Ian Chappell Appreciation thread

[TheParraboy]

The great man still got it

Long live Chappelli

Miss him in the com box

Pat Cummins has proved once again why he was always the best choice for captain

His bowling, inspirational leadership, and fearlessness in taking a stand on issues he is passionate about make him one of the greats of the modern game

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Don't be fooled by the controversy surrounding coach Justin Langer and his eventual departure. Once appointed, Cummins earned the right to choose the coach he wanted. He now works with coach Andrew McDonald but be in no doubt who is running the cricket side of things - it is, as it should be, the captain.

While I can guarantee from personal experience that a lot of codswallop is written and spoken about what happens on the cricket field, it is refreshing to watch Cummins and his team in action. Cummins' side is often spoken about as an ultra-aggressive Australian unit minus the ugly side effects.

Someone once wisely wrote, "Good captaincy is like pornography; it's hard to define but you know it when you see it"

 

[hineyrulz]

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I saw John Snow and a helluva lot of naked chicks rolling around on a horse blanket. It was pornography I think.

 

[Bazal]

Lol Chaps so out of touch he seriously still thinks captains have anything to do with the team? They don't even talk to them FFS!

The real question is, how much pornography can a committee watch together underneath one horse blanket?

 

[simmo1]

Ahh yes, pornography is famously known as being hard to define. Very wise.

 

[mozza91]

Lost interest at ‘codswallop’ regained interest at ‘pornography’. Helluva article Chappelli!

 

[hineyrulz]

John Snow had a Helluva money shot back in the day.

 

[Fangs]

Ian calling it like it is. I wanna see this speed demon shake up batsman like Fred Spofforth did back in 1882:

Chappell nails Aussie selectors over missed call

As fellow Test great calls for 'dramatic change'

wwos.nine.com.au

Lance Morris' selection or otherwise in the Australian Test side is a litmus test of the selectors' ability to make tough decisions, according to former skipper Ian Chappell.

Chappell said the time is more than right to give him a chance at Test level, and selectors should have pulled the trigger on the 25-year-old speed demon for the Adelaide Test against the West Indies last summer.

"That to me was an opportunity to pick Lance Morris and they didn't take it," he told Wide World of Sports.

"It's fine to shake batsman up at Sheffield Shield level, but you've got to find out if they can do it at Test level, and that to me was the opportunity to find out if Morris could do it at Test level and they didn't pick him.

"You have some tough decisions to make both as a captain and as a selector, and it's your measure of your selectorial ability if you make those tough decisions, and I was disappointed they didn't make it then."

"I just hope at some point they don't just pick Morris in a squad — they actually pick him in the team and find out what he can do."

 

[bazza]

if Cummins, Hazelwood and Starc are fit then no one else is getting a look in at this stage

 

[Fangs]

if Cummins, Hazelwood and Starc are fit then no one else is getting a look in at this stage

Starc 33
Cummins 30
Lyon 36
Hazelwood 32
Boland 34

Starc and Haze have birthdays in January. Its closer to the end than the start now.

The WI and Pakistan are the perfect time to get some youth in. And chances are the bowlers with that average age won't play 5 tests this Summer.

 

[TheParraboy]

The great man speaks, even time to have a little dig at Steve Waugh

Chappell weighs in on uncomfortable selection issue

'All I ever needed to know'

wwos.nine.com.au

While Chappell says the public can only take Bancroft - and the other Test players - at face value, any personal issue between them shouldn't impact his selection anyway.

"You've really got to rely on Cameron Bancroft and the bowlers. I'm not there, I'm not part of the dressing room, and unless you're part of the dressing room you're not going to know that," Chappell said.

"Firstly, if anybody thinks - as Steve Waugh suggested - that all 16 players in a touring party really like each other, then they believe in Santa Clause and the Easter bunny, because it just doesn't happen.

"You've got 16 different personalities, some are going to get on and some aren't.

"All I ever asked as a captain was that people respect what I was doing. I didn't expect invitations to their 21sts or their weddings.

"Some people obviously I got on well with. But the main thing was that they respected me and respected the decisions, and that included selection."

If selectors do pick Warner's replacement purely on form at Sheffield Shield level, Bancroft appears a shoo-in.

In six Shield matches this season he has scored 512 runs at 56.88 for Western Australia, including two centuries.

Chappell would rather Test selectors focus on form with the bat, rather than personality off the field.

"All I ever needed to know was can (the player) score 100, or can he get five wickets? And if the answer to that was yes, he was in the team," Chappell said.

"If there was a problem personality wise it was my job as a captain to make sure that worked.

"If you ask if I think personality has affected selection, I think it definitely has at different points."

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Load of f**king codswallop.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Typical, I dont even know what he's talking about when he mentioned his name, probably another poor excuse to have a dig at the great man.

Beefy had a slight dig at Chappell on the Triple M the other day lol

 

[Bazal]

I wouldn't even wave a horse blanket at Chappelli's demented waffle these days

 

[TheParraboy]

Fair calls chaps’

 

[AlwaysGreen]

In the 70s Chaps' teams bowled 200 eight ball overs a day. And the only drinks you had were 30 beers at the end of play.

 

[Twizzle]

I remember when T20 started, the batsmen would run onto the pitch and some bowlers were running back to thier mark and players running between overs.

I know its T20 but things really have changed a lot.

 

[Marshall_magic]

I remember when T20 started, the batsmen would run onto the pitch and some bowlers were running back to thier mark and players running between overs.

I know its T20 but things really have changed a lot.

I can remember McCullum captaining the heat. Every ball was followed by a meeting with the bowler and a fielding change. The overrated we’re abysmal.

that being said, ask someone who doesn’t watch cricket but does watch other sports why, almost every single one will list “slow and/or boring” as a reason. It boggles the mind? No other sport will effectively shorten the game if they can’t finish it in time.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

T20s and ODIs with the over clock has made a difference.

I agree with old mate Chaps about the gloves and the drink and the gum and the panadol and the new bat and the update on the odds in the 4th at Randwick and the gloves every second over.

 

[Twizzle]

T20s and ODIs with the over clock has made a difference.

I agree with old mate Chaps about the gloves and the drink and the gum and the panadol and the new bat and the update on the odds in the 4th at Randwick and the gloves every second over.

and the pickle juice

and for once I agree with the old fossil