Ian Chappell

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a retired Australian cricketer and commentator. He played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975. He was born in Unley, South Australia.

Ian Chappell

Personal information
Full name	Ian Michael Chappell
Born	(1943-09-26) 26 September 1943 (age 82) Unley, South Australia
Nickname	Chappelli
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg spin
Role	Top-order batter
Relations	Greg Chappell (brother) Trevor Chappell (brother) Vic Richardson (grandfather)
International information
National side	Australia (1964–1980)
Test debut (cap 231)	4 December 1964 v Pakistan
Last Test	6 February 1980 v England
ODI debut (cap 2)	5 January 1971 v England
Last ODI	14 January 1980 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1961/62–1979/80	South Australia
1963	Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 75 16 262 37 Runs scored 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 Top score 196 86 209 93* Balls bowled 2,873 42 13,143 202 Wickets 20 2 176 5 Bowling average 65.80 11.50 37.57 28.40 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/21 2/14 5/29 2/14 Catches/stumpings 105/– 5/– 312/1 20/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 1975 England
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2007

Chappell was known as "Chappelli". He is thought to be one of the greatest captains of cricket.^[1][2][3][4]

He retired in 1980. He became a cricket commentator, working for Channel Nine. Chappell was added into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986, the FICA Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2003.^[5] In July 2009, Chappell was added into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[6]

In July 2019, Chappell announced that he had skin cancer.^[7]