INDIA: FORMER AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN GREG CHAPPELL SAYS THE GENTLEMAN'S GAME WILL SOON EMERGE OUT OF THE SCANDLES PLAGUING IT

Record ID: 1374255

  • Title: INDIA: FORMER AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN GREG CHAPPELL SAYS THE GENTLEMAN'S GAME WILL SOON EMERGE OUT OF THE SCANDLES PLAGUING IT
  • Date: 22nd June 2000
  • Summary: BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA (JUNE 22, 2000) (ANI) WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE BEING ADDRESSED BY FORMER AUSTRALIAN CRICKETEER GREG CHAPPELL REPORTERS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER GREG CHAPPELL, SAYING: "The overwhelming majority of cricketers are clean. That is the point which has been lost in the controversy in the last few weeks. But I stress that majority of the cricketers are clean. Few individuals have brought the game into disrepute. I think it is a temporary phase. The game is strong enough as there are so many good players who are clean. The standard of cricket will be what will carry cricket through the current crisis." CAMERAPERSON LONG OF PRESS CONFERENCE FILE (ANI) FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET CAPTAIN HANSIE CRONJE WALKING SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS SITTING CRONJE BOXING FORMER INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN MOHAMMAD AZHARRUDIN ARRIVAL SACHIN TENDULKAR ARRIVING FOR THE MEETING AZHARRUDIN SITTING GENERAL SHOT OF THE MEETING
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  • Location: BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: General,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA16Y8WSCK4K3I22Q8LO98J368M
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  • Story Text: Former Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell says the gentleman's game will soon emerge out of the scandals plaguing it and will regain its glory.
    Former Australian captain Greg Chapell said on Thursday (June 22) while a majority of cricketers are honest, a few were bringing disrepute to the game.
    Currently in India's southern Banglore city to recruit students for Australia's Griffith University International Institute of Sport, Chappell told reporters that players found guilty of match-fixing should be identified and barred from playing the game.
    Considered one of crickets greatest living legends after Sir Donald Bradman, Chapell said the match-fixing scandal was just a "small-blot" on the reputation of the game and that thankfully majority of the players were not involved.
    "The overwhelming majority of cricketers are clean. That is the point which has been lost in the controversy in the last few weeks. But I stress that majority of the cricketers are clean. Few individuals have brought the game into disrepute. I think it is a temporary phase. The game is strong enough as there are so many good players who are clean. The standard of cricket will be what will carry cricket through the current crisis," Chapell said.
    Chapell, one of Australia's most successful batsmen-captains for almost a decade and also a test selector, said he was sure that the "mess" could be cleaned up.
    He also drew a parallel between the present match-fixing crisis and the infamous body-line bowling which tarnished the name of the game for a short period in the early 1930s. He said like that crisis, the match fixing crisis will also blow over.
    Chappel said no one could dispute the fact that Australia had created a powerful sports culture to encourage excellence.
    He added that his country had an impressive record in producing several world class sportspersons.
    The standard of coaching across a number of sports had been the single most important reason why Australia enjoyed so much of success internationally, he said.
    The current recruitment is part of an Australian initiative for aspiring cricketers, golfers and tennis players from India.
    The University will offer twin opportunities in sport along with an internationally recognized academic qualification.
    Along with academics, each student will be exposed to a weekly training of 16 to 18 hours in their respective sports with some of the best coaches of the world.
    Academic courses on offer range from engineering, arts and languages to sports related subjects like sports journalism, sports medicine etc.
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