The great Ian Chappell gave us a fascinating insight into the mentality of a successful cricketer on the eve of our first championship game of the season.

Shane Warne arranged for us all to meet the hard-as-nails former Australia captain in our London hotel the night before we began our memorable four-day win against Surrey at the Brit Oval.

It was an invaluable experience.

Chappell reinforced to us the importance of keeping the game simple.

Teams like South Africa can over analyse problems that are not even there, whereas Australians are super-confident and never worry about complex issues.

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