Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

Player information
Surname	Ian Michael Chappell
Born	September 26, 1943 (age 76) Unley , South Australia , Australia
Nickname	Chappelli
height	1.80 m
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right-handed leg spin
Player role	Batsman
Relationships	Greg Chappell (brother)
International games
National team	Australia
Test debut (cap 231)	4th December 1964 v  Pakistan
Last test	6th February 1980 v  England
ODI debut (cap 2)	5th January 1971 v  England
Last ODI	14th January 1980 v  England
National teams
Years	team
1962-1980	South Australia
1963	Lancashire
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	LA
Games	75	16	262	37
Runs (total)	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
Highscore	196	86	209	93 *
Balls	2,873	42	13,143	202
Wickets	20th	2	176	5
Bowling Average	65.80	11.50	37.57	28.40
5 wickets in innings	0	0	2	0
10 wickets in play	0	0	0	0
Best bowling performance	2/21	2/14	5/29	2/14
Catches / stumpings	105/0	5/0	312/1	20/0
Source: Cricinfo , August 1, 2012

Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in Unley , South Australia ) is a retired Australian cricketer . He comes from a family with a long cricket tradition. His maternal grandfather Vic Richardson and his brothers Greg Chappell and Trevor Chappell also completed test cricket matches for Australia .

Career

Ian Chappell played as a middle-order batsman during his active career . As the English BBC commentator John Arlott once noted, Ian Chappell's style of playing was characterized by the fact that he was more effective than elegant.

For Australia , he completed a total of 75 tests in which he scored 5,345 runs (42.42 runs per wicket ). Ian Chappell made his test debut in Melbourne against Pakistan in December 1964. Between 1971 and 1975 he was the captain of the Australian team in 30 tests . His last assignment for the Australian test team was in February 1980 against the English team . In addition, Ian Chappell completed 16 One-Day International Cricket Matches (ODIs) for Australia between 1971 and 1980 . In 1975 he reached the final of the first World Cricket Championship with the Australian ODI selection, which was lost to the West Indies cricket team .

Awards

Ian Chappell was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1976. In 2009 Ian Chappell and his brother Greg were inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ian Chappell - Hall of Famers . ICC cricket. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ian Chappell . CricInfo. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
3. ^ Prudential World Cup, Final: Australia v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 21, 1975 . CricInfo. Retrieved April 18, 2015.