List of international cricket centuries by Greg Chappell

Brisbane Cricket Ground during an evening match, with the floodlights on.
Greg Chappell scored five of his twenty-four Test cricket centuries at Brisbane Cricket Ground.

Greg Chappell is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 161 matches between 1970 and 1984. He was described by the cricket journalist Gideon Haigh as "the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation",[1] while fellow journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins said he was capable of "[mastering] even the best bowlers in the worst batting conditions."[2] A right-handed top-order batsman, he scored 27 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in international cricket – 24 in Test cricket and 3 in One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1] He ranks 9th amongst Australian batsmen in terms of international centuries,[3] and joint 41st overall, though he played fewer matches than all but Don Bradman above him.[4]

Chappell played his first Test match in December 1970, and became the tenth Australian to score a century on Test debut, accumulating 108 runs against England in the second Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series.[5] In 1974, he scored centuries in both innings of a match against New Zealand; his brother, Ian also achieved the feat in the match.[2] In the first innings against New Zealand, Chappell recorded his highest score in Test cricket, 247 not out.[6] He scored two centuries in a Test again late the following year against the West Indies, during his first match as captain of Australia.[2] He scored three further double centuries in Test matches, two against Pakistan, and one against India, all in 1980 or 1981.[6] During the fifth Test of the 1983–84 series against Pakistan, Chappell announced that he would retire at the end of the match; during the fourth day he scored his final century in international cricket.[7] In doing so, Chappell became one of only four players to score centuries in both their first and last Test match.[8][lower-alpha 1]

In ODI cricket, Chappell made his debut in January 1971,[1] but did not score his first century in the format until 1977, when his 125 not out helped Australia to chase down victory against England.[9][10] His highest score in ODIs came in 1980, when he scored 138 not out against New Zealand,[1] and he scored his third and final ODI century against the same opponents in 1982. Though he only scored three ODI centuries, he was the first player to score more than 2,000 runs in the format, and at the time of his retirement, he was the leading run-scorer in ODIs.[8][lower-alpha 2]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match in which he scored his century.
Test The number of the Test match played in that series (for example, "1/3" denotes the first Test in a three match series).
H/A Whether the venue is home (Australia) or away (opponent's home).
Date The date on which the match began (tests) or was played (ODI).
S/R Strike rate during the innings
Symbol Meaning
Lost The match was lost by Australia.
Won The match was won by Australia.
Drawn The match was drawn.
dagger One of two centuries scored by Chappell in the match.
C He was the captain of the Australia team in that match.
M He was named man of the match.

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Greg Chappell[6]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result Notes Ref
1 108  England 7 2 2/7 WACA Ground, Perth Home 11 December 1970 Drawn   [12]
2 131  England 4 2 2/5 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 22 June 1972 Won   [13]
3 113  England 4 2 5/5 Kennington Oval, London Away 10 August 1972 Won   [14]
4 116*  Pakistan 4 1 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 29 December 1972 Won   [15]
5 106  West Indies 4 1 2/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 9 March 1973 Drawn   [16]
6 247*  New Zealand 4 1 1/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 1 March 1974 Drawn dagger [17]
7 133  New Zealand 4 3
8 144  England 3 3 4/6 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 4 January 1975 Won   [18]
9 102  England 4 3 6/6 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 8 February 1975 Lost   [19]
10 123  West Indies 4 2 1/6 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 28 November 1975 Won C, M, dagger [20]
11 109*  West Indies 4 4
12 182*  West Indies 5 2 4/6 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 3 January 1976 Won C, M [21]
13 121  Pakistan 4 1 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 1 January 1977 Won C [22]
14 112  England 3 3 2/3 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 7 July 1977 Lost C [23]
15 124  West Indies 4 3 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 1 December 1979 Drawn C [24]
16 114  England 6 2 3/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 1 February 1980 Won C [25]
17 235  Pakistan 4 1 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away 6 March 1980 Drawn C [26]
18 204  India 3 2 1/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 2 January 1981 Won C, M [27]
19 201  Pakistan 3 2 2/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 27 November 1981 Won C, M [28]
20 176  New Zealand 4 1 3/3 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 19 March 1982 Won C, M [29]
21 117  England 4 2 1/5 WACA Ground, Perth Home 12 November 1982 Drawn C [30]
22 115  England 3 1 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 10 December 1982 Won C [31]
23 150*  Pakistan 6 2 2/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 25 November 1983 Drawn   [32]
24 182  Pakistan 4 2 5/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 2 January 1984 Won M [33]

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries scored by Greg Chappell[9]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A Date Result Notes Ref
1 125*  England 3 2 91.24 Kennington Oval, London Away 6 June 1977 Won C, M [34]
2 138*  New Zealand 3 1 126.60 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 25 November 1980 Won C, M [35]
3 108  New Zealand 4 2 117.39 Eden Park, Auckland Away 13 February 1982 Won C, M [36]

Notes

  1. ↑ The other three players to have scored centuries in their first and last Tests are Reggie Duff, Bill Ponsford and Mohammad Azharuddin.[8]
  2. ↑ Chappell's total of 2331 runs in ODI cricket has since been surpassed by more than 150 other players.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Player profile: Greg Chappell". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Martin-Jenkins, Christopher (1996). World Cricketers: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-19-210005-X.
  3. ↑ "Records / Australia / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Statistics / Statsguru / GS Chappell / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Australia v Pakistan 1983–84". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 10 August 2015 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  8. 1 2 3 Rajesh, S (29 November 2010). "Elegant, consistent, prolific". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Statistics / Statsguru / GS Chappell / One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "England v Australia 1977: Third Prudential Trophy Match". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Queen Anne Press. Retrieved 10 August 2015 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v England at Perth, Dec 11–16, 1970". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "2nd Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22–26, 1972". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "5th Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 10–16, 1972". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 29, 1972 – Jan 3, 1973". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "2nd Test: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Mar 9–14, 1973". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "1st Test: New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Mar 1–6, 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "4th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 4–9, 1975". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "6th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 8–13, 1975". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 28 – Dec 2, 1975". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "4th Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 3–7, 1976". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Jan 1–6, 1977". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "2nd Test: England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 7–12, 1977". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Dec 1–5, 1979". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  25. ↑ "3rd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 1–6, 1980". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "2nd Test: Pakistan v Australia at Faisalabad, Mar 6–11, 1980". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 2–4, 1981". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Nov 27 – Dec 1, 1981". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "3rd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Mar 19–22, 1982". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  30. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v England at Perth, Nov 12–17, 1982". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  31. ↑ "3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 10–15, 1982". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Nov 25–29, 1983". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "5th Test: Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 2–6, 1984". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  34. ↑ "3rd ODI: England v Australia at The Oval, Jun 6, 1977". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  35. ↑ "2nd Match: Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Nov 25, 1980". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  36. ↑ "1st ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 13, 1982". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

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