Poor Ian Chappell, Botham will always live inside his head.

"Sir"?

Cricket remains a gentleman’s game

When was he knighted???

Has Chappelli been knighted?

FIGJAM - he never did this once but shot his mouth off every chance he had

I remember when Glenn Turner told Ian Chappell to shut his foul mouth during a Test Match while Turner was about to be bowled to. Went on to get a double century I think. Pity Chappell didn't follow his own advice about zipping it.

Or insulting a New Zealand cricketers wife because she is of Indian origin? You are a hypocrite one eye, and no wonder Botham hates you.

I like watching a good fierce contest with a bit of healthy banter but I do agree with chaps that it's over the top sometimes. 😮

Only the white privileged players think sledging in not an issue.

No one likes Ian Botham except closeted husbands from the 80s who want to taste his Beef.

I hardly pay any attention to professional sports any more and, in the case of cricket, it mostly because of sledging. I guess the moment when I realised that I didn't like the game anymore came when Australia was playing in Test match and an Australian bowler, who stood 1.95 metres tall, was following through after each delivery, right down to the batter's end and, out of earshot of the umpire, calling the batsman a faggot and a c**ksucker and worse. Straight off, I lost all respect for that player and realised he wasn't playing the game "tough" - given his size, he was nothing more than a schoolyard bully and like all bullies, also a coward! And nothing since has changed my mind. Look at all the stories you hear of players being invited to sort it out behind the grandstand at the end of play. It never happens because the cowards know that their team mates will be there to protect them! And the umpires are next to useless in situations like this. When they are given the same powers as officials in some football codes i.e. send offs or sin bins, I might start watching the game again. Maybe that will weed all of the cowards out of the game!

Sir Ian Chappell? If that's true abd not a typo when did it happen?

Ian Chappell absolutely correct. And I'm English.

or like Chappell says just back away from the wicket before the ball is bowled and just keep doing that every time they insist on talking, like he said it will be a long day and they soon get tired of it. =Z=

easy to stop a wicket keeper doing that when facing a spin bowler, wait for the ball to be bowled (make sure it not hitting wicket when he bowls) then make a huge swing with the bat making out to try and hit the ball BUT MAKING SURE you hit that IDIOT across the HEAD WITH THE BAT, that will shut him up. Done this a couple of times myself and i can tell you NO ONE chats away or sledges me at the crease anymore after a couple of whacks with the bat they soon become silent when i come to the crease. =z=

It's funny how many of Chappelli's team-mates and opponents defend him when it comes to the accusations of him being a sledger. Even Ian Botham has referred to him as an example of a player reputed to be a sledger but who, in his experience, were nothing of the sort.

Coward

Gawasker ji Imran khan Sangakara Wasim Akram and great Sachin tendulkar

Indian Pakistani Srilankan koi Sir hi nahi Dikhta

💯 agree

Sadly it depends who you play for

Sir Ian Chappell!!! Please, from a family of arrogant tossers he pips the rest. I can't stand the bloke

Chapel tried to belittle botham and came unstuck ,

Gracious, cricket is positively genteel compared to football.

Why is Chappell such a bitter, sad, lonely, old man?

How on earth did chappell get a knighthood he is a cheat and loud mouthed just like his brother the one who should have been knighted was Richie benaud, he would never have stood for any under handed tactics from the kangaroos.

The bloke has more sense in his toe than most administrators put together. Despite his ill deserved reputation, he was a quiet fella on the field and he was a fierce defender of his players.

Sea change.

I am a great fan of Ian Chapel , the commentator. He is endowed with a thundering voice and clear in his diction. His comments are the most apt and keeps the listeners deeply engaged. I am a cricket buff since my child hood. The game underwent a

Ask Sir Viv and his Windies team mates about Chappel and Aussie "sledging", thought the Aussie's lived to regret it, barely! 😂

Usual ian Chappell bullshit, still sledging after he retired

Chappell is correct sledging isn't a problem abuse abuse and racism and talking particular from a wicketkeeper why batsman are trying to concentrate facing a bowler is a problem love Anthony Fed ex lol

And India rule on the world stage with money. what happened when Roy was called a monkey? F..... all.

Didn't one bat's man ,who,s sister was killed by a train ,on the bowl up they were making train noise, s to him ,,absolutely sickening

The Aussies invented it!

Star cricket.❤

Whats with this sir bullshit load of crap 😂

Sorry….sledging ain’t cricket!

Sad. On both sides.

But I know you aussies were a true cheaters.

Chappell. Scared before, undignified throughout, successful in self humiliation by the end. A recorded testimony of spoilt brat as legacy for eternity. Botham arrives open, fearless, willing to compromise and acknowledge. Walks away forever dignified, gracious, dignity in tact, maturity in spades, leaving Chappell's bravado and fear unmasked, reputation shattered and plagued with shame that cannot be washed off or forgotten. A child in a sandbox, reduced to ashes, consumed by cancerous bitterness, beyond human redemption. Pathetic. Leaving "A tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing."

“I don’t think sledging is an issue”. Goes on to describe a major issue.

The original sledger. What a hypocrite.

Hey sledging has been going for >100 year ;it’s called gamesmanship😊

Totaly agree with Chapelli.

Chapell is an absolute tool and a big baby

Question: Why is winning SO important??

Win at any cost , typical Aussies !

'Sir' Ian Chappell? He hasn't been knighted.