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Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother also captained Australia—Chappell made a hesitant start to international cricket playing as a right-hand middle-order batsman and spin bowler. He found his niche when promoted to bat at number three. Known as "Chappelli", he earned a reputation as one of the greatest captains the game has seen.〔(MCG biography: Ian Chappell. ) Retrieved 20 August 2007. 〕〔(An Aussie to the core. ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2007.〕〔(ESPN-STAR sports sign Ian Chappell. ) ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 2 October 2007.〕〔(Sport Australia Hall of Fame: Ian Chappell. ) Retrieved 12 November 2007.〕 Chappell's blunt verbal manner led to a series of confrontations with opposition players and cricket administrators; 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.〔Cashman et al. (1996), p 103.〕 John Arlott called him, "a cricketer of effect rather than the graces".〔(Ian Chappell player profile. ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2007.〕 An animated presence at the batting crease, he constantly adjusted his equipment and clothing, and restlessly tapped his bat on the ground as the bowler ran in. Basing his game on a sound defence learned during many hours of childhood lessons, Chappell employed the drive and square cut to full effect.〔 He had an idiosyncratic method of playing back and across to a ball of full length and driving wide of mid on,〔Simpson (1996), p 54.〕 but his trademark shot was the hook, famously saying "three bouncers an over should be worth 12 runs to me".〔p37, David Gower, Heroes and Contemporaries, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1985〕 A specialist slip fielder, he was the fourth player to take one hundred Test catches. Since his retirement in 1980, he has pursued a high-profile career as a sports journalist and cricket commentator, predominantly with Channel Nine.〔 He remains a major figure in Australian cricket: in 2006, Shane Warne called Chappell the biggest influence on his career.〔(In Warne's Words. ) ''The Age''. Retrieved 8 October 2007.〕 Chappell was inducted 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.〔(Cricket's Hall of Fame welcomes five new members. ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2007.〕 On 9 July 2009, Ian Chappell was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. == Family and early career == The first of three sons born in Adelaide to Martin and Jeanne (née Richardson), Chappell was steeped in the game from an early age. His father was a noted Adelaide grade cricketer who put a bat in his hands as soon as he could walk,〔 and his maternal grandfather was a famous all-round sportsman Vic Richardson, who captained Australia at the end of a nineteen-Test career.〔(''Australian Dictionary of Biography'': Richardson, Victor York. ) Retrieved 11 October 2007.〕 Chappell was given weekly batting lessons from the age of five, as were younger brothers Greg and Trevor, who both went on to play for Australia.〔Mallett (2005), pp 7���8.〕 Chappell grew up in the beachside suburb of Glenelg and attended the local St Leonard's Primary School where he played his first competitive match at the age of seven. He was later selected for the South Australian state schoolboys team.〔Mallett (2005), p 11.〕 He then enrolled at Prince Alfred College, a private secondary school noted for producing many Test cricketers, including the Australian captains Joe Darling and Clem Hill. His other sporting pursuits included Australian football and baseball: Chappell's performances for South Australia in the Claxton Shield won him All-Australian selection in 1964 and 1966 as a catcher. He credits Vic Richardson, who had represented both SA and Australia in baseball during the 1920s, for his love of the sport.〔(WA Claxton Shield club. ) Retrieved 18 August 2007.〕 At the age of 18, his form in grade cricket for Glenelg led to his first-class debut for South Australia (SA) against Tasmania in early 1962. Chappell replaced West Indian Gary Sobers who was selected for a Test match in the Caribbean.〔Chappell (1976), p 39.〕 The aggressive style of Sobers and SA captain Les Favell heavily influenced Chappell during his formative years in major cricket.〔Chappell (1976), pp 40–41.〕 In 1962–63, Chappell made his initial first-class century against a New South Wales team led by Australian captain Richie Benaud, who was bemused by the young batsman's habit of gritting his teeth as he faced up; to Benaud, it looked as if he was grinning.〔Mallett (2005), p 20.〕 Chappell spent the northern summer of 1963 as a professional in England's Lancashire League with Ramsbottom and played a single first-class match for Lancashire.〔(Where are they now? Ian Chappell. ) ''Lancashire Telegraph''. Retrieved 13 November 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Chappell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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