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Warne reveals Chappell's secret to picking Qadir's googly

The 50-year-old recalled how Australia had to play six left-handers because the right-handers couldn’t pick up Qadir’s wrong one

Warne reveals Chappell's secret to picking Qadir's googly PHOTO: ICC

Australia’s legendary former leg-spinner Shane Warne, in a YouTube video, revealed former batsman Greg Chappell’s secret to picking up the almost unplayable wrong one bowled by Pakistan’s former leg-spinner, who passed away recently, Abdul Qadir.

The 50-year-old recalled how Australia had to play six left-handers because the right-handers couldn’t pick up Qadir’s wrong one other than Chappell and he refused to reveal his secret.

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“I remember Greg Chappell. Abdul Qadir was out in Australia and they picked six left-handers against him because the right-handers couldn’t pick his wrong one. He would show you one and then bowl the other. Greg Chappell had no issues with it. Everyone asked ‘Greg what is it?’ and he wouldn’t tell them,” Warne said.

Chappell finally revealed that his secret to playing the wrong one came from the facial expressions of Qadir before bowling the lethal wrong one.

“In the end he told them. He said what he does when he is about to bowl a wrong one that nobody can pick and everyone struggles against, he has got a huge smile on his face. It’s true. He had this big smile on his face when he was about to bowl one of those wrong ones that no one was able to pick,” he concluded.