Chappell, Greg with Ken Piesse – The Chappell Chronicles, signed
The best of Greg’s writings, old and new
$50.00
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Co written with Ken Piesse, 300+ pages, hardback with dw, limited to 200 copies, signed and numbered by Greg and Ken.
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Foreword by Ian Chappell. Last word by Judy Chappell.
MORE ABOUT THE BOOK: Big-time cricket is like living in both heaven and hell, Greg Chappell says. He blesses himself being born into Australia’s ultimate cricket family.
The highs were amazing from playing alongside the game’s most exulted set of pace bowlers Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson to meeting his heroes Garry Sobers and Neil Harvey and back-to-back standing receptions after the greatest 100 of his life, on his maiden appearance at Lord’s, cricket’s holy-of-holies.
Chappell’s writings are warm, reflective, honest and powerful.
In the Chappell Chronicles, Greg
- Tells of his personal protest in the Underarm saga
- Warns the rise of Twenty20 cricket worldwide is a death knell for Test cricket
- Shares intimate conversations with the greatest of all, Sir Donald Bradman
- And names his ultimate fast bowler – and it’s not Dennis Lillee
Written with his friend of 50 years, Australian cricket’s most published author Ken Piesse, the Chappell Chronicles includes almost 50 little known photographs, statistics and an index.
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Ian Chappell says: This is a book to be dipped into again and again. I particularly enjoyed Greg’s essay on Jeff Thomson, who was incredibly quick and how the great Keith Miller said he was scared and he was 100 yards away watching side-on from the Cricketers’ Club! We bowled Thommo into the wind at the Gabba that day and the ball kept on catapulting into Rod Marsh’s gloves at the speed of light. Batting against Thommo and Dennis in those two summers in 1974-75 and 1975-76 was no easy task. ‘Two-up’ missed the first year of World Series Cricket, but played the second, saying: ‘I want to play with my mates and the blokes who can catch.’
I loved being able to again enjoy that brilliant final day of ours at The Oval in 1972 when Rodney and Paul Sheahan hit us to victory and sprinted from the field, Rod swinging his bat in the air in jubilation. We’d squared the series. It was a genuine turning point for our team and Australian cricket – and the greatest thrill for me as captain. That game went six days and the fortunes fluctuated throughout. Never in my time was there a more determined Aussie XI and Greg recounts it all brilliantly.