From the Vault: Chappell flays West Indies

Against one of the most fearsome bowling attacks in history, Greg Chappell drove and cut his way to a memorable 1979 century in Brisbane

[@Beazle00]

This same year in the West Indies he scored 664 runs against this famous attack at 80. Fantastic batsman.

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[@jimmydeats9901]

Awesome knock against an amazing bowling attack. He was a classy player.

[@evanaskew6652]

Only one bad series. In 1981/82. And it was because he wasn't watching the ball.

[@riyazahmed208]

Mohammed Azharuddin after scoring 3 successive centuries in first 3 tests said that Greg Chappel was his idol and role model. Can see some traces of Greg in Azzas offside shots. Ofcourse, Chappell is an all time great after Bradman in Australia , and I believe that post Bradman Greg chappell is the best Australian and one of the greatest middle order batsman produced in the world along with sachin tendulkar and viv richards.

[@RP-kr2mg]

I'll add Steve Smith and Ponting to the list. Sachin is ofc deserving a place there imo. Haven't seen a batsman who is more underrated than Greg Chappell.

[@Beazle00]

He was a truly great batsman . And his greatest performances - 1547 runs in WSC including six centuries are not included in his stats !!

[@shibomghosh7893]

sachin s drive was better than greg nd viv...i would say lara s drive was the best any day

[@TheNuclearhippo1]

Brian Lara and Chappell are the best batsmen in terms of classy shots imo

[@troytungai1828]

Chappell is by far Australia’s best after Bradman.

[@johnfairclough2998]

No Warner-like celebrations upon reaching a ton. No hanging around the crease after being dismissed and no send-off by the bowler. Things were better in those days.

[@priyansu2076]

very horrible of you to assume what Warner does is bad

[@JayJay-xj9on]

@@priyansu2076 he's right though..... all me me me these days. Modesty is gone!

[@JayJay-xj9on]

@@priyansu2076 and Warner shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as chapped!

[@theshutyourmouthguy]

Shut your mouth

[@brendanryan8439]

Haha, these are the same blokes who did the underarm and barely trained at all. People were not better or worse in different generations

[@BC-kx6db]

Never really watched Greg bat before, he was a little before my time. But as a fan of the cover drive, I must admire the driving in this innings

[@Warpedsmac]

You see in this video Greg Chappell acknowledging the crowd and NOT the players' box when he reaches 100...no over the top ridiculous celebrations we see often today...The bowlers of that era also did not over celebrate got on with the game and demonstrated HUMILITY...of course they weren't being paid as much as today's prima-donas.

[@gutmincer2]

totally agree , the shot at 1;17 lets you know what form he was in that day i was lucky enough to use that exact bat in the dressing rooms later that night i was very young but what a buzz i used to use greg as one of my idols great stroke maker his placement just perfect

[@samudithaabeywickrama5331]

@@gutmincer2 WOW!!!

[@glennarcher6]

David Warner springs to mind

[@adharsh2208]

It’s not just the cricketers- the culture everywhere has become more flamboyant

[@ajilvabraham8445]

Most of the deliveries are inswinger..... It's very tough to bat against inswinger... This innings is the clear exhibition of confidence & determination of Chappel.

[@zibtihaj3213]

Outswingees and leg cutter are most dangerous . I think holding and Robert’s were both natural outswingers

[@88fredmcfred]

Great innings from Greg. Absolute Jaffa from Croft! Pity he went on the rebel tour & sullied his career.

[@userKK2023]

Holding, Garner, Croft and Roberts. That's as good a bowling attack as you'd ever see.

[@SeventhOne]

Brown trousers time if you ask me

[@farazzubair4935]

But do remember he was dropped at zero in the slips

[@swanandhegde]

@1:55 , probably the longest run up I've ever seen

[@gulamhusainnaqvi4422]

That's why holding was able to generate that much pace

[@soumyadipbiswas8218]

@@gulamhusainnaqvi4422 extra yards of run up doesn't always give you extra pace. Tyson and thommo had probably 1/4 th of this run up.

[@SeventhOne]

@@soumyadipbiswas8218 But that is what worked for Holding

[@soumyadipbiswas8218]

@@SeventhOne and worked for Akhtar too. Same goes with Lee also... However, longer run ups doesn't always necessarily help the bowler to bowl faster. It all depends on if the bowler is comfortable with it.

[@SeventhOne]

@@soumyadipbiswas8218 True. I do believe Akhtar in particular generated momentum from his run up...other bowlers like Jeff Thomson 'just shuffled in and went whang' (his words)

[@rogersyme1368]

That's when cricket was hot...Real hot...

[@rockysoft2227]

Oh yeah..saw the score here..270 odd runs in 120 odd overs..verrrry hottttt 🤣🔥💥

[@jameshope398]

For me Greg Chappell is the best batsman i've ever seen from Australia

[@damiyoflapies8473]

allan border dean jones?

[@jugheadsrule]

@@damiyoflapies8473 Allan Border used to refer to Greg Chappell as God

[@rockysoft2227]

Ponting

[@arjunthokchom4262]

Kim Hughes

[@thylacine1004]

greg chappel 70s,alan border 80s,steve waugh 90s,ricky ponting 00s,every decade is different,but batting against peak windies roberts,holding,croft,garner,marshall were the hardest bowlers to face....ambrose and walsh in the early 90s....For me im a big AB fan,but have to say without bias Ricky Pointing was the best AU batsman,he made it look easy and had more time to play his shots,would have love to see him against Malcom Marshall who swung the ball both ways and was FAST....

