“I have read a lot about India's money power. But we don't judge sporting organizations on the basis of how much money they have. What matters in the end is performance,' Speed had said.

'The criteria for judging organizations is how their team has performed, how well they look after their stakeholders and how many good cricketers they produce. I am not trying to be critical of India, but the last time they have won a major title was in 1983,' he added.”

Now that India are the top ranked Test team in the world, and Australia are well below them, wonder if he thinks the same way about Cricket Australia?

Similarly his views of the then novice Lalit Modi reek of a superior patronizing tone.  Here is what he said about the IPL chairman:

Another man eating humble pie these days is Ian Michael Chappell. 

What is it with Australians and putting their foot in their mouths?  Must be the in the genes.

Anyway, in case you have forgotten this is what Chappell wrote:

“If Tendulkar had found an honest mirror three years ago and asked the question, 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the best batsman of all?', it would've answered, 'Brian Charles Lara.' If he asked that same mirror right now,'Mirror, mirror on the wall, should I retire?', the answer would be, 'Yes'," writes Chappell.

Chappell also said Tendulkar has been in decline for a while now, and suggests he is playing for himself, not the team he said: "At the moment he looks like a player trying to eke out a career; built on a glittering array of statistics. If he really is playing for that reason and not to help win as many matches as he can for India then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately."

Ian Chappell also recently opined that India wouldn’t hold on to their No. 1 Test ranking very long.  India now seem set to hold on to their spot at least till the end of this year, and maybe longer. 

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