If Australia had to go into the (West Indies) series without anything in the interim they would have still had the doubts raised by their loss to England hanging over them.
"Ian Michael Chappell" is a former cricketer who played for Southern Redbacks/South Australia and Australia national cricket team/Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother also captained Australia—Chappell made a hesitant start to international cricket playing as a right-hand middle-order batsman and Spin bowling/spin bowler. He found his niche when promoted to bat at Batting order (cricket)/number three. Known as "Chappelli", he earned a reputation as one of the greatest captains the game has seen.[http://www.mcg.org.au/default.asp?pg=toursdisplay&articleid=119 MCG biography: Ian Chappell.] Retrieved 20 August 2007. Chappell's blunt verbal manner led to a series of confrontations with opposition players and cricket administrators; the issue of sledging (cricket)/sledging first arose during his tenure as captain and he was a driving force behind the professionalisation of Australian cricket in the 1970s.
More Ian Chappell on Wikipedia.Greg can be a very patient man, much more diplomatic than either his father or his elder brother. However, if you don't want to hear the truth, then don't ask him for a frank opinion. Greg grew up in a household where frank opinions were served up at breakfast more often than cereal and fruit juice.
To beat Australia the opposing captain has to be prepared to attack and use his initiative, as Michael Vaughan so expertly displayed in the recent Ashes series, and on what I have seen so far, this is beyond Smith.
The Australian captain, the players and selectors have all suffered from thrashing too many soft opponents.
I think Tait and Michael Clarke are two blokes who have to go to South Africa.
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