On a separate note, shame to see Adam Gilchrist is close to retiring from the national side, even if it was on such a typically bright note spanking a valedictory 118 on his home ground to secure another Aussie win.
Much as we usually despise Aussie cricketers, Gilchrist is a marvel, creating the template for the modern wicketkeeper-batsman. He always came across as a bloody nice bloke in post-match interviews even when he couldn’t buy a run against our Freddie in 2005, he took it on the chin and roared back. A Test average of 47.6 with a strike rate of 81.95 tells its own story, alongside 379 catches and 37 stumpings. Far less irritating than Ian Healy too.
For Gilly’s full and remarkable career stats see here. Goodbye old son and good on ya. as we believe the Aussies say.
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I would like to say that Badger and I agree with you, but I have to be honest - last night we were celebrating his retirement!
Well you have to hand it to the sheep shaggers some times and Gilchrist was probably the most fair dinkum of the post-Waugh invincibles. Wonder who's next off the production line? Surely they can't match Gilly so easily... that's three pillars of that great team gone now... perhaps the rest of the world finally has a chance...
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