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Ian Chappell rates Ponting higher than Waugh

May 13, 2010: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has rated Ricky Ponting a better leader than Steve Waugh, the team's most successful captain

Ian Chappell

'Taking wickets should be a captain's top priority'

May 13, 2010: Ian Chappell, among the most respected of Australian captains, talks about where modern captains have their priorities skewed, leadership in general, and why he won't be writing a book on the subject

Ball-tampering

Ball-tampering is an open secret - Greig

Feb 8, 2010: Former England captain Tony Greig believes ball-tampering has been prevalent over the years

ICC Test rankings

MS Dhoni hits back at Ian Chappell's comments

Jan 15, 2010: MS Dhoni has hit back at the comments of Ian Chappell, who this week said that India do not have the resources to retain their No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for a long enough period to emulate Australia

ICC Test rankings

"I don't rate India a long-term No.1" - Ian Chappell

Jan 12, 2010: Ian Chappell has said that India don't have the resources to retain their No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for a long enough period to emulate Australia and the great West Indies teams

The Ashes 2009

Ponting's done well to keep the team afloat - Chappell

Aug 24, 2009: The former Australian captain has backed captain Ricky Ponting to stay on as captain, saying that he was impressed with his leadership of a team still in a rebuilding phase

Ian Chappell

'Talking on the field doesn't make you tough'

Aug 13, 2009: One of cricket's most outspoken players and most acclaimed captains talks frankly about Bradman, Vic Richardson, and starting and going at the right time

1970

Australia's no pay, no play tour

Feb 28, 2009: The final hurrah of the old South African regime was a series riven by discontent and ended in humiliation for Australia

India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur

Warne hopes Ponting learns from mistakes

Nov 12, 2008: Shane Warne believes Ricky Ponting could learn something from Allan Border and Ian Chappell, two of the former captains who criticised Ponting over his tactics in the fourth Test in Nagpur

India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur

Nielsen explains Ponting's tactics

Nov 11, 2008: Tim Nielsen, Australia's coach, has launched a lengthy defence of the fourth-day tactics that have landed Ricky Ponting in the firing line from a wide range of commentators and former players

India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur

Steve Waugh joins list of Ponting critics

Nov 11, 2008: Steve Waugh, the man who Ricky Ponting succeeded as Australia's Test captain, has said Ponting made a mistake by using part-time bowlers instead of his main strikers on the fourth day in Nagpur

Ponting and the over-rate fiasco

'What was in his tea?'

Nov 11, 2008: Australia bowled only spinners and part-timers after tea on day four in Nagpur, in an attempt to boost the over-rate, a tactic that just about everyone found inexplicable

Australia in India 2008-09

Ponting needs to show patience in India - Chappell

Sep 19, 2008: Ricky Ponting needs to show more patience and caution at the start of his innings if he is to reverse his terrible batting record in India, according to former Australian captain Ian Chappell

The Trescothick revelation

Tampering a response to batsmen-oriented laws - Chappell

Aug 26, 2008: Ian Chappell, the former Australian captain, has said that attempts at altering the ball have come about as a result of the laws of the game moving in favour of the batsmen

Custodian in chief

Aug 26, 2008: Bradman's image may be that of a stodgy, almost puritanical man, but his grand love and care for the game's well-being were undeniable and would be useful now

Review of umpiring decisions

Too close to call

Jul 22, 2008: Players will be able to contest the on-field umpire's decision in the first Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo. A few reactions to the increased use of technology

Cricinfo Round Table on sledging

On-field umpires should be given more powers

Jan 15, 2008: Ian Chappell, Kumar Sangakkara and Sanjay Manjrekar have said the problem of sledging could be tackled if more power was given to on-field umpires

December 2007

Botham v Chappell: time for a drink

Nov 22, 2007: Kevin Mitchell on the Both v Chappelli spat

The Packer timeline

World Series Cricket - April to May 1977

Oct 22, 2007: A timeline of events in World Series Cricket

'No way are they going to win against Australia with a wicketkeeper that like'

Ian Chappell slams Prior's glovework

Aug 15, 2007: Ian Chappell, the former Australian captain, has delivered a withering verdict on the standard of English wicketkeeping, and believes that England will never regain the Ashes so long as men of the standard of Matt Prior and Geraint Jones are selected in t