Born 7 August 1948 at Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaA member of one of Australia’s most notable cricket-playing families, Greg Chappell was a graceful right-handed batsman and useful medium-pacer. The grandson of Test cricketer Vic Richardson, he followed his brother Ian into the Australian Test team. Another brother Trevor also played for Australia. Shortly before retiring he passed Don Bradman’s record to become the leading run-scorer in Tests for Australia.
He became Australia’s captain in 1975/76, replacing his brother, and captained the team in 48 Tests until 1983 except for a two-year break when he as involved with Kerry Packer’s World Series. He was also one of the best slip fielders the game has known, being the first man to hold seven catches in a Test match and on retirement he held the world record for most catches by a fielder in Tests with 122.
M Runs HS Avg 100 Ct Wkts Avg BB 5I
Tests 87 7110 247* 53.86 24 122 47 40.70 5-61 1
ODIs 74 2331 138* 40.18 3 23 72 29.12 5-15 2
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