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
Greg Chappell to sign with a proposed break away competition, later to be known as World Series Cricket (WSC). Chappell formally signed a WSC contract the following month, during the Centenary Test, a one-off match against England commemorating one hundred years of Test cricket. He was offered the most lucrative WSC contract in line with his age and high profile as captain of Australia. Chappell led Australia to a dramatic victory. Some of his players felt that he struggled to cope with the pressure of captaincy during the tense England run chase on the final day, when Australia won a dramatic victory,