Fierce foes for 33 years, it seems former Ashes cricket captains Ian Chappell and Sir Ian Botham have been at it again.
Chappell and Botham reportedly had to be separated after an altercation in the Adelaide Oval car park on the fourth evening of the second Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval.
"Botham, who hasn't spoken to former Australia captain Chappell since 1980 despite them working in close proximity in cricket ground television booths around the globe, was waiting for his Sky transport to collect him outside the Adelaide Oval," read a report in England's Daily Mail newspaper.
"Chappell muttered something highly provocative as he went past. A surprised Botham turned around to retort: 'What did you say?' And after Chappell made another incendiary remark, both of them dropped their bags and were at each others' throats before being quickly separated."
An observer of the incident said it was fortunate there had been others close by.
"They went for each other all right and it could have got very nasty if there hadn't been people on hand to keep them apart," the observer said.
"They reacted quickly because we all know the history between these two.
"They might be aged 55 and 67, but neither of them are the type of people to give an inch in the face of conflict."
The pair share a mutual disrespect that has lasted since 1977 and a hotly disputed encounter between them at a Melbourne bar during the Centenary Test.
Neither man denies a stoush took place between Chappell, then the recently retired former Australian captain, and an uncapped 21-year-old Botham, but their versions of events differ dramatically.
