Editing Ian Chappell (section)

===The ugly Australians===
[[File:Chappelli.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ian Chappell in the early 1970s]]
Australia played six Tests against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] on both sides of the [[Tasman Sea|Tasman]] in 1973–74. Chappell led his team to a 2–0 victory in the three Tests played in Australia. During the third Test at Adelaide, he equalled the world record of six catches in a Test match by a fielder, which was beaten by his brother Greg the following season.<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283561.html Most catches in a match.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113112200/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283561.html |date=13 November 2007 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2007.</ref> In the drawn first Test at [[Basin Reserve|Wellington]], the Chappells became the first brothers to each score a century in both innings of a Test match. The Australians lost to the Kiwis for the first time ever in the second Test at [[Lancaster Park|Christchurch]], when Chappell was involved in a verbal confrontation with the leading New Zealand batsman, [[Glenn Turner]].<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/extracover/content/story/142361.html New Zealand's great day of fulfilment.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707173132/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/extracover/content/story/142361.html |date=7 July 2012 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2007.</ref> The Australians then played an ill-tempered tour match at [[Carisbrook|Dunedin]] that didn't enhance the reputation of Chappell or his team, before winning the final Test at [[Eden Park|Auckland]].<ref>Chappell (1976), pp 138–142.</ref> On this tour, the behaviour of the team was questioned with some journalists labelling them "ugly Australians".<ref name=MCG/> In 1976, Chappell wrote about his attitude to the opposition:
<blockquote>... although we didn't deliberately set out to be a 'bunch of bastards' when we walked on to the field, I'd much prefer any team I captained to be described like that than as 'a nice bunch of blokes on the field.' As captain of Australia my philosophy was simple: between 11.00am and 6.00pm there was no time to be a nice guy. I believed that on the field players should concentrate on giving their best to the team, to themselves and to winning; in other words, playing hard and fairly within the rules. To my mind, doing all that left no time for being a nice guy.<ref>Chappell (1976), p 33.</ref></blockquote>

The increasing prevalence of verbal confrontation on the field (later known as [[sledging (cricket)|sledging]]) concerned cricket administrators and became a regular topic for the media.<ref>Harte (1993), Chapter 28.</ref> Its instigation is sometimes attributed to Chappell. By his own admission, he was a frequent user of profanity who was often at "boiling point" on the field, but claims that the various incidents he was involved in were not a premeditated tactic. Rather, they were a case of him losing his temper with an opponent.<ref name=Jeez>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/143984.html 'Jeez ... what have we got here?] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130119222700/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/143984.html |date=19 January 2013 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2007.</ref>