Desperate Aussie cricket legend asks for help to find his missing baggy green cap after it disappeared in VERY mysterious circumstances

Australian cricket legend Greg Chappell has appealed to the public for help in finding his missing large green cap after it disappeared from a Brisbane warehouse in circumstances he cannot understand.

Chappell, 76, was recently preparing a move to Adelaide when he noticed the cap was missing.

‘We [family] “I had stuff in storage for about 10 years or so, and when we moved back to Adelaide we took everything out of storage and I was expecting to find that baggy green cap, but it wasn’t there,” Chappell told the Cricket Et Al podcast.

‘I don’t know what happened to it. I don’t want to make any accusations, but it was saved, but it doesn’t seem to have come out.

‘I don’t surround myself with my cricket memorabilia… but I’m still a little disappointed.’

Chappell added that he is “anything but a collector,” but admitted that the large green bag not only has sentimental value but would also fetch a high price if he were to sell it.

Shane Warne’s baggy green cap fetched a whopping $1 million at auction in 2020, while Don Bradman’s cap sold for $450,000 that year.

Chappell was a prodigy at high school in South Australia. He made his Test debut in 1970 against England, scoring a century at the WACA in Perth. He quickly developed a reputation as a stylish batsman in the top order.

In 1975 he was appointed captain of Australia and subsequently signed on for the World Series Cricket competition, funded by Kerry Packer.

Chappell made his Test debut in 1970 against England and quickly developed a reputation as a stylish top-order batsman

After his retirement in 1984, Chappell turned his attention to coaching, serving twice as a selector for Australia and a colourful stint as India coach.

Chappell is also infamous for his key role in the 1981 underarm bowling incident, in which Greg ordered his younger brother Trevor to roll a ball along the ground to ensure Australia did not lose a one-day international against New Zealand at the MCG.

Although Chappell played by the rules at the time, he was widely condemned for his unsportsmanlike conduct.

Former Australia captain Richie Benaud described the act at the time as “disgraceful” and said it was “one of the worst things I have ever seen on a cricket field.”

Malcolm Fraser, the then Prime Minister of Australia, called the act ‘contrary to all traditions of the game.’

After retiring in 1984, Chappell turned his attention to coaching, serving twice as a selector for Australia and also having a colourful stint as India coach.

He also coached South Australia.

In 2002, Chappell was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.