Ian Chappell

Ian Michael Chappell ( born September 26, 1943 in Unley, South Australia ) is a former Australian cricketer. He comes from a family of great cricket tradition. So also completed his maternal grandfather Vic Richardson and his brothers Greg and Trevor Chappell Chappell Cricket Test Matches for Australia.

Career

Ian Chappell played during his active career as a middle -order batsman. Ian Chappell's playing style was, as the British BBC commentator John Arlott once noted, marked by the fact that he persuaded more by efficiency than by elegance. For Australia, he completed a total of 75 tests in which he scored 5345 runs ( 42.42 runs per wicket ). His test debut Ian Chappell in Melbourne against Pakistan in December 1964. Between 1971 and 1975 he worked for 30 tests captain of the Australian team. His last assignment for the Australian Test team had Chappell in February 1980 against the English team. In addition, Ian Chappell graduated 1971-1980 16 One- Day International cricket matches ( ODIs ) for Australia. In 1975 he reached the final, which was lost to the West Indies Cricket team in the first Cricket World Cup with the Australian ODI selection.

Awards

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

Footnotes

• Cricketer (Australia)
• Man
• Born in 1943