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After brilliant 45 years, Ian Chappell quits commentaries- by Rex Clementine Source:Island Most of us know Ian Chappell as a commentator who pulled no punches. But he also could dish out humour like he did ahead of the Adelaide Test match of 1996. “The good news is that Sri Lanka are playing someone with extra pace and the not so good news is that we have to pronounce Ravindra Pushpakumara.” Chappell was most cricket fans’ favourite commentator and he will be missed as he  was the best storyteller in our game. “I realized Australia were losing the plot ahead of the 1996 World Cup final before the toss. I had to do an interview with Shane Warne after Ravi Shastri had done one with the Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga. As I approached Warney, he asked me,  ‘What has that fat b****** had to tell about me now.’ Arjuna had ...