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Greg Chappell has added his voice to the calls for the lifting of the ban on David Warner holding a formal leadership role in Australian cricket. Batter Warner was barred from holding any leadership position in the Australian game for life because of his leading role in the infamous Newlands ball-tampering scandal of 2018.
SYDNEY : Former Australia captain Greg Chappell has added his voice to the calls for the lifting of the ban on David Warner holding a formal leadership role in Australian cricket.
The Sourav Ganguly-Greg Chappell saga is an infamous one and the Indian cricket board president opened up about being dropped when the Australian was India's head coach. Ganguly, a former India captain and currently the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, said that he was dropped from the team for reasons beyond his "batting and bowling capabilities" and that it was not something he could control. However, he said it was not a mistake to appoint Chappell the head coach as one doesn't know when taking such a decision as to how it would turn out.
Yuvraj Singh starred for the Indian cricket team in its golden phase. He was one of the top performers when India won the 2007 World T20 and the 2022 ICC World Cup. However, he could never lead India as a full-time captain. The great all-rounder has now opened up on the reasons why MS Dhoni was chosen over him for the 2007 World T20 despite him being the ODI vice-captain in the preceding tour of England. Singh said because he took Sachin Tendulkar's side during a tumultuous period in Indian cricket under coach Greg Chappell, some BCCI officials might not have wanted him to become the India captain.
Joe Root’s golden touch lit up the Kensington Oval as his 25th Test century handed England the perfect start to their second Test against the West Indies.
Dennis Lillee said he would «miss my mate» as he led tributes to Rod Marsh at the former Australia wicketkeeper's funeral on Thursday.
Joe Root inched up the all-time list of Test centurions No 25 – one ahead of Greg Chappell, Viv Richards, Mohammad Yousuf, Kane Williamson and David Warner, and level with Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Joe Root’s golden touch lit up the Kensington Oval as his 25th Test century handed England the perfect start to their second Test against the West Indies.