Former Australia captain Ian Chappell said that West Indies legend Viv Richards had accused the Australian team led by his brother Greg of racism.
“In 1975-76, my brother Greg captained Australia against West Indies. In a book published after the series, Viv Richards suggested there had been some racially prejudiced comments,” he said. “I asked Greg, who had a similar outlook to me, if he’d heard any such and he said, “No”. I later spoke to Viv on the subject and he said he was referring to one player and assured me that it had all been “sorted out”.
Speaking about instances of racism he experienced throughout his playing career, particularly whenever he went to South Africa under the Apartheid regime, Chappell said that even Garfield Sobers didn’t escape racist slurs. “As a youngster growing up in a family where there was no notable prejudice, despite being in the era of the White Australia Policy, I wasn’t really aware of racism,” Chappell wrote.