Daniel Brettig
Daniel Brettig is The Age's chief cricket writer and the author of several books on cricket.
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There’s too much ‘big three’ cricket already, say players of the two-tier Tests plan
The boss of the World Cricketers’ Association says any moves to change the Test structure mustn’t be about chasing more dollars for Australia, India and England.
- by Daniel Brettig
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What Cummins’ India triumph means for the Ashes summer
Australia’s enthralling 3-1 defeat of India has already set tongues wagging about next summer’s blockbuster Ashes series.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Top flight: Australia, England, India in talks to split Tests in two
Australia, England, India and the International Cricket Council’s new chair Jay Shah are in talks to split Test cricket into two divisions, so the big three nations can play each other more often.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Why Kohli’s cheap shot made Australia’s era-defining win even sweeter
Cheap shots, it must be said, are now all the rest of the world have left to fire at Pat Cummins’ team, after a seven-year journey that has seen them rise to the undisputed summit of Test cricket by playing the game the right way
- by Daniel Brettig
Boland’s perfect 10 and Kohli’s final flop: Player ratings from the SCG
In a series dominated by bowlers, a pair of pacemen sat atop the series ratings for their respective sides.
- by Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig
Border, Waugh, Ponting: How Smith’s shock exit cancelled SCG 10,000 celebration
Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were to feature in a presentation to Steve Smith had he not been dismissed at the SCG with a total of 9999 Test runs to his name.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Boland and Rishabh hurtle the SCG Test towards a finish to remember
Scott Boland is almost impossible to keep out with a defensive bat on a seaming pitch. Rishabh Pant didn’t try to.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Bumrah’s blow-up at Konstas exposes India’s identity crisis
For India to get in the face of Sam Konstas for the second time in as many matches summed up how the precocious teenager has succeeded in getting under the team’s skin.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Rohit’s captaincy cliffhanger finale to Indian cricket soap opera
Rohit Sharma’s place in the Indian side has been thrown into doubt after coach Gautam Gambhir refused to confirm who would captain the team for the fifth Test.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Pads on, pads off: How Marsh was dropped and Webster called for SCG debut
Pat Cummins has insisted Mitch Marsh’s Test career isn’t over after Australia made the call to drop the struggling all-rounder for the SCG and replace him with the tall Tasmanian Beau Webster.
- by Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig
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‘My 100 per cent is a bit different’: Border on Parkinson’s treatment, Konstas, Smith and his SCG memories
Allan Border speaks candidly on Sam Konstas, his hopes of finally handing his trophy back to Australia, the friends he’s lost along the way, and his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- by Daniel Brettig
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