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Full name Gregory Stephen Chappell
Born August 7, 1948, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 60 years 67 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 1.87 m
Education Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
Relations Grandfather - VY Richardson, Brother - IM Chappell, Brother - TM Chappell

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

151

7110

247*

53.86

755

122

ODIs

2331

138*

40.18

3079

75.70

195

First-class

321

542

24535

247*

52.20

111

376

List A

130

126

3948

138*

36.89

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

5327

1913

5/61

40.70

2.15

113.3

ODIs

3108

2097

5/15

29.12

4.04

43.1

First-class

321

20926

8717

291

7/40

29.95

2.49

71.9

List A

130

5261

3372

130

5/15

25.93

3.84

40.4

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

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

Oct 8, 2008

Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell chat ahead of the first Test © AFP

Oct 7, 2008

Greg Chappell gears up for a practice session © Getty Images

Sep 28, 2008

Greg Chappell watches from slip as Ricky Ponting pulls © AFP

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