Jun 18, 2020Daniel BrettigAssistant editor, ESPNcricinfo CloseAssistant editor Daniel Brettig had been a journalist for eight years when he joined ESPNcricinfo, but his fascination with cricket dates back to the early 1990s, when his dad helped him sneak into the family lounge room to watch the end of day-night World Series matches well past bedtime. Unapologetically passionate about indie music and the South Australian Redbacks, Daniel’s chief cricketing achievement was to dismiss Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth in the 2010 Ashes press match in Perth – a rare Australian victory that summer.Follow on TwitterFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintAustralia’s scheduled series against Zimbabwe in the top end in August looks certain to be cancelled after the head coach Justin Langer indicated he was planning to have the team ready to play by September in anticipation of a possible white-ball tour of England.On the day after Cricket Australia announced redundancies for 40 staff – far less than originally intended – as part of a reshaping of the governing body to reduce its cost base in a post-Covid-19 world, Langer spoke about undergoing the difficult task of telling the batting coach Graeme Hick he was no longer required as part of a reduced support staff.He also…