Peter Roebuck in the Age hopes the Adelaide Test will show the game in better light, after the little cheer that the recent going-ons in the cricket world have offered. He outlines the need for Matthew Hayden and Simon Katich to step up, and that for a specialist spinner, as they look for a series win.

Admittedly, Australia has been unlucky that the most creditable candidates are wounded. As a rule, tweakers are about as injury-prone as chess players (though not quite as sane). But it's time to review coaching methods and to instigate a national campaign. Curiously, 20-over cricket is helping to restore spin even as unchanging pitches thwart it. At any rate, one of the off-spinners will play in Adelaide, not least to wave the flag.

With apologies to Kellie Hayden, there can hardly be anyone who knows her husband better than the man who walked out to bat with him 113 times. And Justin Langer is adamant Australia cannot yet afford to lose Matthew Hayden's wisdom and experience, writes Chloe Saltau in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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