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 captain Les Favell heavily influenced Chappell during his formative years in senior cricket. In 1962–63, Chappell made his initial first-class century against a New South Wales team led by Australian captain Richie Benaud, who was bemused by the young batsman's habit of gritting his teeth as he faced up; to Benaud, it looked as if he was grinning. Chappell spent the northern summer of 1963 as a professional in England's Lancashire League with Ramsbottom and played a single first-class match for Lancashire against Cambridge University. In 1963–64, Chappell batted at number three for SA for the first time, in a