win over Sri Lanka, while a...

01.02.2025 1

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

In a crowded field, one player stood as Australia’s best, scoring a perfect 10 for his contribution to Australia’s win over Sri Lanka, while a...

01.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

In a crowded field, one player stood as Australia’s best, scoring a perfect 10 for his contribution to Australia’s win over Sri Lanka, while a...

01.02.2025 4

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

Player ratings: Top-order batters, spinners lead Australia’s rout of Sri Lanka

In a crowded field, one player stood as Australia’s best, scoring a perfect 10 for his contribution to Australia’s win over Sri Lanka, while a...

01.02.2025 1

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

We’ll never know how good a Test cricketer Glenn Maxwell may have been. That’s a shame for Tests but a blessing for the BBL.

21.01.2025 8

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

We’ll never know how good a Test cricketer Glenn Maxwell may have been. That’s a shame for Tests but a blessing for the BBL.

21.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

We’ll never know how good a Test cricketer Glenn Maxwell may have been. That’s a shame for Tests but a blessing for the BBL.

21.01.2025 9

The Age

Daniel Brettig

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

We’ll never know how good a Test cricketer Glenn Maxwell may have been. That’s a shame for Tests but a blessing for the BBL.

21.01.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

What Cummins’ India triumph means for the Ashes summer

Australia’s first series victory over India in a decade guaranteed that Pat Cummins’ team will travel to Lord’s in June to contest the world Test...

07.01.2025 3

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

What Cummins’ India triumph means for the Ashes summer

Australia’s first series victory over India in a decade guaranteed that Pat Cummins’ team will travel to Lord’s in June to contest the world Test...

07.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

What Cummins’ India triumph means for the Ashes summer

Australia’s first series victory over India in a decade guaranteed that Pat Cummins’ team will travel to Lord’s in June to contest the world Test...

07.01.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

What Cummins’ India triumph means for the Ashes summer

Australia’s first series victory over India in a decade guaranteed that Pat Cummins’ team will travel to Lord’s in June to contest the world Test...

07.01.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Why Virat Kohli’s cheap shot made Australia’s era-defining win even sweeter

As Australia galloped to a six-wicket victory that gave them possession of all bilateral trophies in Test matches for the first time since the...

05.01.2025 2

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Why Virat Kohli’s cheap shot made Australia’s era-defining win even sweeter

As Australia galloped to a six-wicket victory that gave them possession of all bilateral trophies in Test matches for the first time since the...

05.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Why Virat Kohli’s cheap shot made Australia’s era-defining win even sweeter

As Australia galloped to a six-wicket victory that gave them possession of all bilateral trophies in Test matches for the first time since the...

05.01.2025 6

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Why Virat Kohli’s cheap shot made Australia’s era-defining win even sweeter

As Australia galloped to a six-wicket victory that gave them possession of all bilateral trophies in Test matches for the first time since the...

05.01.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Boland and Rishabh hurtle the SCG Test towards a finish to remember

Pat Cummins handed the ball to Scott Boland for the sixth over of India’s second innings. Thanks largely to a starburst of strokes from Yashasvi...

04.01.2025 1

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Boland and Rishabh hurtle the SCG Test towards a finish to remember

Pat Cummins handed the ball to Scott Boland for the sixth over of India’s second innings. Thanks largely to a starburst of strokes from Yashasvi...

04.01.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Boland and Rishabh hurtle the SCG Test towards a finish to remember

Pat Cummins handed the ball to Scott Boland for the sixth over of India’s second innings. Thanks largely to a starburst of strokes from Yashasvi...

04.01.2025 4

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Bumrah’s blow-up at Konstas exposes Indian fault lines

Jasprit Bumrah has never looked angrier. Having found the edge of Usman Khawaja’s bat with the last ball of day one at the SCG, his wicket...

03.01.2025 2

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Bumrah’s blow-up at Konstas exposes Indian fault lines

Jasprit Bumrah has never looked angrier. Having found the edge of Usman Khawaja’s bat with the last ball of day one at the SCG, his wicket...

03.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Bumrah’s blow-up at Konstas exposes Indian fault lines

Jasprit Bumrah has never looked angrier. Having found the edge of Usman Khawaja’s bat with the last ball of day one at the SCG, his wicket...

03.01.2025 6

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Bumrah’s blow-up at Konstas exposes Indian fault lines

Jasprit Bumrah has never looked angrier. Having found the edge of Usman Khawaja’s bat with the last ball of day one at the SCG, his wicket...

