Step back in time with us to April 1983, to the lush cricketing grounds of Kandy, Sri Lanka, where history was made. This video unpacks a rare and underrated gem from one of Australia’s greatest batsmen — Greg Chappell.
In the first-ever Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka, Chappell showcased his experience and elegance with the bat. Scoring 66 runs off 103 balls in 163 minutes, he led with calm authority, striking 7 boundaries at a strike rate of 64.07. It was more than just a score — it was a statement in a new cricketing chapter.
Greg Chappell’s innings is a masterclass in patience, timing, and adaptability. Join us as we relive this forgotten but pivotal performance — a knock that blended grace with grit and helped shape the legacy of Australian Test cricket.
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In the first-ever Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka, Chappell showcased his experience and elegance with the bat. Scoring 66 runs off 103 balls in 163 minutes, he led with calm authority, striking 7 boundaries at a strike rate of 64.07. It was more than just a score — it was a statement in a new cricketing chapter.
Greg Chappell’s innings is a masterclass in patience, timing, and adaptability. Join us as we relive this forgotten but pivotal performance — a knock that blended grace with grit and helped shape the legacy of Australian Test cricket.
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00:00Greg Chappell, the maestro of calculated craftsmanship, has stitched together a gallery of innings
00:06that have not only anchored Australia but also shaped the very outcome of countless matches.
00:12Among his many gems, one particular understated yet invaluable knock came in the sun-drenched
00:17hills of candy in April 1983. In what was a momentous occasion, the inaugural tough match
00:24between Australia and Sri Lanka, Greg Chappell once again showcased his mastery with the willow.
00:29Betting with the poise of a seasoned artist and the patience of a monk, Greg Chappell constructed
00:35a gritty 66-run innings from 103 deliveries over 163 minutes. His stay at the Currys was
00:42not just about accumulating runs, it was about laying the foundation on a fresh test frontier.
00:48With seven crispy time boundaries peppered through his innings, he maintained a strike rate of 64.07,
00:55a figure that might seem modest in today's T20-dominated age, but was a model of controlled
01:01aggression and classical technique in that era. Watch closely and you will see a masterclass
01:07in adapting to condition, reading the balling and crafting an innings that quietly tilts the balance.
01:13in 243 minutes and 187 balls. So we're still getting its 141 in 243 minutes and 187 balls.
01:34I'm coming up for the second wicket to join the Aleph, waiting there patiently.
01:48I'm coming up for the second wicket, and we're back from Red Chappell. So the Estesil-Barr gets his first wicket.
01:58Australia lose their second wicket and the total of 213.
02:02Ramathunjo bowls to him, he's facing his first ball in the stand.
02:06At Manthaka Mbah Polly and giving back the bowler.
02:09back the bowler, get to the fielding by Ranakundra, come over.
02:21Biesta Silva to Chappell, good ball indeed, very good ball indeed.
02:29Looked like a group here.
02:39234 for two wickets.
02:44Greg Chappell on five.
02:47And Yalop now 19 runs away from his century.
02:55One century already scored by Bessels.
03:03Bratmacher to Greg Chappell.
03:09This is a century coming in a hundred and seventy-four minutes.
03:24And now it's Bratmacher going to Chappell on five.
03:32Very true Chappell.
03:34Very true Chappell.
03:36Long, long, long, long, long, long, long.
03:41Long, long, long, long, long.
03:47Bratmacher, Kiker.
03:51Hitting the ball to Ryan's bit.
03:55Sent on a vehicle call and passed over.
03:57Last Uber
04:01They took Big Chapel's wrist
04:04Chapel is most fortunate that there was no short third
04:08Otherwise it will turn out a dolly catch
04:20That's Groomy Schradmine, the Groomy Mar City, through Big Chapel
04:27Getting right behind the line of that ball
04:47Two hundred and thirty-four for two
04:50Chapel on five faces on a shut night
04:58This is Groomy Wagner
05:01End of...
05:03Over
05:08Groomy Schradmine
05:11They'll fight it
05:13The ball is taken neck and bump as it goes forward
05:16The ball turning sharply on the middle stem
05:20And the others have over
05:22Flash
05:23The ball turned sharply
05:25It's well-plied to the very
05:27The pitch on the line of the biggest temple
05:29Chapel going forward
05:31Laying inside
05:33And inside the other side of the flash
05:35By Chapel and women, in the first
05:37In the last one
05:39The fire stroke by Chapel
05:41At the first one
05:43The fire stroke by Chapel
05:45At the first one
05:47The fire stroke by Chapel
05:49At the first one half while
05:50At the first one
05:51Very powerful
05:52At the first one
05:54And the guys have got a list
05:56That's going to get a single break
05:58The score moves on to 241
06:00And Chapel
06:02And the final over to be bowled by Roshan Gunaratna
06:06The leg spinner
06:08Who has been brought in
06:10To the TIS team
06:12This morning
06:15Roshan Gunaratna will bowled to Chapel
06:17Who's on 17
06:19The Alakun 91
06:21256 for 2
06:23The 79th over being bowled
06:24Gunaratna to Chapel
06:26I don't have to stress the obvious
06:27That was a pretty good ball
06:29I don't have to stress the obvious
06:31That was a pretty good ball
06:33Turning quite a bit
06:47Roshan Gunaratna to Chapel
06:51Roshan Gunaratna to Chapel
06:56Roshan Gunaratna to Chapel
06:57Gunaratna turns around to start his next delivery to chapel.
