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. Note: War Minus The Shooting by Mike Marqusee, recently republished by 81allout, is now available on Amazon.com, Amazon.in, Flipkart Click here to support 81allout on Kofi 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