BREAKING GOSSIP 1239 GMT: England's Stuart Broad believes that the winter he spent playing grade cricket in Melbourne was crucial in toughening him up. "I learnt how to be a bloke," he said.
Full story: the Times (subscription required) OTHER GOSSIP England bowler Tim Bresnan has said he is happy to be the target of the rest of the team's jokes if it helps build a winning team spirit.
Full story: Daily Mirror Australia's leading Test wicket-taker Shane Warne believes his country's selectors have been "very harsh" on dropped spinner Nathan Hauritz.
Full story: The Age Former Australia opener Michael Slater has said that an England series win would not surprise him after their impressive preparation for the first Test.
Full story: Daily Mirror Former England coach Duncan Fletcher has drawn up a three-pronged plan to remove Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, who he believes is key to the destiny of the urn.
Full story: the Guardian Former Aussie paceman Michael Kasprowicz, who turned down a coaching job with England, believes the conditions that England's first-choice bowlers are practising in at Brisbane's Allan Border Field are nothing like those they will face in the first Test at the Gabba on 25 November.
Full story: Herald Sun Graeme Swann's brother Alec has revealed it was the childhood rivalry with the England off-spinner that drove them both into county cricket.
Full story: the Sun
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