Melbourne, Agency. Former Australia captain and famous commentator Ian Chappell has now decided to say goodbye to cricket commentary after holding the mic for nearly 45 years. Together with Richie Beno, Bill Lowry and Tony Greig, Chappell formed the famous commentary team. Ian Chappell was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2019 and it took him five months to recover from the disease.
Ian Chappell said, ‘When it comes to commentary, I was thinking about it. I fell ill a few years ago, but was lucky to be able to recover from it. But now things are getting difficult and I thought things like traveling and climbing stairs are becoming difficult for me now.
Ian Chappell is 78 years old now
He said, ‘Then I read what the Rabbits (rugby league commentator Ray Warren) said about retirement and I understood what he said. He said that you are only one sentence away from making a mistake.’ Ian Chappell is now 78 years old. He scored 5345 runs in Test cricket as a top-order batsman between 1964 and 1980. He also captained Australia in 30 Test matches. He also played 30 ODIs and became a commentator after retiring from cricket.
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Talking about Chappell’s cricket career, he played 75 Test matches for Australia
Talking about Ian Chappell’s cricket career, he played 75 Test matches for Australia. In these matches, he scored 5345 runs at an average of 42.42. Ian Chappell had scored 14 centuries in Test cricket, while he has 26 half-centuries in his name in Tests. His best score in Test cricket was 196 runs. On the other hand, when it comes to ODI cricket, he represented the Kangaroo team in only 16 matches. In these matches, he scored 673 runs at an average of 48.07 and has 8 half-centuries to his name. He did not score a single century in ODI cricket.
