Players / Ian Chappell

Graeme Smith retirement

'Smith the greatest Test captain ever' - Kirsten

Mar 7, 2014: Gary Kirsten has called Graeme Smith the "greatest captain ever" in Test cricket

ESPNcricinfo for Cricket Summit

Cricket leadership 'weak, self-interested'

Nov 19, 2013: Ian Chappell described the leadership of cricket as "weak and self-interested" and called on the game's administrators to do more to stamp out corruption

'You learn how to manage players from losing'

Oct 15, 2013: Steve Waugh, Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, MAK Pataudi: some of cricket's finest captains speak about their craft

The other side of Ian Chappell

Sep 26, 2013: The former Australia captain, known for his tough and aggressive approach, turns 70 today

Australia news

Sun sets on Australian batting - Chappell

Mar 27, 2013: Australia may never again produce batting talent on the level of Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke due to "holes in the production line", the former captain Ian Chappell has said

Shine on me, Roy

Jan 30, 2013: Roy Fredericks' manic innings in Perth 40-odd years ago left you seeing stars in the daytime

'Tony's passion for cricket always came through'

Dec 29, 2012: A tribute from an Ashes rival and a fellow commentator

This one's for Jeanne

Sep 9, 2012: In praise of a thoroughbred mother

Wisden Obituary

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

May 11, 2012: Pataudi became a hard- headed captain of India who, with a beguiling mixture of personal charm and tactical know-how, forced the team to abandon their deep-rooted factionalism and become a disciplined fighting unit. He was, quite simply, one of the most i

Clarke treads in the footsteps of the greats

Feb 13, 2012: Australia's three great modern captains have been Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Mark Taylor. And their latest leader may soon be counted among them

'I just try to convey my enjoyment of cricket'

Jan 30, 2012: Now as 40 years ago, Bill Lawry can get excited at the drop of a hat - by a shot, a ball, a catch. His job, he says, is to make the man in the garden come into the house to check what happened

'The BCCI thought India would just turn up and do well'

Aug 25, 2011: Ian Chappell, Kiran More, Aakash Chopra and Venkatesh Prasad look at five areas of concern India need to address

Terry, my twin

Jun 1, 2011: A day on from his funeral, Jenner is remembered by one of his long-time bowling partners as a man with great powers of persuasion and a passion for spin bowling

Australian news

Ponting not the first to play on post-captaincy

Mar 30, 2011: Ricky Ponting is not the first man to play on after resigning as Australia's captain. ESPNcricinfo looks at some of the others

Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne

Jump before you are pushed, Chappell tells Ponting

Dec 30, 2010: The former Australia captain Ian Chappell has called on Ricky Ponting to resign from the Test captaincy in the wake of England's Ashes-sealing victory in the fourth Test at Melbourne

Rewind to ... 1977

The thirty-year feud

Dec 11, 2010: In a week where Ian Botham and Ian Chappell had to be prised apart in a car park, Martin Williamson looks back at the 33-year feud between the pair

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Australia have no attack leader - Chappell

Dec 5, 2010: Ian Chappell believes Australia's selectors may be forced to skip a generation in a bid to identify a new attack leader, after the three seamers chosen for the second Test at Adelaide - Doug Bollinger, Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle - suffered one of Austra

Ian Chappell rates Ponting higher than Waugh

May 13, 2010: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has rated Ricky Ponting a better leader than Steve Waugh, the team's most successful captain

Ian Chappell

'Taking wickets should be a captain's top priority'

May 13, 2010: Ian Chappell, among the most respected of Australian captains, talks about where modern captains have their priorities skewed, leadership in general, and why he won't be writing a book on the subject

Ball-tampering

Ball-tampering is an open secret - Greig

Feb 8, 2010: Former England captain Tony Greig believes ball-tampering has been prevalent over the years