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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Saurav and I share a strong and mutual respect for each other going back a long time. Thankfully, it was strong enough to survive what has occurred in the past week.
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Modest innings were draining him. He had no energy to give to the team, which was helping neither him nor us.
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In what context he said it, nobody knows. You got to get the truth.
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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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I have been through this before. There is always going to be something bubbling around the place. We can't get worried about it or get involved in it.
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He is not fit. At the moment it does not look like he can play.
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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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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 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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He knows exactly what he is doing and that is very good.
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Any discussion on selection from this point has to have in mind the 2007 World Cup,
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Guys who are buying into it are going ahead and those who are not buying into it will find themselves by the wayside,
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We have done the small things right. I wasn't overly worried about the bowling when we lost the first match in Peshawar. We did all the things we could do well.