Greg Chappell advises Hussey to retire --Chappell denies the news

[Bradman99]

Well...Chappell's policies are pretty much inline with the Australian way. Remember how Steve Waugh was thrown out and Ian Healy was "persuaded" to retire?. Their cricketing culture does not value experience as we do. And that has worked well for them.

Erm no, think you will find that Australia's policy is that they value the experienced players and give them more time then most, however if they go extended periods of time without performing they get dropped. This is how it should be. No player should not be able to be replaced, every player must perform regardless of their stature. However, this would just be ridiculous.. I don't think there is any truth to it, at least I hope not.

[phaedrus]

ye budda chewtiye ko aur koi kaam nahiin hain kya?

donno bhai ek hi thaali ke chatte-batte hai.

[saneindian]

I think the only master stroke GC pulled during his over all tenure as a coach or an administrator thus far since the time he took over as the coach of the Indian cricket team is to kick out an off color Ganguly from the Indian team towards the end of 2005. Apart from that I did not see or recollect any thing that is worthy enough of the man while he was/is at the helm of affairs.

Naah, in fact part of credit for the resurgence of Sachin, Viru, Zak and Dada etc should go to Chappel. They were all more than keen to prove why that idiot Chappal got it wrong when he said these guys were past it. Who knows without that motivation, Sachin may have retired 2 years ago, Zak would gone into oblivion, Viru would not have become as consistent as he is since his return and Dada may never have worked hard to prove a point.

[putrevus]

Erm no, think you will find that Australia's policy is that they value the experienced players and give them more time then most, however if they go extended periods of time without performing they get dropped. This is how it should be. No player should not be able to be replaced, every player must perform regardless of their stature. However, this would just be ridiculous.. I don't think there is any truth to it, at least I hope not.

I don't agree with what you have said Steve Waugh never wanted to retire from ODIs they made him do that , and also from test he was forced out rather than him quitting. ACB did those things to guys like Steve Waugh, Martyn because they really had too much faith in their system, they were on top of world and at that time their B team would beat almost all other teams in world. They started to think their system will produce great players all the time. I can say this with utmost confidence they will never have ba*lls to ask Ricky to retire unless he walks away on his own like Border, they know they don't have any one to replace him in their batting line up.

[Sir_Afridi]

OP :fail: http://cricketnext.in.com/news/chappell-denies-advising-hussey-to-retire/54524-5.html

[satyam1729]

OP :fail: http://cricketnext.in.com/news/chappell-denies-advising-hussey-to-retire/54524-5.html

OP fail or newspaper fail. Is your IQ in single digit ?

[acharya]

damn - somebody should put chappel in jail for uttering nonsense

[Bradman99]

Ok apparently he didn't say that either, so many bad articles.

I never told Hussey to retire: Greg Chappell Justin Chadwick and Roger Vaughan February 21, 2011 Australian selector Greg Chappell insists he has not advised Mike Hussey to retire, labelling any such claim as "untrue". Hussey was livid at national selectors when he was told he was too much of a risk to take to the World Cup due to recent surgery on his hamstring. The 35-year-old repeatedly stated he would have been fit for Australia's second group match and proved that to be correct with a strong training session with Western Australia on Sunday. Such was Hussey's fitness, he was even selected for WA's current Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania, only to be withdrawn when higher powers at Cricket Australia intervened. Chappell met with Hussey in Perth earlier this month, in which it is understood Hussey was told that his days in international ranks were numbered. But Chappell said he had not told Hussey to consider retirement. "That's untrue," Chappell told reporters in Melbourne. Had Hussey played for WA, it would have been a major embarrassment for CA, who feared the veteran would not recover in time to play a meaningful part at the World Cup. Chappell said there was nothing sinister behind Hussey's late scratching for the Warriors. "In the nets yesterday he was pretty excited by the way he pulled up, but in discussions between Cricket Australia medical staff and West Australian medical staff, they decided it was probably imprudent to try and rush it," Chappell said. "They decided to stick to the original plan - try and play some club cricket on the weekend and resume on March 3. "They jointly agreed to stick to that plan." Chappell said it was "out of the question" that Hussey could re-join the Australian World Cup squad should a player over there suffer an injury. "Once he's been withdrawn he can't come in, even if it is to replace someone else," he said. Hussey's career appeared to be fading away last year before the West Australian regained his magic touch, plundering 570 runs at 63.33 during Australia's 3-1 Ashes loss to England. The 59-Test veteran is also one of Australia's most important players in the one-day side, averaging 51.96 across 151 internationals. His steadying influence in the middle order will be sorely missed at the World Cup as Australia attempt to claim a fourth straight title. AAP

[achilles]

Too much retirement talk. These players need to sort themselves out.