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| name = Ian Frazer
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| country = Australia
| fullname = Ian Douglas Frazer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|09|07}}
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| death_date = 13 2 2020
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| date = March 6
| year = 2014
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5276.html CricInfo
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'''Ian Douglas Frazer''' (born 7 September 1966) is an [[Australia]]n [[cricket]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]], [[Sports science|sports scientist]] and [[Biomechanics|biomechanist]], and a former [[first-class cricket]]er. From 2005 to 2007, Frazer served as the biomechanist for the [[Indian national cricket team]] and assistant to the then-team coach [[Greg Chappell]].

==Biography==
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.<ref name="CRC">[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5276.html Cricinfo Profile]</ref> After the end of his playing career, Frazer worked for some time in business and computing technology before collaborating with the Australian cricketer Chappell to develop the cricket training programme "The Chappell Way".<ref name="CO">[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/220923.html Frazer defends Chappell]</ref>

==Stint with India==
In 2005, Frazer was chosen by Australian cricketer Greg Chappell, who had been appointed the coach of the Indian cricket team and praised Frazer as the leading sports scientist and expert in biomechanics, to serve as his assistant and the team's biomechanist.<ref name="CO2">[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/210630.html Chappell's contract]</ref><ref name="F">[http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/18240._.html Criticism of Ian Frazer]</ref> During Chappell's tenure, Frazer worked to enforce Chappell's training regimen to increase the physical fitness and performance of the players, and defended Chappell amidst controversy and criticism from the media.<ref name="CO"/> Frazer supported Chappell's stance emphasizing the introduction of younger players into the national team in favor of older, more experienced veterans.<ref name="CO"/>

Despite some praise from players such as [[Ajit Agarkar]], [[Mohammad Kaif]] and [[Harbhajan Singh]], Frazer was criticized in the media over the ambiguity of his role and the job he was supposed to be doing.<ref name="F"/> 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.<ref name="F"/> Frazer resigned along with Greg Chappell after the Indian team's poor performance in the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]].

==See also==
* [[List of Victoria first-class cricketers]]

==References==
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[[Category:Australian cricket coaches]]
[[Category:Australian cricketers]]
[[Category:Victoria cricketers]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Coaches of the Indian national cricket team]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Melbourne]]

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