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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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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I feel it's more of a mental thing. I have gone through this having scored seven successive ducks. I feel it's a mental problem. The focus is not as much there because of the anxiety to succeed. He also needs a little bit of luck.
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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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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?
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We are under pressure and we need to bat well.
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We are trying to look at each game as a stepping stone on our journey toward the (2007) World Cup and from each game we are trying to get positive out of it, but obviously we need to win some games.
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We are trying to look at each game as a stepping stone in our journey towards the World Cup. We are trying to take positives from each game in the areas we need to improve from that game.
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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 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.
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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.