Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBEis a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricketorganisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1984. The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke making to fierce concentration. An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his retirement, held the world...
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We won't have a long duration camp. We had lot of cricket over the last few months. So, we will probably get together only the day before we leave for Pakistan.
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Differences are a fairly normal thing happening in cricket. But you can understand I am not in a position to speak about it to you at this stage.
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Ever since I was a boy I have been fascinated with the game of cricket and committed to understanding its complexities. This journey has taken me to create The Chappell Way and my dream of assisting people in becoming a better player or coach.
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We need results in test cricket. Both teams are evenly matched and we are excited about this game. We got some good batting practice in Lahore.
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I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly
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It was a frank discussion about Indian cricket, present and future, and much of what I said was aimed at motivating Saurav for the Bulawayo test. In that regard our exchange was beneficial.
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It's got to be good for the future of the Indian cricket.
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It was nothing, we were just discussing cricket. Why do you people have to read more into everything?
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Most games at the international level are played in very good spirit. There are some personality clashes from time to time and there's a bit of emotion that comes out from each game. If there's no emotion in cricket at this level it would not be worth watching.
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I think the media gets a lot excited at such happenings,
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We wanted to make sure the best eleven would be selected for the match. Experience and knowledge of conditions here were also taken into account.
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Pakistan provides an ideal challenge and by playing a good team we would know where we stand.
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Our bowlers learnt from the experience of bowling on flat pitches.
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It did not remain confidential though I would have preferred it to have remained so. What else can I say at this stage?