Full Name

Ian Michael Chappell

Born

September 26, 1943, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia

Age

80y 175d

Nicknames

Chappelli

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Fielding Position

First Slip

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Education

Prince Alfred College, Adelaide

RELATIONS

(grandfather),

(brother),

(brother)

Other

Commentator

Ian Chappell fashioned an Australian team in his own image between 1971 and 1975: aggressive, resourceful and insouciant. A dauntless batsman partial to the hook and pull, he inherited the post of captain from Bill Lawry with the team at a low ebb, but others fed off his unhesitating self-belief and conviction that team goals were paramount, and he never lost a series. Some of his personal bests as a batsman, meanwhile, were in partnership with his brother Greg, notably at The Oval in August 1972, and at Wellington in March 1974. English commentator John Arlott described him as "a cricketer of effect rather than the graces", and his part in the World Series Cricket schism arose after years of disaffection with cricket officialdom. He later became a trenchant TV commentator.
Gideon Haigh

Ian Chappell Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests7513610534519642.42--1426-151050
ODIs161626738648.0787477.000874750
FC262448411968020948.35--5996--3121
List A37353127793*39.90--013--200

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests756028731316202/212/3165.802.74143.6000
ODIs162422322/142/1411.503.2821.0000
FC262-1314366141765/29-37.573.0174.6-20
List A37-20214252/142/1428.404.2140.4000
Ian Michael Chappell

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Debut/Last Matches of Ian Chappell

Recent Matches of Ian Chappell

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Aust vs Victoria112 & 32--07-Mar-1980AdelaideFC
South Aust vs Queensland0 & 17--29-Feb-1980BrisbaneFC
South Aust vs NSW158 & 0--23-Feb-1980SydneyFC
South Aust vs Queensland26 & 101/415-Feb-1980AdelaideFC
Australia vs England75 & 26*--01-Feb-1980MelbourneTest # 872

Videos of Ian Chappell

Photos of Ian Chappell

Shane Warne and Ian Chappell commentate for Channel 9
Mark Nicholas, Michael Clarke, Ian Chappell and Ian Healy sit together before the start of play
Mark Nicholas, Ian Chappell and Mark Taylor talk on television
Ian Chappell speaks at the ESPNcricinfo for Cricket Summit in Brisbane
Kapil Dev, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ian Chappell and Dennis Lillee chat
Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry watch a presentation by the McGrath Foundation during tea in Sydney