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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Our bowlers learnt from the experience of bowling on flat pitches.
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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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It did not remain confidential though I would have preferred it to have remained so. What else can I say at this stage?
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John Wright obviously allowed this to go on to the detriment of the team, ... I am not prepared to sit back and allow this to continue.
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It is disappointing that what was a private discussion between the captain and myself has become a cause of public speculation. Even more disappointing is that much of what has been written does not represent the discussion fairly,
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I think it (batting) is probably more established than the bowling. But we have got some young players in the one-day squad. You've got to keep moving on at all stages. If you are standing still, you are going backwards really.
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We must be careful of not overdoing it. We must make sure we get the best out of him, not just for now but for the next two-three years.
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We will have the odd incident from time to time and it obviously makes life good to you guys. Why would you complain.
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We were happy with the basic plans that we had worked on. But I don't have a great desire to look back at what happened in Peshawar.
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We had couple of close decisions which could have gone either way. I thought it was a reasonable effort from our bowlers.
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He is not fit. At the moment it does not look like he can play.
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But we clashed because his needs as a struggling player and captain and those of the team were different.