CHAPPELL, Ian Michael
IDEA
FOR SCENE: Show Ian Chappell batting in a cricket match (you choose the teams playing). He
is on 97 not out, at the non-strikers end, and is dying for his batting partner to
get a single. Commentator Richie Benaud explains that Chappell has been on 97 for the last
23½ minutes and the pressure must be getting to him. Finally Chappell makes
it to the strikers end and the crowds applaud, cheer and start chanting,
Chappell-i, Chappell-i. Just as the ball is bowled, Smithy, Ginger and Felix
enter. The rest of the players freeze and Chappell is screaming at his batting partner to
run. Chappell cant quite understand whats wrong and looks wildly all around
him. In utter desperation Chappell races down to his batting partner, wrenches away his
bat, thrusts the bat at Smithy, races back to the strikers end and bellows,
RUN!!!! Smithy runs. After theyve run two singles, Felix tries to run
along side Chappell and explain that these runs dont count because time has now
stopped in this dimension. Chappell just yells Get out of the way! Only one more for
my century. Chappell and Smithy keep running singles. After eight singles, Felix
tries again to explain about the whole time travel situation, running up and down
alongside Chappell. Chappell ignores him. Ginger has lost patience, goes off stage, comes
back with the cricket ball (that froze in time like the players) and runs Chappell out,
screaming, HOWZAT. Exhausted, Chappell agrees to help without wanting an
explanation, as long as they promise to carry him.
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