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 hope to be able to manage him through this tournament and through the series against Sri Lanka and South Africa,
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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 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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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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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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Chances are that he will not play this game.
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Any discussion on selection from this point has to have in mind the 2007 World Cup,
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I have taken the view that I can do the job to the best of my ability and the rest will take care of itself.
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I have to let it wash by and say people have their reasons for saying what they do and I can't be distracted by that and do what I believe in. At the end of my time, whenever that might be, the team and therefore I will be judged ultimately on the results we achieve, not whether I have been able to convince this or that member of the media that what we are doing is in the best interests of Indian cricket.
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In what context he said it, nobody knows. You got to get the truth.
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I'm sure he thought he would be able to run me as he did (former coach) John (Wright) in the latter part of his time as coach.
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In both the finals in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe we got into positions from where we should have won but we didn't. But if we keep getting into those positions we will win some.
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I'm hoping that he will pass on the knowledge and experience he has gained from playing for 16 years to the next generation,
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The failure of openers is cause of concern. But then the Sri Lankan fast bowlers seem to be quite good!