Ian Chappell unplugged

We speak to the legendary Australian captain Ian Chappell on a book he published in 1992 - Chappelli: The Cutting Edge.

Chappell offers his thoughts on captaincy, coaching, cricket administration and the muddled approach of those running the game today. Having followed the game for over seven decades - and read avidly about its evolution – he offers both critique and perspective while burnishing his arguments with insightful (and often hilarious) anecdotes.

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Talking Points:

• Test cricket's parlous future both in the 1990s as well as the present
• Evaluating a captain and the difficulty of explaining good captaincy
• Captaincy as amateur psychology - and the time-consuming nature of it
• Getting the best out of his fast bowlers, especially Dennis Lillee
• The challenge, and satisfaction, in captaining match-winners like Doug Walters
• Why the best coaches should be working with players at a formative stage
• How senior players are often better coaches than the appointed coach
• Chappell's relationship with Richie Benaud - as mentor and friend
• The thrill of the hook, and how modern techniques are not favorable to the shot
• The age-old problem of over-rates
• Sir Garry Sobers: genius nonpareil

Participants:

Ian Chappell

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Related:

Books by Ian Chappell - Amazon

Ian Chappell column on ESPNcricinfo

'Captaincy is not a 9 to 6 job' - Ian Chappell interview - Sportstar archive

Why Bruce Laird's World Series knocks were as good as Test hundreds - Ian Chappell - The Cricket Monthly

The science of deception - Ian Chappell and Erapalli Prasanna on the thrill and skill of spin bowling - The Cricket Monthly

'Early in life I worked out that being yourself is the easiest thing' - Ian Chappell on the transition to commentary - The Cricket Monthly

'I get really annoyed with one-sided cricket' - Ian Chappell on 30 years of broadcasting - ESPNcricinfo