Australian cricket team in Australia in 1974–75 of out-and-out gamesmanship that made old pros like me wince. It was an open secret that he used to encourage his players to give a lot of verbal abuse to rival batsman when they were at the wicket in an attempt to break their concentration. Ian Chappell came from a South Australian cricket dynasty, his maternal grandfather Vic Richardson had been captain of Australia and his younger brothers Greg and Trevor Chappell also played for Australia. In the 1960s the young Ian Chappell had been noted as an aggressive batsman and gifted slip fielder who played for South Australia when
Trevor Chappell to bowl more and his fielding by now was amongst the best in the country; he began to be discussed as an international prospect. At the beginning of the 1980–81 summer Chappell's bowling spell of 3–22 helped NSW defeat Queensland. In November Chappell was selected in the Australian one day side against New Zealand. Australia lost the game. Chappell managed only 12 runs and took 0–21 with the ball. He did not bat or bowl in his second game. Chappell was kept in the team to play India, taking 1–14 and scoring 14. His figures for his next game were