03.01.2025 2

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Australia’s finest hour: Cummins’ men get timing right on cricket’s biggest stage

On people’s Monday at the people’s ground, at the end of the best-attended MCG Test of all time, the loudest roars were all for Australia. They...

31.12.2024 2

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Australia’s finest hour: Cummins’ men get timing right on cricket’s biggest stage

On people’s Monday at the people’s ground, at the end of the best-attended MCG Test of all time, the loudest roars were all for Australia. They...

31.12.2024 4

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Australia’s finest hour: Cummins’ men get timing right on cricket’s biggest stage

On people’s Monday at the people’s ground, at the end of the best-attended MCG Test of all time, the loudest roars were all for Australia. They...

30.12.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Pat Cummins didn’t declare. That says a lot about Australia’s state of mind

Pat Cummins bowling Joe Root. Dennis Lillee knocking over Viv Richards. Shane Warne bamboozling Basit Ali. Scott Boland dismantling England. Some...

30.12.2024 6

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Pat Cummins didn’t declare. That says a lot about Australia’s state of mind

Pat Cummins bowling Joe Root. Dennis Lillee knocking over Viv Richards. Shane Warne bamboozling Basit Ali. Scott Boland dismantling England. Some...

30.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Pat Cummins didn’t declare. That says a lot about Australia’s state of mind

Pat Cummins bowling Joe Root. Dennis Lillee knocking over Viv Richards. Shane Warne bamboozling Basit Ali. Scott Boland dismantling England. Some...

30.12.2024 6

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Pat Cummins didn’t declare. That says a lot about Australia’s state of mind

Pat Cummins bowling Joe Root. Dennis Lillee knocking over Viv Richards. Shane Warne bamboozling Basit Ali. Scott Boland dismantling England. Some...

29.12.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Their ‘little gladiator’: Team Konstas absorbs Sam’s supernova debut

Team Konstas shared an evening meal on Melbourne’s Southbank on Friday night. The brood comprised teenage Test debutant Sam, his family, mentor...

28.12.2024 1

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Their ‘little gladiator’: Team Konstas absorbs Sam’s supernova debut

Team Konstas shared an evening meal on Melbourne’s Southbank on Friday night. The brood comprised teenage Test debutant Sam, his family, mentor...

28.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Their ‘little gladiator’: Team Konstas absorbs Sam’s supernova debut

Team Konstas shared an evening meal on Melbourne’s Southbank on Friday night. The brood comprised teenage Test debutant Sam, his family, mentor...

28.12.2024 5

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Their ‘little gladiator’: Team Konstas absorbs Sam’s supernova debut

Team Konstas shared an evening meal on Melbourne’s Southbank on Friday night. The brood comprised teenage Test debutant Sam, his family, mentor...

28.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Virat Kohli came looking for a fight, but found a humbling

It cannot be known whether Virat Kohli arrived in Melbourne looking for a fight. By accident or design, Kohli found himself in numerous scrapes...

27.12.2024 2

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Virat Kohli came looking for a fight, but found a humbling

It cannot be known whether Virat Kohli arrived in Melbourne looking for a fight. By accident or design, Kohli found himself in numerous scrapes...

27.12.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Virat Kohli came looking for a fight, but found a humbling

It cannot be known whether Virat Kohli arrived in Melbourne looking for a fight. By accident or design, Kohli found himself in numerous scrapes...

27.12.2024 2

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Virat Kohli came looking for a fight, but found a humbling

It cannot be known whether Virat Kohli arrived in Melbourne looking for a fight. By accident or design, Kohli found himself in numerous scrapes...

27.12.2024 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

What Sam Konstas’ searing debut means for Australia’s future

In late afternoon at the MCG, Test cricket was transported back several years or more in time. Steve Smith stood in firm occupation of the crease,...

26.12.2024 2

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

What Sam Konstas’ searing debut means for Australia’s future

In late afternoon at the MCG, Test cricket was transported back several years or more in time. Steve Smith stood in firm occupation of the crease,...

26.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

What Sam Konstas’ searing debut means for Australia’s future

In late afternoon at the MCG, Test cricket was transported back several years or more in time. Steve Smith stood in firm occupation of the crease,...

26.12.2024 6

The Age

Daniel Brettig

What Sam Konstas’ searing debut means for Australia’s future

In late afternoon at the MCG, Test cricket was transported back several years or more in time. Steve Smith stood in firm occupation of the crease,...

26.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig