Hadlee gives Monty advice on Australian crowds

	Richard Hadlee suffered Down Under © Getty Images

Richard Hadlee was the favourite target of Australian supporters in the 1980s and he tells Robert Craddock, of The Courier-Mail, Monty Panesar has done the right thing by seeing a psychologist to deal with potential problems. However, Hadlee says his best advice came from Greg Chappell.

"Greg took me aside and said I was over-reacting to the crowds and if you antagonise them or show them they are getting to you it will only get worse," Hadlee said. "In the early days as a young puppy I overreacted.

"Greg said forget about the distractions and do your talking with the ball – and at the end of the day there were more Test wickets for me against Australia than any other nation. I think it worked out pretty well.”

In The Australian Malcolm Conn writes about Kerry Packer, another high-profile figure during the 1980s.

Australia's players will today honour the late Kerry Packer as the most influential man in the history of the sport by naming a life membership award after him. Shunning the opportunity to highlight a great player of the game, the Australian Cricketers' Association instead decided to recognise Packer for making the game professional with the introduction of World Series Cricket in 1977, and the ongoing multi-million-dollar support of the Nine network.

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