Time sure heals. Twenty-nine years after he faced an underarm delivery off Trevor Chappell, New Zealander Brian McKechnie harbours no ill feelings towards the youngest of the three Chappell brothers.
Time sure heals. Twenty-nine years after he faced an underarm delivery off Trevor Chappell, New Zealander Brian McKechnie harbours no ill feelings towards the youngest of the three Chappell brothers.
The underarm incident has cropped up in the light of Sri Lankan bowler Suraj Randiv's deliberate no-ballu00a0
Which denied Virender Sehwag a century in Dambulla on Monday.
Trevor was ordered to bowl underarm by his brother and captain Greg in a World Series Cup game at Melbourne in 1981 with New Zealand needing six for victory.
"Let's face it, the chances of hitting a six were remote. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is too big and then you'd have to hit it about 90 metres for it to be a six," said McKechnie (57) over the phone from New Zealand. He added that the Australian did not apologise unlike the Sri Lankans. "No, he (Trevor) didn't say sorry at the end of the match or the next day. I didn't expect it from him either.
"We are on talking terms now and I have no ill-feelings. The last time we spoke was two years ago when we were invited to share our views on that underarm delivery," said McKechnie.
u00a0The writer is a freelancer
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