Greg Chappell

**Gregory Stephen Chappell** AO MBE (an haife shi a ranar 7 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1948) tsohon dan wasan crick ne wanda ya wakilci Australia a matakin kasa da kasa a duka gwaje-gwaje da One-Day Internationals (ODI). Na biyu daga cikin 'yan'uwa uku da suka buga wasan kurket na gwaji, Chappell shine fitaccen dan wasan Australia na lokacinsa wanda ya haɗu da bugun jini mai kyau don mai da hankali sosai. Wani dan wasa na musamman wanda ya yi tsalle-tsalle na matsakaici kuma, a lokacin da ya yi ritaya, ya rike rikodin duniya don mafi yawan kamawa a wasan cricket na gwaji, aikin Chappell ya shiga yanayi biyu yayin da wasan ya koma zuwa matakin ƙwarewa mafi girma bayan WSC. Ya kasance mataimakin kyaftin din tawagar Australiya wacce ta kammala a matsayin masu cin gaba a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket ta 1975.

Tun lokacin da ya yi ritaya a matsayin dan wasa a shekarar 1984, Chappell ya bi kasuwanci da kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban tare da kula da haɗi da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun; ya kasance mai zaɓar ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da Queensland, memba na Hukumar Cricket ta Australiya, kuma koci.

## Iyali da rayuwar farko
An haife shi a Unley, Kudancin Ostiraliya, Chappell shine na biyu cikin 'ya'ya maza uku da aka haifa a Adelaide ga Arthur Martin da Jeanne Ellen (née Richardson), dangin Cornish na Australiya. Ya shiga cikin wasan tun yana ƙarami: mahaifinsa Martin sanannen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne a Adelaide wanda ya sanya ƙwallon ƙwallon kwando a hannunsa da zaran ya iya tafiya, yayin da kakan mahaifiyarsa shi ne ɗan wasan ƙwararrun Vic Richardson, wanda ya zama kyaftin na Ostiraliya a wasan ƙwallaye. Babban ɗan'uwan Ian da ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Trevor suma sun buga wa Ostiraliya wasa, kuma Greg ya bi sawun Ian zuwa saman. Da aka ba da darussan mako-mako daga kocin Lynn Fuller,  'yan uwan sun yi yaƙi da wasannin Kwallon ƙafa na baya, ba tare da wani hanawa ba. Dangantakar 'yan uwantaka tsakanin Ian da Greg ta zama almara a tarihin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya don wasannin ƙwallon ƙwallonƙwalwa, har ma a lokacin wasannin gwaji, wanda ke da asalin su a bayan gida na iyali.

Chappell ya halarci makarantar firamare ta St Leonards, inda ya buga wasan farko na gasa yana da shekaru takwas;  ya kuma buga wasan baseball da yawa. Ƙananan ga shekarunsa, Chappell ya haɓaka dabara don magance babban ball ta hanyar buga mafi yawan harbe-harbe a gefen kafa. Lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha biyu, ya buga ƙarni na farko kuma an zaba shi don ƙungiyar makarantun jihar ta Kudancin Australia. Daga nan sai ya shiga makarantar sakandare ta Plympton na tsawon shekaru biyu kafin ya bi ɗan'uwansa Ian kuma ya halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred a kan tallafin karatu. Chappell ya tuna da kansa a matsayin dalibi na "tattalin arziki" wanda tunaninta sau da yawa yakan yi yawo zuwa filin wasan cricket a lokacin aji. A lokacin rani na 1964-65, Chappell ba zato ba tsammani ya girma santimita goma a cikin makonni bakwai kuma a cikin watanni goma sha biyu ya harbe har zuwa 189 cm. Tare da wannan mafi girma jiki kasancewar, Chappell ya sami damar mamaye wasannin ɗaliban makaranta; a daya daga cikin wasansa na farko na makarantar ya zira kwallaye biyu kuma ya haɗu da abokin aji (kuma abokin aikin gwaji na gaba) Ashley Woodcock don sanya fiye da 300 don wicket na farko da Kwalejin Scotch. Kocin wasan kurket na Chappell a Yarima Alfred, tsohon dan wasan farko Chester Bennett, ya bayyana Chappell kamar "watakila mafi kyawun ɗan wasan kurket a cikin kwarewata... zai iya zuwa nesa a wasan."

## Ayyukan wasan cricket

### Farkon aiki na farko
'Yan uwan Chappell sun buga wasan kurket ga Glenelg kuma sun buga tare a karo na farko a wasan kusa da na karshe da Port Adelaide a farkon 1966. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, an zabi Ian don yawon shakatawa na gwaji zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ya buɗe wuri a cikin ƙungiyar Kudancin Australia. Greg ya yi amfani da damar ta hanyar zira kwallaye 101*, 102* da 88 ga kulob dinsa, sannan ya fara buga wasan farko da Victoria a Adelaide Oval, yana da shekaru 18. Da yake kamuwa da cutar makogwaro, Chappell har yanzu ya gudanar da 53 da 62 * don samun gwaji mai tsawo a cikin tawagar. Sauran kakar sun kawo wasu gudu 386 a cikin 14 innings, gami da ƙarni na budurwa a kan Queensland.

Tare da dawowar 'yan wasan Test a lokacin rani mai zuwa, Chappell ya rike matsayinsa a gefen Kudancin Australia kuma an inganta shi zuwa matsayi na hudu, yana bin ɗan'uwan Ian a lamba uku. Babban abin da ya faru a lokacin Chappell ya yi shi ne mai ban sha'awa 154 a kan Yammacin Ostiraliya, amma ci gaba da fifiko ga harbe-harbe a gefen kafa an gan shi a matsayin rauni idan yana so ya yi gwajin cricket. A lokacin wani ɗan gajeren gamuwa da babban Don Bradman, a lokacin mai zaɓen jihar da na ƙasa, an shawarci Chappell ya canza hannunsa a kan bat don inganta wasansa na gefe. Ba tare da jinkiri ba, Chappell ya yi canjin da aka ba da shawarar kuma a ƙarshen kakar, ya rubuta wa tawagar Ingila ta Somerset, yana neman kwangila don buga wasan kurket na gundumar don ci gaba da ci gabansa.

A cikin yanayi biyu tare da gundumar, Chappell ya zira kwallaye 2493 na farko a matsakaicin matsakaicin 30. Ya zuwa yanzu, Chappell ya yi amfani da ƙafar ƙafar ƙwallo, amma bayan tsinkayen da ya girma ya sami wahalar sauka da kwallon a kan tsayin daka. Filin kore a Ingila ya karfafa shi ya yi gwaji tare da matsakaicin matsakaici, wanda ya haifar da sakamako nan take: ya gama da wickets 71 ga Somerset, ciki har da 7 ga 40 a kan Yorkshire a Leeds a shekarar 1969. A kakar wasa ta farko, Somerset ta rufe shi bayan ya kai hari a Middlesex na sa'o'i uku a cikin yin 148. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka an buga shi da mummunan rauni a ido yayin da yake haɗuwa da mai tsaron gida daga mai saurin gudu na Ingila John Snow a wasan da ya yi da Sussex. A tsakanin waɗannan lokutan a Ingila, Chappell ya zira kwallaye 707 (ciki har da ƙarni biyu) a kakar 1968-69 ta Australiya, wanda ya sa ya zama wanda aka fi so ya shiga cikin tawagar Australiya don yawon shakatawa na Indiya da Afirka ta Kudu. Rashin da ya biyo baya don goyon bayan Jock Irvine na Yammacin Australia wanda ba a san shi ba ya haifar da tashin hankali a lokacin.

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