Greg Chappell going through rough patch financially, friends launch fundraising campaign | Cricket News

Australian legend Greg Chappell is going through a rough patch financially leading to his friends to set up an online fundraising platform for him, according to a report.
“I’m not on the bones of my a**e. I certainly don’t want it to sound like we’re in desperate straits, because we’re not — but we’re not living in luxury either. I think most people assume that, because we played cricket, that we are all living in the lap of luxury. While I’m certainly not crying poor, we’re not reaping in the benefits that today’s players are,” Chappell was quoted as saying to News Corp.
The Australian great also said that he is not the only player from his era who experienced financial difficulties, even though the landscape of professional cricket has come a long way since his retirement.
“It is just my friends who realised that we didn’t get a lot and just to make sure that Judy and I were comfortable in our retirement,” Chappell said.
“To be fair, there are others of our era who are in more dire circumstances that could do with the help and I don’t think the game has done enough for players of that era. Particularly in relation to the comparison with today’s era.” “I believe the players that set the scene for what’s happening today, should probably be recognised for the role they played in getting the game to where it is today,” he added.Most Read
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The report also stated that Chappell had reluctantly agreed to a GoFundMe page being set up for him, along with a testimonial lunch held at the MCG last week which was hosted Eddie McGuire and attended cricket greats including brothers Ian and Trevor.
Pacer Dennis Lillee, wicketkeeper Rod Marsh, and Chappell were part of an iconic trio that defected to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. But unlike Lillee and Marsh, Chappell didn’t receive a fundraising testimonial at the end of his career to help set him up after retiring from cricket.
Chappell has scored 24 centuries across 87 Test matches during the 1970s and 80s.