Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell
Personal information
Full name
Ian Michael Chappell
Born (1943-09-26) 26 September 1943 (age 80)
Unley, South Australia
NicknameChappelli
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
RoleTop-order batter
RelationsGreg Chappell (brother)
Trevor Chappell (brother)
Vic Richardson (grandfather)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 231)4 December 1964 v Pakistan
Last Test6 February 1980 v England
ODI debut (cap 2)5 January 1971 v England
Last ODI14 January 1980 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961/62–1979/80South Australia
1963Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 75 16 262 37
Runs scored 5,345 673 19,680 1,277
Batting average 42.42 48.07 48.35 39.90
100s/50s 14/26 0/8 59/96 0/13
Top score 196 86 209 93*
Balls bowled 2,873 42 13,143 202
Wickets 20 2 176 5
Bowling average 65.80 11.50 37.57 28.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/21 2/14 5/29 2/14
Catches/stumpings 105/– 5/– 312/1 20/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1975 England
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2007

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother also captained Australia—Chappell made a hesitant start to international cricket playing as a right-hand middle-order batsman and spin bowler. He found his niche when promoted to bat at number three. Known as "Chappelli", he earned a reputation as one of the greatest captains the game has seen.[1][2][3][4] Chappell's blunt verbal manner led to a series of confrontations with opposition players and cricket administrators; the issue of sledging first arose during his tenure as captain, and he was a driving force behind the professionalisation of Australian cricket in the 1970s.[5] He was the captain of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

John Arlott called him "a cricketer of effect rather than the graces".[6] An animated presence at the batting crease, he constantly adjusted his equipment and clothing, and restlessly tapped his bat on the ground as the bowler ran in. Basing his game on a sound defence learned during many hours of childhood lessons, Chappell employed the drive and square cut to full effect.[5] He had an idiosyncratic method of playing back and across to a ball of full length and driving wide of mid-on,[7] but his trademark shot was the hook, saying "three bouncers an over should be worth 12 runs to me".[8] A specialist slip fielder, he was the fourth player to take one hundred Test catches.

Since his retirement in 1980, he has pursued a high-profile career as a sports journalist and cricket commentator, predominantly with Channel Nine.[4] He remains a key figure in Australian cricket: in 2006, Shane Warne called Chappell the biggest influence on his career.[9] Chappell was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986,[4] the FICA Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2003.[10] On 9 July 2009, Ian Chappell was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[11]

  1. ^ MCG biography: Ian Chappell. Retrieved 20 August 2007. Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ An Aussie to the core. Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  3. ^ ESPN-STAR sports sign Ian Chappell. The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b c Sport Australia Hall of Fame: Ian Chappell. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b Cashman et al. (1996), p 103.
  6. ^ Ian Chappell player profile. Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  7. ^ Simpson (1996), p 54.
  8. ^ p37, David Gower, Heroes and Contemporaries, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1985
  9. ^ In Warne's Words. The Age. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  10. ^ Cricket's Hall of Fame welcomes five new members. Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  11. ^ Arjun Wadhwa (9 July 2009). "Chappell, May, Graveney inducted into Hall of Fame". TheSportsCampus. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

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