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He retired because he would've dropped himself at the time should he have been a selector, despite the fact that he was still scoring mountains of runs. 
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Geoffrey Boycott: ICC's Dream XI is a joke - it has no credibility
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Nononononononono, you've got him all wrong. If you're brilliant from a young age, you must be persisted with, given every possible opportunity to play, until you're dead or just feel like doing something else. Form temporary, class permanent, etc.
If you're older and performing well but not slick looking, you must be playing well above yourself and it's a matter of time before your form disappears so you're not worth selecting in the first place. If you're older and not performing well but look slick, you just need more time to fulfill the talent you always had. In Chappell's world, Mark Waugh would have played 200 Tests and Steve Waugh none.
If you're older and performing well but not slick looking, you must be playing well above yourself and it's a matter of time before your form disappears so you're not worth selecting in the first place. If you're older and not performing well but look slick, you just need more time to fulfill the talent you always had. In Chappell's world, Mark Waugh would have played 200 Tests and Steve Waugh none.
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smash84
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Don't bother, just go to bed you nutter.
lol....awta....He retired because he would've dropped himself at the time should he have been a selector, despite the fact that he was still scoring mountains of runs.
centurymaker
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hmm ... pews, could you justify rating chappell ahead of viv please
He retired because he would've dropped himself at the time should he have been a selector, despite the fact that he was still scoring mountains of runs.
haha nicebtw not really though, he avg'd 40 in his last year (1983?) but finished on a high.
oh, my opinion was still in the developing stage when i made the earlier posts as i only found about his premature retirement last night.
Also it's pretty natural to assume at first that he might've played for his avg, given his personality. So apologies to people who were offended.
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If you're really stretching to find fault with Chappell's record as a batsman, you might want to look at his averages against NZ with and without Hadlee. And I believe he made most of his runs against WI in the series Holding made his debut, before WI really established themselves as a force with their four-pronged pace attack. But you could find fault with pretty much every batsman in history if you want to nitpick at that level.hmm ... pews, could you justify rating chappell ahead of viv please
btw not really though, he avg'd 40 in his last year (1983?) but finished on a high.
oh, my opinion was still in the developing stage when i made the earlier posts as i only found about his premature retirement last night.
Also it's pretty natural to assume at first that he might've played for his avg, given his personality. So apologies to people who were offended.
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I don't think he'd have enjoyed playing half his matches in Australia, tbh.
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Any fan picked one is not going to have credibility ultimately because all sorts of bias, personal preference, national bias will come into play e.g picking Kapil Dev over Imran Khan, or the fact that most of the current fans are not even aware of some of the great players before their time.