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Brisbane Times

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Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

By leaving Nathan Lyon out of the side, Australia may have just outsmarted themselves.

yesterday 3

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

By leaving Nathan Lyon out of the side, Australia may have just outsmarted themselves.

yesterday 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

By leaving Nathan Lyon out of the side, Australia may have just outsmarted themselves.

yesterday 3

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole

By leaving Nathan Lyon out of the side, Australia may have just outsmarted themselves.

yesterday 3

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Social media attacks on Usman Khawaja have reached the pile-on stage, adding to his determination not to go quietly. He’s right to stand his ground.

yesterday 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Social media attacks on Usman Khawaja have reached the pile-on stage, adding to his determination not to go quietly. He’s right to stand his ground.

yesterday 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Social media attacks on Usman Khawaja have reached the pile-on stage, adding to his determination not to go quietly. He’s right to stand his ground.

yesterday 9

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Why Usman Khawaja shouldn’t go quietly

Social media attacks on Usman Khawaja have reached the pile-on stage, adding to his determination not to go quietly. He’s right to stand his ground.

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a...

26.11.2025 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a...

26.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a...

26.11.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a...

26.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England. It will define this Ashes series

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England. It will define this Ashes series

It was the greatest Test innings ever played in the west, and it left the tourists to lament the recklessness of their own batting.

22.11.2025 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England. It will define this Ashes series

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England. It will define this Ashes series

It was the greatest Test innings ever played in the west, and it left the tourists to lament the recklessness of their own batting.

22.11.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

It was the greatest Test innings ever played in the west, and it left the tourists to lament the recklessness of their own batting.

22.11.2025 9

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

It was the greatest Test innings ever played in the west, and it left the tourists to lament the recklessness of their own batting.

22.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Back when he flummoxed Rory Burns four years ago, Mitchell Starc was still widely considered a bowler of great balls. Now he is undeniably a great...

21.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Back when he flummoxed Rory Burns four years ago, Mitchell Starc was still widely considered a bowler of great balls. Now he is undeniably a great...

21.11.2025 7

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Back when he flummoxed Rory Burns four years ago, Mitchell Starc was still widely considered a bowler of great balls. Now he is undeniably a great...

21.11.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Back when he flummoxed Rory Burns four years ago, Mitchell Starc was still widely considered a bowler of great balls. Now he is undeniably a great...

21.11.2025 8

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

By engaging with Australia’s biggest energy retailer after it had already started working with skipper Pat Cummins and the Cricket For Climate...

17.11.2025 7

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

By engaging with Australia’s biggest energy retailer after it had already started working with skipper Pat Cummins and the Cricket For Climate...

17.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

By engaging with Australia’s biggest energy retailer after it had already started working with skipper Pat Cummins and the Cricket For Climate...

17.11.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

How Cricket Australia avoided a culture war and kept the lights on

By engaging with Australia’s biggest energy retailer after it had already started working with skipper Pat Cummins and the Cricket For Climate...

17.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring injury has put Australia in difficult territory for the first time in nearly 10 years on the eve of an Ashes series.

16.11.2025 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring injury has put Australia in difficult territory for the first time in nearly 10 years on the eve of an Ashes series.

16.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring injury has put Australia in difficult territory for the first time in nearly 10 years on the eve of an Ashes series.

16.11.2025 6

The Age

Daniel Brettig

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

From ‘holy grail’ to uncharted territory: The biggest blow to Australia’s Ashes hopes

Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring injury has put Australia in difficult territory for the first time in nearly 10 years on the eve of an Ashes series.

16.11.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Ashes grudges die hard, but genuine hatred would kill sport’s oldest rivalry

Should the Ashes truly descend to the war footing grotesquely taken by some MCC members in those frenzied moments after Jonny Bairstow’s stumping by...

11.11.2025 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Ashes grudges die hard, but genuine hatred would kill sport’s oldest rivalry

Should the Ashes truly descend to the war footing grotesquely taken by some MCC members in those frenzied moments after Jonny Bairstow’s stumping by...

11.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Ashes grudges die hard, but genuine hatred would kill sport’s oldest rivalry

Should the Ashes truly descend to the war footing grotesquely taken by some MCC members in those frenzied moments after Jonny Bairstow’s stumping by...

