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Ian Chappel
Biography Of Ian Chappel- The Fearless Australian Batsman
Ian Chappell was a fearless batsman who hooked and pulled with an indomitable spirit throughout his career, eager to attack and score briskly. Across two full decades of first-class cricket he always strode purposefully to the crease with an upturned collar and a compulsion to fidget, repeatedly marking out his guard and adjusting his protector in a series of idiosyncratic tics.
Chappell's blunt verbal manner often led to a series of confrontations with opposition players and cricket administrators; the issue of sledging first arose during his tenure as captain .John Arlott called him, "a cricketer of effect rather than the graces
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