Trevor Chappell in 1986, Chappell went on to become fielding coach for the Sri Lankan cricket team in 1996 and in 2001 became coach the Bangladesh cricket team. He is currently the national coach of the Singapore Cricket Team. Chappell was the youngest of the Chappell cricketing brothers, Ian and Greg, and the grandson of former Australian captain Vic Richardson. Chappell grew up playing cricket in the backyard with his brothers and like them was coached by Lynn Foster and attended Prince Alfred College. Greg Chappell later recalled, "I was going to be every bit the tyrant to Trevor that Ian had
Ian Chappell couldn't run a bath and who keeps getting caught at deep fine leg." He also criticised Hughes' batting. "Hughes needs to score the runs when they are needed most. He is not doing this and his inconsistency is rubbing off on others... there is a not a lot of thought in his batting". On the morning of the second test against the West Indies in 1984–85, Chappell asked Hughes "Three months ago, you claimed Australia possessed no Test-worthy legspinner. So what is Bob Holland doing in the team?" Hughes resigned as captain after that match. Following Hughes' resignation, Australian cricket