Mitchell Johnson produced the most intimidating performance of his international career to drive South Africa towards the brink of oblivion

John Buchanan talks to Alex Brown about his future ... and it could be working with the team he spent so much of his career deconstructing

Hundreds from Phillip Hughes and Simon Katich helped Australia to 303 for 4 on the opening day of the second Test in Durban

Tom Moody will not be on the short-list for the England coaching position when submissions close on Friday, after he turned down an approach from the head-hunting firm appointed by the ECB

Younis Khan has appealed to cricket's administrators to save the game in Pakistan, or risk pushing future generations into the clutches of terrorists

It remains to be seen whether England's coaching dragnet will extend as far as John Dyson, but the West Indies mentor is certainly making a compelling case for consideration

Shane Watson fears that Mitchell Johnson's evolution into a genuine allrounder could obstruct his return, and that of Andrew Symonds, to the Australian Test team

Cricket Australia officials will meet in Dubai on Thursday with counterparts from Pakistan to discuss moving the scheduled 2010 Test series to England. The discussions will take place a day after New Zealand Cricket announced it would not travel to Pakist

The impact of Twenty20 cricket is being acutely felt in Australia. A survey conducted by the Australian Cricketers' Association has found the majority of centrally contracted players are not convinced that representing Australia will be the pinnacle of th

Stuart Clark could be the beneficiary of southern English hospitality in his bid to return to full fitness for the Ashes series

Shane Warne has expressed disappointment at the omission of Bryce McGain for the first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg

Phillip Hughes and Bryce McGain are looming as the pivotal members of the Australian touring squad for South Africa

In between bouts with Australia, South Africa's pace spearhead has been wrestling wild animals and learning to talk a good game

Ricky Ponting is making the most of the unfamiliar role of underdog

The optimism of a fortnight ago was all but absent in the New Zealand camp, with Daniel Vettori chastising his batsman for a poorly planned run-chase and describing Sunday night's Twenty20 defeat as "devastating"

Nathan Bracken inspired Australia with a sequence of 10 consecutive dot balls from which New Zealand never fully recovered on the way to a one-run defeat

Daniel Vettori reflects with awe and amazement at Twenty20's inexorable march to prominence

Preview of the Twenty20 International between Australia and New Zealand at the SCG

Dale Steyn has commenced the psychological skirmishes with Australia ahead of the three-Test series in South Africa by suggesting Phillip Hughes, the rookie opener, could struggle under the heavy weight of expectation replacing Matthew Hayden

Simon Katich insists his spat with Michael Clarke is over, and his impending opening partnership with Phillip Hughes ready to withstand the Proteas' pace attack ahead of his departure for South Africa next week