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Ian Chappell

Australia

Player profile

Full name Ian Michael Chappell
Born September 26, 1943, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 65 years 18 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

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 Latest Photos

Dec 14, 2007

The Chappells, Greg and Ian, and Richard Hadlee with the trophy
The Chappells, Greg and Ian, and Richard Hadlee with the trophy
© Getty Images

Mar 4, 2007

Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell talking on the art of batting
Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell talking on the art of batting
© Cricinfo/Times Now

Nov 4, 2006

The Cricinfo Round Table panel - (from left) John Wright, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, Ravi Shastri with Sanjay Manjrekar
The Cricinfo Round Table panel - (from left) John Wright, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, Ravi Shastri with Sanjay Manjrekar
© Cricinfo Ltd

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