Sack curators if they produce poor pitches: Ian Chappell

Bangalore Former Australia captain Ian Chappell is absolutely livid about the 22yard strip at Trent Bridge which was on offer and has urged the authorities to sack curators who produce poor quality pitches That Trent Bridge wasnt a good surface for players to showcase their talentIan ChappellI hope we are not going to see more of this If the curator produces more of bad pitches then sack him If he produces good pitches and home sides keep losing guess what go and find better players Chappell who is not known for mincing words told PTI during an exclusive interviewChappellwho has been hooked to cue sport playing a few frames with World Billiards Champion Pankaj Advani at the Karnataka State Billiards Association KSBA headquarters spoke on a range of topics from pitches to Virender Sehwags comeback and exclusion drama of Kevin Pietersen The good pitch also exposes the weaknesses of the players which is good for the game It also gives an opportunity for the selectors to look for better playerIf anybody does not do well he will be found out and he is gone he said Chappell feels commercial considerations were taken into account while preparing a lifeless track at Nottingham I suspect that it was done for the bottomline to have five days of Test Thats rubbish Chappell said The former Aussie captain also wants that curators should be freed from players or administrators interferenceThe administration players should shut up and leave it to the curator because curator is like a player He has got pride in his ability He wants to produce a good pitch that will give result sometime later on the fifth day he said Commenting on the upcoming second Test at Lords starting Thursday Chappell questioned Englands decision to recall inexperienced leftarm spinner Simon Kerrigan in their squad after the battering he got Down Under from Shane Watson in the only Test that he had played earlierThey have Simon Kerrigan as a spinner Of what I saw of him last year against Australia the Indian batsmen should be rubbing their hands in glee with the kind of batting they havehe said The straighttalking Chappell was dismissive about the home advantage notion citing example of the 1969 Australian team under Bill Lawry that beat India 31 in an away series with Bishan Bedi Srinivas Venkatraghavan and Erapalli Prasanna in action for the hostsI am not worried about the home ground advantage how to win away games I have felt that way because I had faith in the team when I came to India in 1969 We felt we could win because we knew we had players who could play spin India had three magnificent spinners but we still felt the chance of winning Chappell addedAs the discussion turned towards outoffavour opener Virender Sehwag Chappell saidI dont see how he Sehwag is going to make a comeback Sadly but he was probably a player who was going to finish early I hate to see him comeback and struggle Someone who has never believed in a coachs role Chappell was very critical of Kevin Pietersens ouster Pietersen was sacked because he did not want the coachHow stupid of England Who is more important the coach or the captain Jesus Christ he wasnt amused The captain is the most important guy Coach makes no difference at all minimal The best of coaches might make 12 per cent difference Thats it A bloody good captain can make 10 percent difference to the team he argued Chappell also has a problem accepting N Srinivasan as the chairman of the ICC since the Supreme Court of India has stopped him from carrying out BCCI functionsI have a problem with a guy that the Supreme Court of India says he cant be BCCI President but can be ICC President Someone explain that to me he asked It is so typical of the ICC and particularly when greatest problem of the game is corruption which will bring the game down Chappell said in his inimitable manner Chucking wouldnt bring the game down sledging anything else you can think of One thing which will bring the game down is corruption Chappell concluded