Ian Chappell

Australian cricketer

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a retired Australian cricketer and commentator. He played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975. He was born in Unley, South Australia.

Ian Chappell
Personal information
Full nameIan Michael Chappell
Born (1943-09-26) 26 September 1943 (age 81)
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

Chappell was known as "Chappelli". He is thought to be one of the greatest captains of cricket.[1][2][3][4]

He retired in 1980. He became a cricket commentator, working for Channel Nine. Chappell was added into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986, the FICA Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2003.[5] In July 2009, Chappell was added into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[6]

In July 2019, Chappell announced that he had skin cancer.[7]

References

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  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. Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  4. Sport Australia Hall of Fame: Ian Chappell. Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2007.
  5. Cricket's Hall of Fame welcomes five new members. Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  6. 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.
  7. "Ian Chappell diagnosed with skin cancer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2019.