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Ian Chappell

Chappell in 1971

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. Known as "Chappelli", he captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Chappell made a start to playing as a right-hand middle-order batsman and spin bowler. He was then promoted to bat at number three. The issue of sledging first arose during his tenure as captain, and he was a driving force behind the professionalisation of Australian cricket in the 1970s. He was the captain of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. Since his retirement in 1980, he has pursued a career as a sports journalist and cricket commentator, mostly with Channel Nine. Chappell was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986, the FICA Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000, the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2003 and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009. (Full article...)

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• Main editors: Phanto282
• Promoted: 2007
• Reasons for nomination: Very old article from 2007, article missed the obvious 80th birthday in 2023, so here it is for the 81st birthday.
• Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:35, 11 July 2024 (UTC)