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  rediff.com: cricket channel - Greg Chappell regrets underarm incident
Chappell told his brother Trevor to bowl underarm along the ground for the final delivery of a limited-overs international against New Zealand on February 1, 1981.
Greg Chappell said a tough schedule that summer and ongoing negotiations with officials over playing conditions had left him "mentally unfit" to be captain that day.
Trevor Chappell, a three-Test veteran and the lesser-known younger brother of Australian captains Ian and Greg, said at least it meant he was famous for something.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/feb/01greg.htm   (368 words)

  
  Greg Chappell at AllExperts
Gregory Stephen Chappell (born August 7 1948) is a former Australian cricketer.
Chappell, the captain, ordered his brother Trevor Chappell, to bowl with an underarm motion, thus ensuring the Australian team would win the match and avoid a tie (Video).
A public spat with captain Sourav Ganguly, in which Ganguly alleged Chappell had asked him to stand down on the eve of a Test match, was widely covered by the Indian media.He earns about 175,000 USD as salary from the BCCI every year.
en.allexperts.com /e/g/gr/greg_chappell.htm   (403 words)

  
  Ian Chappell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in the Adelaide suburb of Unley) is a former Australian cricket player.
Ian Chappell was on the board of directors for Com Tech (later Dimension Data Australia) for several years, a successful marketing exercise for the company.
Along with his brother Greg he was part of, and led, one of the most successful teams to grace the field.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ian_Chappell   (306 words)

  
 Sight Screen: Speaking through the gag
He said Rahul Dravid explained to Chappell that his suggestion could have huge repercussions in India since Ganguly had been appointed captain for the whole tour by the selectors, and the coach was in no position to tell the captain to sit out.
Chappell had alleged in his mail that Ganguly was destroying the morale of the side by changing the team repeatedly on the morning of the match.
Accusing Chappell of misrepreseting facts to prove he had faked a tennis elbow in the warm-up game, Ganguly explained the exact nature of his injury and said he couldn't get scans done because there was no facility in Mutare or Bulawayo.
prempanix.blogspot.com /2005/09/speaking-through-gag.html   (735 words)

  
 Is Greg Chappell a liar, Mr Mahendra?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
And once the review committee in its infinite wisdom diagnosed the problem, the rest was simple: Captain Sourav Ganguly and coach Greg Chappell have been told, in clear, impossible to misunderstand words, that the idea is for the two to work together, not against one another.
Chappell's famous e-mail was an essay in explaining why Saurav Ganguly was not fit to lead the team.
Bear in mind that Chappell makes the further point that when he got that impression, he checked with several players, and they all told him that Ganguly clutching an elbow and going oo-aah-ouch was nothing new.
us.rediff.com /cricket/2005/sep/27prem2.htm?q=tp&file=.htm   (1237 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Greg Chappell is India's new coach
So Chappell, the second in line to be interviewed, occupied the hot seat at around 4.20pm, a good hour-and-a-half after the time he was allotted.
Furthermore, Cricinfo has learned that Chappell had to complete his presentation in quick time as Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the board president, and Jagmohan Dalmiya, the former BCCI chief, had to leave the Taj Palace hotel around 5pm to keep a prearranged date with the prime minister.
One thing that went in Chappell's favour was the fact that he was prepared to commit as many as 290 days a year to the job.
content.cricinfo.com /india/content/story/209663.html   (565 words)

  
 Greg Chappell resigns as India coach
Chappell had sent a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), saying he did not wish to renew his contract that was due to end on May 31, BCCI president Sharad Pawar said.
In his letter to BCCI officials, Chappell said that coaching India was the most challenging job in sports and he tried to meet the challenges in a professional way, PTI news agency reported.
Chappell's tenure as India coach was dogged with controversy, including a fall-out with former captain Saurav Ganguly and a rude gesture towards fans captured by the camera after a match in the eastern city of Kolkata.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/47771.html   (505 words)

  
 Cricket Australia Greg Chappell and the Bradman letters
FORMER Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell was a centre of controversy recently when he sold his extensive personal collection, including some sharp private letters from Sir Donald Bradman.
IT was a revelation to Greg Chappell that a couple of letters and a pile of old documents should cause such a stir.
And it was a win for me. When Greg Chappell passed Don Bradman's run total in that final innings of 182 against Pakistan at the SCG, he played as straight and as true as he had when he scored a century in his first Test.
www.cia.com.au /thorpe/cricket/cricket5.html   (1490 words)

  
 I have a vision for Team India: Chappell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Chappell was similarly optimistic about batting, more so with the imminent return of Sachin Tendulkar, but said they must look to seize on the little things which can make a big difference.
Chappell said he had identified the 18 players who could form the nucleus of the squad for the 2007 World Cup though he had not yet shared it with selectors.
Chappell understands that the cricket-crazy nation expects him to deliver quickly but believes he is not far away from turning around the corner.
cricket.expressindia.com /fulleistory.php?content_id=55280   (1101 words)

