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 are under pressure and we need to bat well.
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We are obviously keen to win the game. The spirit in the group is excellent. We were happy with most of what we did in the first game. We were happy with our batting in the first game, which was pretty good. The fielding was good too. The bowlers did pretty good too.
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A win is not probable but it is possible. But if we can bat out this test and save this match we will have something to build on.
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It's a good flat batting wicket with not a blade of grass seen on it.
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I'd like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you that's what he's been doing all this while
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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 don't think he is far away from being in very good form. If he gets the sort of conditions that allow for good batting, I have no doubt that he will bat well.
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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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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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Things come up from time to time and people get frustrated. They say things which probably they don't really mean and are not as important as they are made out to be. I think if we keep looking at success a lot of these issues would fade away.
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The failure of openers is cause of concern. But then the Sri Lankan fast bowlers seem to be quite good!
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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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It was nothing, we were just discussing cricket. Why do you people have to read more into everything?