Ian Chappel and Ian Botham feud

[ravishingravi]

Always found this fascinating. The two guys had a showdown in a bar 40 years back. They have so much bad blood that they don't speak or work with each other. What's amazing is that the feud hasn't mellowed down after all these years. 

 

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

Do they get paid to do these things? Must be desperate for the moolah, then. 

[diga]

wow .. that video is quite intense although dramatized. 

 

I have read articles on the feud and could never figure out Chappeli's grouse. Being an elder statesman, he should have been more gracious 

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ian-chappell-and-ian-botham-the-thirty-year-feud-491219

[Ultimate_Game]

Didn't they (Botham and Ian Chappell) have a physical fight in a parking lot in Aus in the past? Recall reading about it somewhere.

[ravishingravi]

16 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Didn't they (Botham and Ian Chappell) have a physical fight in a parking lot in Aus in the past? Recall reading about it somewhere.

 

Yes. That's the feud. 

[neel roy]

Its a long feud. Rising star ( Botham) versus established star ( Chappell).  Just think 2013 Stokes versus 2013 Michael Clarke if a brawl would have happened. 

Edited August 8, 2025 by neel roy