ian chappell Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ian chappell is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ian Michael Chappell
Born
September 26, 1943, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
Age
80 years old
Nicknames
Chappelli
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Fielding Position
First Slip
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Education
Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 75 | 16 | - | - |
Inn | 136 | 16 | - | - |
Runs | 5345 | 673 | - | - |
Avg | 42.42 | 48.07 | - | - |
SR | 60.92 | 77.0 | - | - |
HS | 196 | 86 | - | - |
NO | 10 | 2 | - | - |
100s | 14 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 26 | 8 | - | - |
4s | 562 | 74 | - | - |
6s | 15 | 7 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 75 | 16 | - | - |
Inn | 60 | 2 | - | - |
Balls | 2443 | 42 | - | - |
Runs | 1316 | 23 | - | - |
Wkt | 20 | 2 | - | - |
BBI | 21 / 2 | 14 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | 31 / 2 | 14 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | 3.23 | 3.29 | - | - |
Avg | 65.8 | 11.5 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- VY Richardson
- TM Chappell
- GS Chappell
- Australia
- Lancashire
- South Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
shunned helmets.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chappell was born to a cricket enthusiast who bought him his first bat at the age of four. He was given weekly lessons from the age of five, and Chappell played for his school team before he reached adolescence. He went on to make his debut for South Australia in a first class game against Tasmania replacing the great Gary Sobers. Heavily influenced by Sobers and his skipper Les Favell, Chappell imbibed their attacking nature and
that was seen in his captaincy style. He scored his first hundred against Richie Benaud’s NSW side and also played for Ramsbottom in the Lancashire league.
In 1963-64, Chappell scored heavily for South Australia, including a 205* against Queensland on a green top in Brisbane. This caught the eye of the selectors who inducted him in the side to take on Pakistan in a one- off Test in December 1964. In his first opportunity, Chappell's fielding was far more impressive than his batting and he was considered as an all-rounder by his skipper Bob Simpson. Later on in his career, Chappell was to have serious differences of opinion with Simpson. During the initial years, Chappell played at number 7 and bowled quite a few overs of leg spin in each match.
In his first Ashes series in 1968, Chappell scored heavily against all the matches including those against the county sides. He aggregated the highest runs amongst all Aussie batsmen and he was believed to be the most difficult Australian batsman to dismiss on that tour. His moment in the sun came in the 68-69 season where he scored 5 centuries against the touring West Indies side, two of them for Australia. Soon enough, he became a regular at his favorite number 3 spot and was also appointed vice-captain of his side. That he could play fast bowling really well was certified by his success against West Indies. But Chappell went on to prove his prowess against spin by scoring a 138 and 99 on the tour of India on the turning tracks of Delhi and Kolkata. He then had a bad tour of South Africa after the media hyped him as the best all-round batsman in the world.
Chappell inherited the captaincy of the Australian side from Bill Lawry in 1971, at a time when the Aussies were 0-1 down in the Ashes series. Chappell was disillusioned by the high- handedness of his employers and in trademark insouciant style led the side to a first innings lead in the final Test of the series. Though Australia lost the match thanks to a 4th innings collapse, Chappell demonstrated a I-give-a-damn attitude combined with serious professionalism which shaped the way Australia started playing Test cricket. Throughout his captaincy regime from 71- 75, Australia never lost a series and the Ian-Greg Chappell brothers emerged as a strong force of the batting line-up. Chappelli, as he later came to be known, was involved in quite a few verbal confrontations and he himself has admitted to using profane language on field. Under him, Australia regained the Ashes in 1974-75 and also reached the finals of the first ever Cricket World Cup held in England.
Following a heavy workload and regular tussles with the board, Chappeli relinquished his captaincy and retired at the age of 32 in 1975-76 after winning the Sheffield Shield Player of the season. He later played an important role in the World Series Cricket, as the captain of the Australian XI and also as a brand ambassador who influenced many cricketers to jump the gun. He later made a comeback to first class cricket playing for South Australia in 1979-80, but was
noted to be increasingly unfriendly on the wicket. Although he was picked up to play the last 3 Tests against England in the 1980 series, he retired at the end of that season. He was also handed a three week suspension for offensive behavior on the field, but ironically was voted as the best batsman by the umpires.
After retirement, Chappell pursued a lucrative career in commentary and sports journalism. He continues to write columns which are known to be opinionated and at times, very blunt. He is acknowledged to have had a considerable influence on many Aussie cricketers including Shane Warne who has publicly said that Chappelli played a big role in his development.
Facts:
1) Chappell was constantly dissatisfied with the officials, especially Sir Don Bradman, who were not interested in striking better deals for the players. During the 75 Ashes series, he negotiated a bonus for the players from the ACB on account of the big attendance at the games.
2) He was the first Australian to take one hundred catches which was a phenomenal achievement
3) In 1976-77, he was involved in an altercation with the future England all-rounder, Sir Ian Botham, in a Victorian pub. This was to be just one of the incidents which highlights Chappell's dislike of England.
4) After losing a winner-takes-all final Super Test series and Limited Overs competition in the WSC, Chappell took out his ire on future co-commentator Tony Greig by refusing to shake his hand in a post-match presentation.
5) Chappell is a long standing critic of the use of coaches by national sides.
By Siddharth Prabhakar
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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.
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