As a batsman Greg Chappell was more in the mould of the classical off-side stroke player than his elder brother Ian, but he was an equally hard competitor. Probably his trademark stroke was the drive between extra cover and mid off, hit with a straight bat and with such velocity that it left fielders standing. He played it against the best of bowlers, even Dennis Lillee, as Western Australia all-rounder Ian Brayshaw recalled from a one-day match in Brisbane. "He met Lillee a few yards down the pitch and Dennis would not have even seen the ball going through the covers. Rick Charlesworth, who was a champion cover fieldsman, just stood still as the ball went about a metre from his body." Ian was a Test batsman before his brother had even played for South Australia. Greg honed his game with a season at Somerset when he switched from leg-spin to the nagging medium pace that was to be of such use to Australia in ODIs. He made his Test debut in the second match of a 1970-71 series, batting at number seven. He scored 108, becoming the sixth Australian to score a century on Test debut. In the 1972 Ashes he scored two centuries, including 131 at Lords. In New Zealand two years later he made 247 not out and 133 in the same Test at Wellington, a match in which Ian also scored a pair of centuries. His brother stood aside to let him take the Australian captaincy against the West Indies in 1975-76 and he scored a century in each innings of his first Test in charge. He captained Australia in both Centenary Tests. In later years he mainly played in home Tests, although he did lead Australia on their first visit to Sri Lanka. He made 201 against Pakistan in 1980-81. Greg played in the inaugural World Cup Final of 1975, when he was run out by Viv Richards. (Bob Harragan)