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AV: You came from a family that had a rich tradition in
cricket. Your grandfather Victor Richardson captained Australia in
Tests and your brothers Ian and Trevor played Test cricket for
Australia as well. How much did that help in getting your mindset
focussed on cricket?
GC: The whole environment as youngsters was sport oriented.
Cricket was the primary game, but we also played baseball. Ian was in
fact picked to play baseball for Australia before he was picked to
play cricket. The fact that our grandfather captained Australia in
Tests meant that cricket was in our genes, but our father was always
the motivating factor. From a very young age he coached us and got one
of his friends to coach us and the whole environment we lived in was
very much a sporting environment. When I look back on it, we weren't
trained for much else and it isn't a surprise that sport and cricket
played such a big part in our lives.
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Gear
Cricket bat
Protective gear
Shoes
Basic techniques
Grip
Stance
Backlift
Taking Guard
Defensive strokes
Front foot defence
Backfoot Defence
Drives
Off Drive
Straight Drive
On Drive
Lofted Drive
Horizontal bat shots
Square Cut
The Pull
The Hook
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