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Full name Gregory Stephen Chappell
Born August 7, 1948, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 59 years 352 days
Major teams Australia,Queensland,Somerset,South Australia
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Height
1.85 m
Education Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
Relations Grandfather - VY Richardson,Brother - IM Chappell,Brother - TM Chappell
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
87
151
19
7110
247*
53.86
24
31
755
16
122
0
ODIs
74
72
14
2331
138*
40.18
3079
75.70
3
14
195
7
23
0
First-class
321
542
72
24535
247*
52.20
74
111
376
0
List A
130
126
19
3948
138*
36.89
4
27
54
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
87
88
5327
1913
47
5/61
5/61
40.70
2.15
113.3
0
1
0
ODIs
74
67
3108
2097
72
5/15
5/15
29.12
4.04
43.1
0
2
0
First-class
321
20926
8717
291
7/40
29.95
2.49
71.9
5
0
List A
130
5261
3372
130
5/15
5/15
25.93
3.84
40.4
1
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Perth, Dec 11-16, 1970 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Apr 30, 1983 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1966/67 - 1983/84
List A span
1968 - 1983/84
Profile
Upright and unbending, with a touch of the tin soldier about his bearing, Greg Chappell was the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation. Though he had an appetite for big scores, it was his calm brow and courtly manner that bowlers found just as disheartening. He made a century in his first and final Tests, and 22 more in between - although perhaps the outstanding batting of his career left no trace on the record-books, his 621 runs at 69 in five unauthorised World Series Cricket "SuperTests" in the Caribbean in 1979, off a West Indian attack of unprecedented hostility. Less empathic as a captain than his elder brother Ian, he nonetheless won 21 of his 48 Tests and lost only 13. He lost the Ashes in 1977, but reclaimed them in 1982-83. His feat of scoring centuries in each innings of his captaincy debut is unequalled.
After retiring he went into coaching, spending some time with South Australia and working as a consultant at Pakistan's National Cricket Academy. He also worked as a commentator for ABC Radio. In May, 2005, he was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team on a two-year term.
Gideon Haigh
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1973
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2002
