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'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.'

Two of the cricket legend's friends, Peter Maloney and David Evans, explained that Chappell's foundation has raised millions for youth homelessness charities - but the man himself is doing it tougher than he should.

'Greg is a very proud man. He's doing it tougher than what he says,' Maloney said.

'The Chappell Foundation is run by Darshak Mehta and 100 per cent of the money that is raised gets distributed. They distribute it annually so at the end of each year they don't leave any money and they're starting afresh.

'If you put your name to a foundation you're entitled to take some money out of it. But Greg hasn't taken a cent out of it, even though he could have.

'I guess that was the irony that he was the face of it and turning up to every function and he's raising all this money while he didn't have a hell of a lot himself.

'Put it this way, we will probably end up raising about $250,000 out of it, and it will significantly enhance his last few years.'