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The inconsistent form continued the following season, when he was omitted from the Australian team for the series with a Rest of the World XI.

Press criticism led to a rethink of his mental approach, and when reinstated a new Chappell emerged.

He invented what became known as the Chappell " vee " where he played the ball exclusively in a narrow arc between mid off and mid on until he felt he had his eye in.

This reorganisation brought him scores of 115 * and 197 * in the third and fourth unofficial Tests.

He truly emerged as one of the great batsman on the subsequent tour of England, where his 131 in the Lords Test on a bowlers ' wicket was considered a modern classic.

Chappell himself rated this his best innings, as did Richie Benaud, who recently wrote: