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Adam Gilchrist

Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 381)5 November 1999 v Pakistan
Last Test24 January 2008 v India
ODI debut (cap 129)25 October 1996 v South Africa
Last ODI4 March 2008 v India
ODI shirt no.12, 18
T20I debut (cap 2)17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I1 February 2008 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–1993/94
Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
FC
 LA
Matches 96 287 190 356
Runs scored 5,570 9,619 10,334 11,326
Batting average 47.60 35.89 44.16 34.95
100s/50s 17/26 16/55 30/43 18/63
Top score 204* 172 204* 172
Catches/stumpings 379/37 417/55 756/55 526/65
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1999 England-Wales
-Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands
Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Namibia
Winner 2007 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 December 2013

Adam Craig Gilchrist

wicket-keeper-batsman in the history of the game,[2][3] Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. Gilchrist was a member of the Australian team that won three consecutive world titles in a row: the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and the 2007 Cricket World Cup, along with winning the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy
.

His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his 57 ball century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all Test cricket.[4] He was the first player to have hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.[5] His 17 Test centuries and 16 in ODIs are both second only to Sangakkara by a wicket-keeper. He holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007). His 149 off 101 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time.[6] He is one of only three players to have won three World Cup titles.[7]

Gilchrist was renowned for

walking when he considered himself to be out, sometimes contrary to the decision of the umpire.[8][9] He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999.[1] During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting
were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.

Early and personal life

Adam Gilchrist was born in 1971 at Bellingen Hospital, in

Kadina High School cricket team.[10]

Gilchrist was selected for the state under-17 team,

Sydney Grade Cricket, later moving to Northern Districts.[13]

Gilchrist is married to his high school sweetheart Melinda (née Sharpe), a dietitian, and they have three sons and a daughter.[14] His family came under the spotlight in the months leading up to the 2007 Cricket World Cup as one impending birth threatened his presence in the squad; the child was born in February and Gilchrist was able to take part in the tournament.[15][16]

Domestic career

In 1991, Gilchrist was selected for the Australia Young Cricketers, a national youth team that toured England and played in youth ODIs and Tests. Gilchrist scored a century and a fifty in the three Tests.[11] Upon his return to Australia late in the year, Gilchrist was accepted into the Australian Cricket Academy. Over the next year, Gilchrist represented the ACA as they played matches against the Second XI of Australia's state teams, and toured South Africa to play provincial youth teams.[11]

Upon returning to Australia, Gilchrist scored two centuries in four matches for the state Colts and Second XI teams,[11] and was rewarded with selection to make his first-class debut for New South Wales during the 1992–93 season,[1] although he played purely as a batsman, due to the presence of incumbent wicketkeeper Phil Emery.[17]

In his first season, the side won the

Queensland in the final.[18] Gilchrist made 274 runs at an average of 30.44 in his debut season, a score of 75 being his only effort beyond fifty. He also made his debut in Mercantile Mutual limited overs competition.[11] He struggled to keep his place in the side, playing only three first-class matches in the following season.[19] He scored on 43 runs at 8.60; New South Wales won both competitions, but Gilchrist was overlooked for both finals and did not play a single limited overs match.[11][20]

Due to a lack of opportunities in the dominant New South Wales outfit,

South Australia. Gilchrist was rewarded with selection in the Young Australia team that toured England in 1995 and played matches against the English counties. Gilchrist starred with bat, scoring 490 runs at 70.00 with two centuries.[11]

His second season based in

stumpings, but, significantly, 835 runs at an impressive batting average of 50.52.[11][21][23]

The Warriors made it to the final of the Sheffield Shield, at the

South Australia's last-wicket pair held on to fend off the visitors.[24] The hosts thus took the title, having scored more points in the qualifying matches.[25] Gilchrist also scored an unbeaten 76 to help Western Australia secure a narrow three-wicket victory over New South Wales in the penultimate limited overs match of the season, which saw them into the final against Queensland, which was lost.[11][21]

Gilchrist's form saw him selected for Australia A, a team comprising players close to national selection.[11] At the start of the 1996–97 season, sections of the media advocated that he replace Ian Healy as the national wicket-keeper, but Healy struck 161 in the First Test and maintained his position.[21][26] Gilchrist continued to perform strongly on the domestic circuit he topped the dismissals count once again, with 62, along with a batting average of just under 40,[27] although he failed to post a century.[11]

Team success came in the

Mercantile Mutual Cup, where the Warriors won by eight wickets against Queensland in the March 1997 final; Gilchrist was not required to bat.[28]

The 1997–98 season ended with Gilchrist top of the dismissals chart for the fourth season in a row with an improved batting average of 47.66,

Tasmania,[30] although he scored only eight.[11] There was disappointment for the team in the Mercantile Mutual Cup, losing the semi-final to Queensland.[31]

The following season saw Gilchrist's domestic appearances diminish due to his international commitments: he made only a single appearance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup,[32] but still managed to help Western Australia defend the Sheffield Shield,[33] scoring a century in the qualifying rounds.[11]

