Fierce Focus by Greg Chappell

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Greg Chappell was the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation. Though he had an appetite for big scores, bowlers found his calm brow and courtly manner just as disheartening.

When he followed his brother Ian into the Australian captaincy, his feat of scoring centuries in each innings of his captaincy debut was unequal. After retiring, he went into coaching, spending time with South Australia and working as a consultant at Pakistan's National Cricket Academy.

In 2005, he was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team for a two-year term - a stint that included a stormy public falling out with the captain, Sourav Ganguly. He has been Head Coach of Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, and in 2010, Greg Chappell was made Cricket Australia's first full-time selector and National Talent Manager - a position of unequalled power.

In this book, Greg Chappell reflects upon how things have changed since he grew up playing cricket in his backyard with his brothers Ian and Trevor; how Australia's fortunes have see-sawed over the years, the great teams and the great players, the scandals and the opportunities. He has been a cricketer, captain, commentator and selector - he has seen it all. (publisher blurb)