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]
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^An Aussie to the core. Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
^ESPN-STAR sports sign Ian Chappell. The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
^ abcSport Australia Hall of Fame: Ian Chappell. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ abCashman et al. (1996), p 103.
^Ian Chappell player profile. Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
^Simpson (1996), p 54.
^p37, David Gower, Heroes and Contemporaries, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1985
^In Warne's Words. The Age. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
^Cricket's Hall of Fame welcomes five new members. Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
^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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wicket of low bounce". Writing for the Indian Express, former cricketer IanChappell called it an innings of "skill, patience and concentration". Mongia was...
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