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Greg #Chappell born #OnThisDay along with Gary Cosier is the only pair to bag five wickets each in a single inn of ODI match. Australian Men’s Cricket Team in spite of this effort lost that Birmingham, United Kingdom ODI by 101 runs in 1977.
1972, 12th Aug at Oval Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell became the first and only brothers to register a century each in the same innings.
In his last test joined the elite list of players with a century in the first and last test.
| Player | Country | First Match | 1st Inns | 2nd Inns | Last Match | 1st Inns | 2nd Inns |
| Duff | Australia | 01/01/02 | 32 | 104 | 14/08/05 | 146 | DNB |
| Ponsford | Australia | 19/12/24 | 110 | 27 | 18/08/34 | 266 | 22 |
| Chappell | Australia | 11/12/70 | 108 | DNB | 02/01/84 | 182 | DNB |
| Azharuddin | India | 31/12/84 | 110 | DNB | 02/03/00 | 9 | 102 |
| Cook | England | 01/03/06 | 60 | 104* | 07/09/18 | 71 | 147 |
The first ever skipper to score century in both inns of debut match as captain.
| Player | Opposition | Ground | Date | 1st Inns | 2nd Inns |
| Greg Chappell | West Indies | Gabba | 28/11/1975 | 123 | 109 |
| Virat Kohli | Australia | Adelaide Oval | 09/12/2014 | 115 | 141 |
Greg Chappell infamous act of sportsmanship when he asked his brother Trevor Chappell to bowl underarm.
At the fifty years of Test cricket at Brisbane.Comeback of Chappell and Hughes in Frank Worrell Trophy after the dissolution of World Series Cricket. Australian Test team included eight former Packer players and was led by Chappell in Brisbane Test. Both Greg and Hughes made a strong comeback with fluent centuries.
I can’t really say I’m batting badly. I’m not batting long enough to be batting badly
He leads the Aussies side in the centenary test which Oz on to win by the same margin as the first test.
Chappell brothers and their grandfather, Victor Richardson, all have hit a half-century in their debut matches in Sheffield Shield. Victor Richardson 51 not out, Ian Chappell 59, Greg Chappell 53 and 62 not out in 1966/67, and Trevor Chappell the half-century against Queensland.
1973 WISDEN CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1973