11.11.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Ashes grudges die hard, but genuine hatred would kill sport’s oldest rivalry

Should the Ashes truly descend to the war footing grotesquely taken by some MCC members in those frenzied moments after Jonny Bairstow’s stumping by...

11.11.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

‘Un-Australian’: Sloppy display, record chase send Healy’s troops home early from World Cup

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Australian women’s team will not be in possession of either the ODI or Twenty20 World Cup

31.10.2025 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

‘Un-Australian’: Sloppy display, record chase send Healy’s troops home early from World Cup

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Australian women’s team will not be in possession of either the ODI or Twenty20 World Cup

31.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

‘Un-Australian’: Sloppy display, record chase send Healy’s troops home early from World Cup

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Australian women’s team will not be in possession of either the ODI or Twenty20 World Cup

31.10.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

‘Un-Australian’: Sloppy display, record chase send Healy’s troops home early from World Cup

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Australian women’s team will not be in possession of either the ODI or Twenty20 World Cup

31.10.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Alana King has magic in her fingers. It’s a joy to watch, unless you’re the batter facing her

It whirrs. It dips and drops, and then it spins or skids, leaving opposition batters bamboozled. Alana King’s bowling is fast becoming one of the...

26.10.2025 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Alana King has magic in her fingers. It’s a joy to watch, unless you’re the batter facing her

It whirrs. It dips and drops, and then it spins or skids, leaving opposition batters bamboozled. Alana King’s bowling is fast becoming one of the...

26.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Alana King has magic in her fingers. It’s a joy to watch, unless you’re the batter facing her

It whirrs. It dips and drops, and then it spins or skids, leaving opposition batters bamboozled. Alana King’s bowling is fast becoming one of the...

26.10.2025 10

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Alana King has magic in her fingers. It’s a joy to watch, unless you’re the batter facing her

It whirrs. It dips and drops, and then it spins or skids, leaving opposition batters bamboozled. Alana King’s bowling is fast becoming one of the...

26.10.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

I wrote the book on the 2010-11 Ashes, literally. Look any closer than the 30-odd seconds it takes to view an Instagram reel, and you’ll see that...

15.10.2025 7

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

I wrote the book on the 2010-11 Ashes, literally. Look any closer than the 30-odd seconds it takes to view an Instagram reel, and you’ll see that...

15.10.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

I wrote the book on the 2010-11 Ashes, literally. Look any closer than the 30-odd seconds it takes to view an Instagram reel, and you’ll see that...

15.10.2025 5

The Age

Daniel Brettig

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

I wrote the book on the 2010-11 Ashes, literally. Look any closer than the 30-odd seconds it takes to view an Instagram reel, and you’ll see that...

15.10.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

‘What have I done?’ Australia were facing a record run chase. This is why the pressure was on their opponents anyway

Australia conjured another miracle World Cup win against India, this time thanks to heroics from Alyssa Healy. Their opponents now expect it.

13.10.2025 9

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

‘What have I done?’ Australia were facing a record run chase. This is why the pressure was on their opponents anyway

Australia conjured another miracle World Cup win against India, this time thanks to heroics from Alyssa Healy. Their opponents now expect it.

13.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig

‘What have I done?’ Australia were facing a record run chase. This is why the pressure was on their opponents anyway

Australia conjured another miracle World Cup win against India, this time thanks to heroics from Alyssa Healy. Their opponents now expect it.

13.10.2025 9

The Age

Daniel Brettig

‘What have I done?’ Australia were facing a record run chase. This is why the pressure was on their opponents anyway

Australia conjured another miracle World Cup win against India, this time thanks to heroics from Alyssa Healy. Their opponents now expect it.

13.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Daniel Brettig

Australia’s worst nightmare is looming for the Ashes. It would be England’s dream

Pat Cummins’ back stress problem has emerged like a nasty toothache for Australia, now requiring his extraction for the start of a blockbuster Ashes...

08.10.2025 10

WA Today

Daniel Brettig

Australia’s worst nightmare is looming for the Ashes. It would be England’s dream

Pat Cummins’ back stress problem has emerged like a nasty toothache for Australia, now requiring his extraction for the start of a blockbuster Ashes...

08.10.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel Brettig