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Full name Ian Michael Chappell
Born September 26, 1943, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 65 years 53 days
Major teams Australia,Lancashire,South Australia
Nickname Chappelli
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position First slip
Other Commentator
Education Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
Relations Grandfather - VY Richardson,Brother - GS Chappell,Brother - TM Chappell
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
75
136
10
5345
196
42.42
14
26
15
105
0
ODIs
16
16
2
673
86
48.07
874
77.00
0
8
74
7
5
0
First-class
262
448
41
19680
209
48.35
59
96
312
1
List A
37
35
3
1277
93*
39.90
0
13
20
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
75
60
2873
1316
20
2/21
2/31
65.80
2.74
143.6
0
0
0
ODIs
16
2
42
23
2
2/14
2/14
11.50
3.28
21.0
0
0
0
First-class
262
13143
6614
176
5/29
37.57
3.01
74.6
2
0
List A
37
202
142
5
2/14
2/14
28.40
4.21
40.4
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 4-8, 1964 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 1-6, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 14, 1980 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1961/62 - 1979/80
List A span
1970/71 - 1979/80
Profile
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
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1976
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2003
