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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

What's up with Greg Chappell?

The Indian Team had this saintly figure as their coach.

His name was Chappell.

Greg Chappell.

Greg Chappell of the underarm ball fame, an apt example of how saintly he could get. Wanted kids to get involved as well. Hence the underarm ball.

But as is the wont with saints, he's upset. Read this:
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/319671.html

The last paragraph goes like this:
Chappell quit as India's coach four months later, following a disastrous World Cup campaign, but he claims that the incident cemented his decision to walk away as soon as his contract expired. In fact, he felt he should have gone sooner, after the BCCI reversed his attempts to inject new blood into the Indian squad by recalling older players such as Sourav Ganguly.

Huh? But don't I remember correctly about his taking the credit for Ganguly's return to the team? Probably I suffer from amnesia.

Then the saint talks about getting hit by a spectator. Sad. Very very sad. He goes onto criticize the BCCI of not making a big issue out of it.

But he conveniently has forgotten that he had the audacity to show one of five fingers to the Kolkata crowd after losing a match. And again, forgetting that the BCCI had played down the issue by proclaiming that he was checking his 'injured' finger.

You expect us to believe you again?

Now you are made the executive or some other thing sounding like that of the RCA, and you make it back to India, choose the half volleys thrown by the media at you to try and hit sixes? One supposes you should stop doing that, it could very well back fire, and end up hurting you more than the bowlers.

To end this piece, I would like to put up the link of the famous underarm ball. Bowled by Trevor Chappell at the 'request' of Brother Greg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NssS_7iPbA

Must watch. I wonder what would Greg's reaction have been seeing the number 11 batsman throw his bat in disgust. Probably pull him up to the match refree for dissent?

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