As the 4th test comes to end, the game will miss one true gentleman.Adam Craig Gilchrist, fondely known as Gilly/Chruchy, is one of the best wicket keeper batsman in the cricketing world.
Born in New South Wales in Australia, this top notch Australian cricketer made his debut at Faridabad in 1995 against South Africa. His philosophy of batting is "Just hit the ball" & he does a good job with it, a fact made obvious by his unbeaten innings of 149 against Pakistan at Hobart, his breath taking 57-ball century in Ashes at Perth and the WC victory this yr.
He debuted at a late age of 25 and peaked at around 30. Nevertheless, he is a powerful player and one of the best wicket keeper batsman in business. He has the record most Test dismissals.
Gilly led Australia to the first series win in India for 35 years in 2004-05. Other than being a terrific batsman, he always tries to keep the spirits high in the field whenever they are out to bowl.
His appetite for runs can be said to have reduced in the last 2-3 years with a few centuries after long intervals and difficulty in playing a certain shots well. He would definitely like to forget his 2006-07 Ashes series in which he saw 3 single digit scores coming to his name.
But his stats speak otherwise; his strike rate still remains as one of the highest in both forms of the game. In One Days he possesses a staggering strike rate of 96.29 and in Tests he has been able to keep it at 82.29.
Despite the intermittent hiccups, Adam Gilchrist remains one of the best known and powerful players of the present day. He is still capable of demolishing the any attack in the game.
One of very very few players (read gentleman) who still walks when he is out.
Would ve loved to see 1 last cameo from him.
ALL THE BEST ADAM !!
CHEERS !!