07:23And Arjuna Ramrathanga fumbles and chapel gets a gift of another one.
07:35258 foot 2, chapel on 18 now faces chapel on 19, 19 now faces Roshan Gunaratna.
07:50Gunaratna to chapel.
07:59There's Vithamuni there.
08:04That short mid bigot.
08:07Roshan Gunaratna to chapel.
08:13Madhukala attempts to stop that one.
08:19Finally collected by Asanta de Bel, feeling an extra cover.
08:28Gunaratna to chapel.
08:40That's the end of Gunaratna.
08:42It's over.
08:432.58 for two.
08:46Chapel on 19 and Yalop on 91.
08:5379 overs bowled in his first day's play of the five-day test between Sri Lanka and Australia.
09:02Three thirty minutes of play, so the run rate will under a run a minute.
09:12A nice partnership today by Yalop and Wessels who scored one hundred and forty-one.
09:20A partnership that realized a hundred and seventy runs.
09:27So there it is, Australia sitting right on top of this game on the first day.
09:34Having a wicket more to their liking.
09:37Although it seemed obvious that the Australians don't like that leg spin very much.
09:44Well, Sri Lanka will be looking for an early breakthrough if they have to get back into this game.
09:48But with the way Chapel and Yalop are batting at the moment, this is going to be a really tough proposition.
09:53So the players are on the field and the second display is about to commence.
09:58The first over of the day to be bowled from the northern end.
10:04The bowler, G.S. De Silva.
10:06The batsman on strike, Graham Yalop on 91.
10:10The total Australia, two hundred and fifty-eight for two wickets.
10:22The first ball of the day to be bowled by D.S. De Silva, bowled to Yalop.
10:27Chapel on 19 at the non-striker's end.
10:30As D.S. De Silva, bowled to Yalop.
10:35Yalop, the end of a maiden over.
10:37Two hundred and fifty-eight for two, Australia.
10:40Gunaratna, to Chapel.
10:43Taken on the half-wall and driven beautifully through the covers.
10:46It's going to be four runs.
10:47So the first runs of the morning come into Chapel.
10:53Off a cover drive.
10:55Two sixty-two for two.
10:57And Chapel on 23.
10:59Gunaratna Chapel again.
11:01This one taken on the half-wallet driven to the covers.
11:05I think it runs for it.
11:06It gets single for it.
11:11And it's De Silva.
11:14This one turned off his pads very nicely down to mid-wicket.
11:17There's runs in it.
11:19They're going for two.
11:20They've had three runs in this as the ball is picked up.
11:23And returned by Asanta de Mel.
11:25So three more to Chapel.
11:28Takes him on to thirty-one.
11:30And the total to two hundred and seventy-four for the two.
11:32This ball well-pitched and short of length.
11:37Cut down to extra cover.
11:40The batsmen take two runs for it.
11:45A good return.
11:47Total goes on to two hundred and seventy-nine for two.
11:50And Chapel goes on to thirty-five.
11:52At two hundred and fifty-nine.
11:54Twenty runs added in this fifteen minutes.
11:55And here's Gunaratna to bowl to Chapel.
11:57Again picked on the half-wallet driven.
11:58Straight past the ball.
11:59That's a lovely shot.
12:00Four runs to Chapel.
12:04Total goes to thirty-nine.
12:06So it's two ninety-one for three.
12:08Ramesh Ratnaka now bowling to Chapel.
12:10Ramesh Ratnaka to a great Chapel.
12:14It's a nice shot to back foot up square.
12:19And it's gone for four.
12:21Here's Ratnaka now bowling again to Chapel.
12:28A pretty nice shot.
12:33Over extra cover for four.
12:37Chapel on fifty.
12:43For sixty-six.
12:46He's out LBW.
12:55There's another great wicket there for Santa de Mayo.
13:01The Australian skipper Greg Chapel out LBW for sixty-six.
13:05Three fifty-nine for four.
13:08Both the Alep and Greg Chapel.
13:12Wickets taken by Santa de Mayo.
13:14Both of them LBW.
13:19In a match ashed in the annals of cricketing history.
13:22The first-ever red ball showdown between Australia and Sri Lanka.
13:26Greg Chapel's knock stood out as a pillar of experience and resolve.
13:30It was not flamboyant.
13:32It was not headline-grabbing.
13:34But it was pure cricketing substance.
13:37The kind that turns potential chaos into composed command.
13:41Greg Chapel was not just a best man.
13:43He was an institution at the Currys.
13:45With a blend of grace, grit and surgical precision.
13:49Greg Chapel carved out a career that made him one of Australia's most dependable and stylish stroke makers.
13:56Whether facing fiery West Indian pace or navigating the turning tracks of the subcontinent.
14:02Greg Chapel batted with an innate understanding of the game.
14:06A mind that was always one step ahead of the baller.
14:09His cover drives were poetry in motion.
14:12His footwork against Spinner's a masterclass in control.
14:15And his temperament under pressure unshakable.
14:18Across 87 test matches, he amassed 7,110 runs at an impressive average of 53.86, including 24 centuries.
14:28He is not telling its own story of dominance, defiance or determination.
14:33He was not merely accumulating runs.
14:36He was orchestrating innings for Australia Chapel Wars in a calm in the storm.
14:41And the architect of countless recoveries and triumphs.
14:44His batting was a perfect symphony of elegance and efficiency.
14:48A rare blend that left an indelible mark on the game's golden pages.
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14:56Thanks for watching.