Greg Chappell Quotes (37 Quotes)

It will be a learning curve for him. I know the first few games are very important,

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.

We will have the odd incident from time to time and it obviously makes life good to you guys. Why would you complain.

Most games at the international level are played in very good spirit. There are some personality clashes from time to time and there's a bit of emotion that comes out from each game. If there's no emotion in cricket at this level it would not be worth watching.

I have seen some terrifically exciting changes with young players coming into the squad which is reinvigorated. The older players and the whole group has been refreshed by the youth and enthusiasm that has come into the team. I think that has been misunderstood and misrepresented in certain quarters to the detriment of Indian cricket.

I have to let it wash by and say people have their reasons for saying what they do and I can't be distracted by that and do what I believe in. At the end of my time, whenever that might be, the team and therefore I will be judged ultimately on the results we achieve, not whether I have been able to convince this or that member of the media that what we are doing is in the best interests of Indian cricket.

Obviously between now and then (till they arrive) we will give due consideration to their fast bowling attack and the sort of situations that's likely to develop and hopefully we can counter those with the players we have.

In what context he said it, nobody knows. You got to get the truth.

Pakistan would be confident after their series win over England. The series will be a very close and good contest and if all the players play to their potential we're in for some wonderful cricket.

I regularly watch the scorecards of all Ranji matches.

Saurav and I share a strong and mutual respect for each other going back a long time. Thankfully, it was strong enough to survive what has occurred in the past week.

We won't have a long duration camp. We had lot of cricket over the last few months. So, we will probably get together only the day before we leave for Pakistan.

I think the media gets a lot excited at such happenings,

It was nothing, we were just discussing cricket. Why do you people have to read more into everything

I sent a private and confidential e-mail to the president of BCCI,

There was no spin, no seam movement, no swing today. It was a good gutsy effort from my bowlers.

We wanted to make sure the best eleven would be selected for the match. Experience and knowledge of conditions here were also taken into account.

Any discussion on selection from this point has to have in mind the 2007 World Cup,

Oh, he is a class act, no doubt. He has so many strokes and can be murderous at times. The only thing is that he needs to be consistent and enjoy what he is doing. I feel at times he is a bit too harsh on himself.

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.

His bowling is like a breath of fresh air for all of us. I hope he will have a long career ahead of him.

We had couple of close decisions which could have gone either way. I thought it was a reasonable effort from our bowlers.

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.

It is disappointing that what was a private discussion between the captain and myself has become a cause of public speculation. Even more disappointing is that much of what has been written does not represent the discussion fairly,

The failure of openers is cause of concern. But then the Sri Lankan fast bowlers seem to be quite good

We must be careful of not overdoing it. We must make sure we get the best out of him, not just for now but for the next two-three years.

Guys who are buying into it are going ahead and those who are not buying into it will find themselves by the wayside,

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.

I have taken the view that I can do the job to the best of my ability and the rest will take care of itself.

I'm hoping that he will pass on the knowledge and experience he has gained from playing for 16 years to the next generation,

It's a good flat batting wicket with not a blade of grass seen on it.

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.

I don't think he is far away from being in very good form. If he gets the sort of conditions that allow for good batting, I have no doubt that he will bat well.

We hope to be able to manage him through this tournament and through the series against Sri Lanka and South Africa,

You can't afford to have the same group together for too long because most of the problems that most teams face from time to time is that if you have four or five players who are going to finish around the same time, you are going to have problems.

Saurav and I discussed the balance of the team and there were a number of issues but that's all I want to say at this stage.

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.