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Ian Frazer (cricketer)

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Ian Frazer
Personal information
Full name
Ian Douglas Frazer
Born (1966-09-07) 7 September 1966 (age 58)
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986/87–1989/90Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 17 2
Runs scored 758 52
Batting average 26.13 26.00
100s/50s 0/6 0/0
Top score 90 47
Catches/stumpings 9/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2014

Ian Douglas Frazer (born 7 September 1966) is an Australian cricket coach, sports scientist and biomechanist, and a former first-class cricketer. From 2005 to 2007, Frazer served as the biomechanist for the Indian national cricket team and assistant to the team coach Greg Chappell.

Biography

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Ian Douglas Frazer was born in Lilydale, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia on 7 September 1966. He received cricket training at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 1988. He began playing first-class and List A cricket for the Victoria cricket team in 1986 as a left-hand batsman; his career lasted until 1990.[1] After the end of his playing career, Frazer worked for some time in business and computing technology before collaborating with Chappell to develop the cricket training programme, "The Chappell Way".[2]

Stint with India

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In 2005, Frazer was chosen by Australian cricketer Greg Chappell, who had been appointed the coach of the Indian cricket team to serve as his assistant and the team's biomechanist.[3][4] During Chappell's tenure, Frazer worked to enforce Chappell's training regime to increase the physical fitness of the players, and defended Chappell amidst criticism from the media.[2] Frazer supported Chappell's stance emphasizing the introduction of younger players into the national team in favour of older, more experienced veterans.[2]

Despite some praise from players, Frazer was criticised in the media over the ambiguity of his role and the job he was supposed to be doing;[4] critics accused him of doing no more than conducting basic practice. While Chappell said that Frazer's inclusion was important for his coaching vision, Frazer's lackluster first-class playing credentials were cited as insufficient by outsiders, while calls increased for the appointment of a specialist bowling coach.[4] Frazer resigned along with Chappell after the Indian team's poor performance in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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