  
 Greg Chappell must go!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As Greg Chappell, whose hours as the coach of Team India are numbered, puts his foot into his mouth every time he opens it to say something about India’s pathetic performance in the ICC World Cup 2007, someone must be laughing his heart out ensconced at his residence in Kolkata.
Chappell, we are told now, had SMSed his Indian journalist friend Rajan Bala more than a month back, claiming that the senior players in the side resisted changes in the team composition and were against the inclusion of younger players.
We need people like Greg Chappel who finds the problem and has the guts to stick to his stand, rather than the rest of the fellows who have only tried to be as nice as possible to team and BCCI to get his money and go.
www.merinews.com /catFull.jsp?articleID=124668&catID=5&category=Sports   (3313 words)

  
 `Desire to succeed is important'
A beautifully balanced batsman in his time, Chappell was a lovely timer of the cricket ball, whether caressing it through the covers or driving it past mid-on - a stroke that became his trademark - his footwork perfect, his placement impeccable.
Greg Chappell made an extraordinary start to Tests, notching up 108 at the expense of England in Perth (1970-71) and ended an illustrious career in a blaze of glory, scoring 182 against Pakistan in Sydney (1983-84).
Greg Chappell, in Chennai recently for the MRF Coaches Seminar, spoke to Frontline.
www.flonnet.com /fl2016/stories/20030815002308200.htm   (3350 words)

  
 Relaxed, friendly, but mum's the word - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au
Chappell, who had a modest record in his previous coaching role with South Australia, made waves soon after arriving in India, when captain Sourav Ganguly was finally forced out because of his fading batting form.
Chappell sent a long email to his bosses at the Board of Cricket Control of India to explain his side of what had become a captain-coach tiff.
Last week Chappell felt his squad was in need of a stern admonishment over their relaxed attitude, so he called them into a huddle in the middle of training, and took them to task.
www.smh.com.au /news/cricket/relaxed-friendly-but-mums-the-word/2006/10/28/1161749357044.html   (1451 words)

  
 ChappellWay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Greg Chappell is one of the finest in that era.
Greg Chappell is now coaching a team of young talents.
Greg Chappell captained the Australian side and Greg Chappell was one of the most successful captain in test cricket history.
www.chappellway.com.au   (377 words)

  
 Is Greg Chappell experimenting too much?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Greg chappel's to many experiments has lead to the recent debacle of Indian team.Experiements should be made but not at the cost of Teams defeat.Bolwers like srisanth should not be neglected just for the cause of experimenting.
greg chappelis experimenting but he is the who taught new definition of cricket.and explored new dimension of cricket in india.we had stucked to a linear form of cricket.may he has fallen of our expectation but he'll bounce back i am sure.
Greg Chappel has done a lot for the Indian team but he should also give ample opportunity to the Caption as in the field he is the person who has to give results and maintain the morale high of other 10 players.
o3.indiatimes.com /mytimes/archive/2006/10/09/1914361.aspx   (4186 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Cricket - Woolmer death a reason for Chappell to quit, says brother
Greg Chappell declined to extend his two-year tenure as India's coach due to "family and personal" reasons after the national team were knocked out of the ongoing World Cup in the first round.
Ian Chappell, who, like Greg, is a former Australian captain, said his brother must have thought hard before deciding not to seek an extension to his 300,000-dollar-a-year job with India.
Greg Chappell will sumbit his report on the World Cup debacle to Indian cricket chiefs today, the first day of a two-day meeting to take stock of the team's poor performance in the Caribbean.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200704/s1891461.htm   (602 words)

  
 Cricinfo - 'Nothing's a disaster' - Chappell
Greg Chappell, though, does not believe these things are disasters, and a man under fire from several quarters spent some time with Cricinfo explaining why this team was still on track despite a lack of success in recent times.
When Chappell gave the players a tough team talk at Ahmedabad, within earshot of the media, it snowballed into a major national controversy, but Chappell is adamant he was right.
Chappell says the South Africa tour is a critical one in that it's an opportunity for the team to stay focussed on the big picture and to "find the pieces that are still missing in the jigsaw puzzle." For example, they need bowlers of different styles in the mix, he says.
www.cricinfo.com /india/content/current/story/267755.html   (1476 words)

  
 Forex reserves down by 1.30 billion dollars ; Kapil Dev unhappy over Greg Chappell's appointment; Committment key to ...
Addressing the media, Chappell, who was preferred over Desmond Haynes, Mohinder Amarnath and Tom Moody, said both the players and the coach would project a desire to succeed at the international level and take Indian cricket to a higher level.
Chappell termed his new job as ``exciting and challenging'' and said he would bring in his own philosophies and plans to take the Indian team further up the ladder.
Chappell, a world class batsman of the 1970s and 80s with 7,110 runs from 87 Tests, said talent alone would not bring success to the Indian team.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2005/may05/may2105_news3.html   (742 words)

