Pick Gillespie as Aussie coach: Chappell

Jason Gillespie would make a better Australian cricket coach than Justin Langer, former captain Ian Chappell says. Chappell has weighed into the debate over Darren Lehmann's successor after Cricket Australia (CA) rejected speculation ex-Test batsman Langer was set to be appointed. Western Australia and Perth Scorchers coach Langer has previously filled in for Lehmann, who quit after the ball-tampering controversy in South Africa. Langer has long been raised as a candidate alongside Sussex and Adelaide Strikers mentor Gillespie. Chappell said Gillespie's integrity as a player, along with the former Test bowler's success at the helm of Yorkshire where he won two County championships, should make him the preferred candidate. "He's got a good understanding of cricket," Chappell told Macquarie Sports Radio. "When you talked to him while he was playing he was very interested in the history of the game. "So I thought he played the game with a lot of integrity. He was obviously a very good bowler. "He's had a lot of success in that position in some different position. Yorkshire obviously, a hell of a lot of success there." Integrity could be an important criterion given Australian cricket's took a battering with the tampering scandal."I just find him a decent bloke," Chappell said of Gillespie.