Updated On: 21 August, 2016 08:33 AM IST | | Ian Chappell
<p>Correct and decisive footwork has to be learned from an early age so it's ingrained by the late teens and the confidence is built to utilise these skills under any conditions, writes Ian Chappell</p>

The author, who was then captain of Australia, pulls West Indies spinner Inshan Ali during the Trinidad Test at Port-of-Spain in 1973. Pic/Getty Images
Sydney: Australia was whitewashed by Sri Lanka and in the process surrendered the number one Test ranking. That may be just the beginning of their nightmare, with a challenging 2017 tour of India hanging over the players' heads like a hangman's noose.

The author, who was then captain of Australia, pulls West Indies spinner Inshan Ali during the Trinidad Test at Port-of-Spain in 1973. Pic/Getty Images