  
 Greg Chappell new coach: BCCI
I think it is good and excellent move, because Greg has all type of knowledge about cricket and he will take india on the top...
Chappell, if my boss guarantees me 50 lakhs per year as salary irrespective of what I do and based solely on past laurels, do you...
Well Greg Chappel had to be the coach..The other three were just for the name sake.
in.rediff.com /cricket/2005/may/20coach.htm   (232 words)

  
 Central Chronicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Chappell in an e-mail to the Board said Ganguly was physically and mentally unfit to be in the Indian team.
Sydney, Sept 27 The embattled coach of the Indian cricket team, Greg Chappell, was on Tuesday criticised by former player Paul Wilson as a "poor coach" during his five-year stint at the South Australian state side.
Chappell's confidential e-mail to top BCCI officials in which he said that captain Sourav Ganguly was physically and mentally unfit and accused him of dividing the team, was leaked to a daily in Kolkata, giving a sensational twist to the stand-off between the coach and the captain.
www.centralchronicle.com /20050928/2809001.htm   (836 words)

  
 The golden years?
GREG CHAPPELL, FORMER AUST CRICKET CAPTAIN: Yeah, I think it's pretty much a microcosm of life, really - what you see in sport is pretty much what you get in the wider community, and some of the guys have done really well, some of the guys have done middling well, and some are struggling along.
GREG CHAPPELL: Like everyone else that's been involved in business, I've had good years and bad years some good businesses and not-so-good businesses, so you seem to take two steps forward sometimes and a couple back occasionally.
GREG CHAPPELL: I'd say to most people to find the things you're interested in and focus on those because I think if you just focus on the money you might miss everything because you might finish up doing things you don't really enjoy and not finish up with the money anyway.
sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1576.asp?MSID=6255d9d6a87145feae6a7af326d3664a   (3546 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Greg Chappell’s appointment as the new coach of the Indian cricket team has sparked off a wide range of reactions—from ecstasy to fury.
Two days after Chappell’s appointment, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar made it clear in his column that he was not bowled over by the arrival of a ‘foreigner’ on the scene.
Chappell, he said, was too money-minded and too old to take up the job.
www.the-week.com /25jun05/sports_article2.htm   (1189 words)

  
 Greg Chappell resigns as Indian coach - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
India coach Greg Chappell handed in his resignation, two days before the Indian cricket board meet to analyse the team's poor World Cup performance in the Caribbean.
Chappell, 58, took up the post in 2005 with an eye on success at this year's World Cup but India suffered a shock first-round exit last month at the showpiece event in the Caribbean, losing to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Chappell's relationships within the dressing room were bumpy, too, with a public spat with skipper Saurav Ganguly just months into his job leading to the Bengal left-hander's axing.
www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Greg-Chappell-resigns-as-Indian-coach/2007/04/05/1175366359023.html   (637 words)

  
 Interview with Greg Chappell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Here Greg talks about his own journey into middle age, his life-changing decision to become vegan in cahoots with his wife Judy, and what the effects of giving up dairy were on him.
Chappell as a stylish batsmen with an impressive record spanning his Test debut in 1970 through till 1984.
Chappell was also an exceptional slips fieldsman, with 122 catches to his name.
www.animal-lib.org.au /interviews/greg   (1457 words)

  
 Greg Chappell undergoes medical tests before flight... Keralanext.com, Cricket News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Chappell, who quit as coach after the team's disastrous first round exit in the World Cup, had postponed his flight after feeling unwell, the Press Trust of India reported.
Chappell waved to a horde of journalists outside Bombay Hospital in the western city of Mumbai on Saturday as he left the building following the tests.
Chappell and his wife, Judy, had been planning to fly to Singapore later on Saturday for a short break before heading home to Australia.
www.keralanext.com /news/?id=998367   (225 words)

  
 Greg Chappell appointed new India coach -DAWN - Sport; May 21, 2005
NEW DELHI, May 20: Former Australian captain Greg Chappell was on Friday named India’s new cricket coach and entrusted with the task of masterminding the country’s campaign at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Chappell declined to reveal the terms of his contract to reporters, saying it was a “matter between him and the BCCI and not for publication.”
Chappell, who played the last of his 87 Tests in 1984, is widely regarded as one of the batting greats with 7,110 runs at an average of 53.86 with 24 centuries.
www.dawn.com /2005/05/21/spt7.htm   (558 words)

  
 Yes, I did, says Chappell, owning finger gesture - Sports News - Webindia123.com
Chappell said the footage, first captured by a local production house of a sports capsule and later sold to mainline news channels, was not doctored.
The controversial TV footage showed Greg Chappell "sticking his middle finger out" to Chappell-booing fans of Sourav Ganguly shouting the name of the former captain outside the Eden Garden stadium while boarding a bus after practice session Thursday.
Chappell had angered Ganguly's fans after he had questioned the former skipper's form and his place in the Indian team.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=174156&cat=Sports   (465 words)

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