[@claytonpascoe480]

Greg Chappell absolutely a wonderful cricketer. He was the best in the slips. And an amazing batsman. Best of all time.

[@arifamin913]

Greg chappell .Great batsman of Australia. Some one said about him. when you dropped the catch of Greg chappell. It means Century score must by him.

[@marcanthony3374]

We do know for the next two tests however that Andy Roberts had his number including a first ball duck in the second test and clean bowled in the third

[@evanaskew6652]

I think Roberts got him with a throat ball in the first innings of the third test and Croft got him lbw for 34 in the second innings of the third test. In the second test you can get youtube footage of Joel Garner roughing him up before getting him for 19 skying a hook shot to Derryck Murray. I think by this stage the Windies were starting to trouble him which the following series in 81/82 shows. But that is no disgrace. Greg Chappell had already showed in this series and in world series cricket that he could score runs against the west indies and if you include his wsc stats I would wager he would be the best performed Australian batsman against the great windies pace attacks that spans the period from 1975 to 1999.

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

@@evanaskew6652 only Barry Richards had a higher average than him in WSC.

[@asaveerkhan6261]

Greg nd martin crowe bating style are same

[@avijitsikdar2604]

Yes, and Crowe's idol was Chappell...

[@sudeeshkumar4936]

Both are lords of cricket

[@ShivamKumar-bt9nn]

Greg Chappell seems to be underrated.

[@karansharma-tu6lx]

Not at all. He's was and is very highly rated and deservingly so.

[@adi_sekar]

How athletic the west indian fast bowlers were. Running from such a long run up and that pace. Batting was a lot harder back then

[@SylentEcho]

Is that Tony Cozier on commentary ?

[@frankmachin5438]

Yep

[@ezyroller]

Love ya Queensland 1:14

[@kanthector]

"Let's leave him as a great player..." - Sourav Ganguly

[@valueinvestor77]

That’s because Chappell couldn’t abide Ganguly’s laziness.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Indians still sooking about Chappell. lol

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

18000+ international runs vs 9000+ international runs

[@jugheadsrule]

@@sanjaykumarsinha6907 Selfish Ganguly played nearly 3 times as many games. Test average of 42, with shorter boundaries, limited short balls, flatter tracks, and fatter bats, compared to Test ave of 53 in an era of unlimited sort balls.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@jugheadsrule Well, If a selfish player and captain can beat Australian in their game and brought many glories to the country with 11000 ODI runs as against 2300 peanut runs in ODI of Greg since 1971(1971-1983)and fail to lead Australian to win over WI, what is the use of averages in Test with tally figure of 7200 runs. When given leadership, a clueless and coward leader provoked his brother to throw underarm bowl. Perceptions differs when we love one and hate others. Facts only say the greatness of Ganguly over Greg as Captain, Batsman, Administrator, Leader. No match either as a person or leader. Australians also admired Ganguly as a tough opponent but never liked to repeat under arm ball, never given coaching to Greg.

[@superbuddyfranklin]

2:00 Great stroke.

[@zizoucris10]

1:14 jeez!

[@Hasil2]

No carry on when he gets his 50 and 100. No mid-pitch meetings. Walks straight off when he's out. When cricket was really cricket.

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

Amen and amen🙌

[@sammyvideos]

How do you say Greg Chappell flayed the West Indies when he scores 50 of 141 balls and 100 off 230 balls and dropped twice.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

He's on the front foot driving the supposedly undriveable West Indies attack through the off field. Who else did that vs Roberts, Holding, Croft & Garner?

[@eutopean7822]

1:14 wild australia 😂❤

[@Abdullah-Yousaf]

speed of the first ball is clearly 170+

[@piyushsingh26]

How long was that runup

[@joydeepburman5269]

However he would have been out quite early

[@nickvegas2459]

This is why I laugh when Indians bring up Gavaskar's record and against the Windies.

[@ptwtf]

Could only put Ponting in front of Greg. Yeah he had a lean run late in his career but he faced some of the best fast bowlers to ever play the game Legend!

[@Paidgirlkanak]

Not at all stevwagh ,border was like ponting

[@jackregan2899]

Lol! Ponting is not close to Greg Chappell, he's not even close to Border as a Test batsman. Look at Ponting's averages against strong bowling sides. No where near Greg Chappell's.

[@newstatelive2529]

Great cricket. Real cricket. Nowadays what we watch is gully cricket.

[@javedsheikh4141]

Itna asaan he to banja cricketer

[@GANESH-fd4dc]

In my humble opinion,Greg Chappell was at least 3 times better batsman than Sachin,Lara or Ponting.

[@adt8634]

GANESH In my humble opinion sunil gavskar was at least 10 times better batsman than greg chappell.

[@pradeepkumar-vm5ue]

yes you are correct . When he plays it is lovely to watch . Most elegant stylish player . In this category Dilip Vengsarkar, G.R.Viswanath and Azarudin, Martin crowe ,Mike Atherton , David Gower comes. The other is Viv Richards brutal hitting with power and skills wih unorthodox strokes. Greenidge is also like that. In between the other category Chris gayle Sachin, Lara ,Ponting all comes. They can play in either way.

[@anunaykedia1161]

@@White742 nope its everyone's opinion. Gavaskar was twice the player greg Chappell was.

[@nickvegas2459]

@@adt8634 moron...Chappell and Border scored centuries against the 4 pronged Windies pace attack. Gavaskar never did.

[@rockysoft2227]

No