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Greg Chappell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
432 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

But all of a sudden with a group,

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

we actually seem to have made some some difference so i think that's really important with regard to you know jolly mont i think that you know we are all custodians of the game we only we only own it for a short time or we only have a part to play in it for a short time and it moves on to the next generation and i'm all in favor of that i think that you know game's got to keep evolving

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

But there is a part of it that is so unique.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

Test cricket is one of the most unique sports in the world, if not the most unique.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

There are not many games that go for five days.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

There are not many games that go for six hours a day for five days.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

There are not many games that go for five days and you don't get a result.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

It's quite unique.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And I remember our eldest grandson, who's pretty much grown up now, he's a man.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

But as a 10 or 11 year old, he said to me, oh, Gramps, he said, I'm sorry, he said, but I don't like cricket very much.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And I said, why don't you like cricket?

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And actually I said to him, I said, how much cricket have you watched?

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And he said, oh, not a lot.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And I said, well, what do you like?

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

I knew what he liked at that stage.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And he was into his chess and he said, oh, I like chess.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And I said, why do you like chess?

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

And he said, I like the fact that each piece has its own path to play.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

You know, they've got their own role.

The Grade Cricketer
Selling the summer, Pakistani exclusion and Imran, with Greg Chappell

and it's in how you strategize and you use those pieces decides who wins the game and i said let's cricket that's test cricket you know everyone's got their role to play and how you strategize and how you use each of the skills of each individual decides whether you're likely to win win the match or not now he didn't become a cricketer um he did play some cricket but he got a totally different view of the game and