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{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Ian Chappell
|               image = File:Chappelli2.jpg
|            fullname = Ian Michael Chappell
|            nickname = Chappelli
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|26|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Unley, South Australia]]
|             heightm = 1.80
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[leg spin]]
|                role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Top order|Top-order batter]]
|              family = [[Greg Chappell]] (brother)<br />[[Trevor Chappell]] (brother)<br />[[Vic Richardson]] (grandfather)
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1964–1980
| country = Australia
|       testdebutdate = 4 December
|       testdebutyear = 1964
|    testdebutagainst = Pakistan
|             testcap = 231
|        lasttestdate = 6 February
|        lasttestyear = 1980
|     lasttestagainst = England
|        odidebutdate = 5 January
|        odidebutyear = 1971
|     odidebutagainst = England
|              odicap = 2
|         lastodidate = 14 January
|         lastodiyear = 1980
|      lastodiagainst = England
|               club1 = [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1961/62–1979/80}}
|               club2 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
|               year2 = 1963
|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
|            matches1 = 75
|               runs1 = 5,345
|            bat avg1 = 42.42
|           100s/50s1 = 14/26
|          top score1 = 196
|         deliveries1 = 2,873
|            wickets1 = 20
|           bowl avg1 = 65.80
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 2/21
|  catches/stumpings1 = 105/–
|             column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|            matches2 = 16
|               runs2 = 673
|            bat avg2 = 48.07
|           100s/50s2 = 0/8
|          top score2 = 86
|         deliveries2 = 42
|            wickets2 = 2
|           bowl avg2 = 11.50
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 2/14
|  catches/stumpings2 = 5/–
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 262
|               runs3 = 19,680
|            bat avg3 = 48.35
|           100s/50s3 = 59/96
|          top score3 = 209
|         deliveries3 = 13,143
|            wickets3 = 176
|           bowl avg3 = 37.57
|            fivefor3 = 2
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 5/29
|  catches/stumpings3 = 312/1
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches4 = 37
|               runs4 = 1,277
|            bat avg4 = 39.90
|           100s/50s4 = 0/13
|          top score4 = 93[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries4 = 202
|            wickets4 = 5
|           bowl avg4 = 28.40
|            fivefor4 = 0
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 2/14
|  catches/stumpings4 = 20/–
|                date = 13 November
|                year = 2007
| medaltemplates =  <!-- Mention Host Names for Team Sports-->
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975 England]]|}}
|              source = http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4560.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Ian Michael Chappell''' (born 26 September 1943) is a retired Australian [[cricket]]er and commentator. He played for [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975. He was born in [[Unley, South Australia|Unley]], [[South Australia]].

Chappell was known as "'''Chappelli'''". He is thought to be one of the greatest [[Captain (cricket)|captains]] of cricket.<ref name=MCG>[http://www.mcg.org.au/default.asp?pg=toursdisplay&articleid=119 MCG biography: Ian Chappell.] Retrieved 20 August 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904233752/http://www.mcg.org.au/default.asp?pg=toursdisplay&articleid=119 |date=4 September 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/133946.html An Aussie to the core.] Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2007.</ref><ref>[http://thehindu.com/2007/07/03/stories/2007070360362100.htm ESPN-STAR sports sign Ian Chappell.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205030200/http://thehindu.com/2007/07/03/stories/2007070360362100.htm |date=2007-12-05 }} ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 2 October 2007.</ref><ref name=SAHOF>[http://www.sahof.org.au/hallOfFame/memberProfile/index.php?memberID=34&memberType=athlete Sport Australia Hall of Fame: Ian Chappell.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901055529/http://sahof.org.au/hallOfFame/memberProfile/index.php?memberID=34&memberType=athlete |date=1 September 2007}} Retrieved 12 November 2007.</ref> 

He retired in 1980. He became a cricket commentator, working for [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]]. Chappell was added into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1986, the [[Federation of International Cricketers' Associations|FICA]] Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000 and the [[Australian Cricket Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref name="content-aus.cricinfo.com">[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/88992.html Cricket's Hall of Fame welcomes five new members.] Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2007.</ref> In July 2009, Chappell was added into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907091324/test-cricket/hof-inductees |title=Chappell, May, Graveney inducted into Hall of Fame |author=Arjun Wadhwa |publisher=TheSportsCampus |date=9 July 2009 |access-date=6 April 2017 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181653/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907091324/test-cricket/hof-inductees |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2019, Chappell announced that he had [[skin cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27215512/former-australia-captain-ian-chappell-diagnosed-skin-cancer |title=Ian Chappell diagnosed with skin cancer |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref>

== Ian Chappell Media ==
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File:Vic Richardson.jpg|Chappell's maternal grandfather Vic Richardson

File:Ian Chappell 1971.jpg|Australian cricketer Ian Chappell

File:Chappelli.jpg|Ian Chappell in the early 1970s

File:Ian Chappell graph.png|Ian Chappell's Test career batting performance. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, with the blue line indicating the [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] in his last ten innings. The blue dots indicate an innings where he remained [[not out]].

File:Adelaide Oval 2006-2.jpg|The Chappell Stands at the Adelaide Oval, opened in 2003
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