Gilchrist's regular selection for Australia meant that he was rarely available for domestic selection after he became the Test wicket-keeper in late-1999;[11] between 1999 and 2005, he made only seven first-class appearances for his state.[34]

He did not play in the 2005–06

ING Cup.[35][36]

Indian Premier League

Gilchrist played a total of six seasons in the

US$700,000 in the player auction a few months after his retirement from international cricket.[37][38]

Before the fourth season of the IPL Gilchrist was bought at the 2011 player auction by

Kings XI Punjab for US$900,000 and was, again, appointed as captain, taking over from Kumar Sangakkara who had moved to Deccan. In March 2012 he was named player-coach of the side for the following season, replacing his friend and former Australia teammate Michael Bevan, whose contract as head coach was not renewed.[39] After the team failed to make the play-offs, Gilchrist speculated that he may choose to retire from cricket.[40][41]

Following the appointment of Darren Lehmann, who had previously worked with Gilchrist at Deccan, as head coach, Gilchrist chose to play one more IPL season for Kings XI, once again as captain.[42][43] In May 2013, Gilchrist announced his retirement from the IPL.[44] A planned appearance in the first season of the Caribbean Premier League had to be cancelled after an ankle injury[45] and the match proved to be Gilchrist's last in top-class cricket. In that fixture, Gilchrist took the wicket of Harbhajan Singh, from his one and only ball he ever bowled in a T20 match.[46]

Over his six seasons in the IPL Gilchrist played a total of 82 matches, 48 for Deccan and 34 for Kings XI. He scored more than 2,000 runs, including two centuries.[47] He was also the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in IPL.[48]

Middlesex

Gilchrist signed a short-term contract in November 2009 to play Twenty20 cricket for

touring Australians in a one-day match ahead of their ODI series against England.[54] The season was Gilchrist's only one spent playing county cricket
.

International career

Adam Gilchrist's record as captain
  Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win %
Test[55] 6 4 1 1 0 – 66.67%
ODI[56] 17 12 4 0 0 1 70.59%
Twenty20[57] 2 1 1 0 0 – 50%
Date last Updated: 2 September 2015

Early one-day seasons

Telstra Dome
(7 October 2005).

Gilchrist was called up for the Australian

1997 Australian tour of South Africa, after Healy was suspended for dissent. When Healy returned Gilchrist maintained his position in the team as a specialist batsman after Mark Waugh sustained a hand injury.[60][61]

It was during this series that Gilchrist made his first ODI half-century, with an innings of 77 in Durban.[62] He totalled 127 runs at 31.75 for the series.[11] Gilchrist went on to play in the Texaco Trophy later in 1997 in the 3–0 series loss against England, scoring 53 and 33 in two innings.[11][63]

At the start of the 1997–98 Australian season, Healy and captain

Michael di Venuto. Gilchrist's elevation was made possible by a change in policy by selectors, who announced that selection for ODI and Test teams would be separate, with Test and ODI specialists selected accordingly, while Healy remained the preferred Test wicket-keeper.[64] This came after Australia failed to qualify for the previous season's ODI triangular series final for the first time in 17 years.[65] The new team was initially unconvincing, losing all four round robin matches against South Africa in the 1997–98 Carlton & United Series,[66] with multiple players filling Taylor's role as Mark Waugh's opening partner without success.[66] Gilchrist also struggled batting in the lower order at number seven, the conventional wicket-keeper's batting position, scoring 148 runs at 24.66 in the eight qualifying matches.[11][67]

In the first final against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Gilchrist was selected as Waugh's opening partner. In a particularly poor start to the new combination, Waugh was run out after a mix-up with Gilchrist.[68] However, in the second final, Gilchrist struck his maiden ODI century, spearheading Australia's successful run chase at the Sydney Cricket Ground,[11] securing his position as an opening batsman.[69] Australia won the third final to claim the title.[70]

Touring

New Zealand. Australia finished runners-up in the tournament, with Gilchrist taking nine dismissals as wicketkeeper and averaging 37.13 with the bat.[73]

Gilchrist won a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, the only time men's cricket has been in the Commonwealth Games. The matches did not have ODI status, and after winning their first four fixtures, Australia lost the final to South Africa, Gilchrist making 15.[11][74] He then scored 103 and ended with 190 runs at 63.33 as Australia took a rare 3–0 whitewash on Pakistani soil.[11]

Gilchrist was in fine form ahead of the

Sri Lanka and England. He finished with 525 runs at a batting average of 43.75 with two centuries—both against Sri Lanka—and a fifty, and a total of 27 dismissals in 12 matches.[75][76] His 131 helped Australia set a successful run-chase at the SCG, and he followed this with 154 at the MCG.[11]
The
1999 tour of the West Indies was Australia's last campaign before the World Cup and continued to prove Gilchrist's ability as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Gilchrist, with a batting average of 28.71 and a strike rate of nearly 90.00, and seven fielding dismissals in a seven-match series which ended 3–3 with one tie.[77]

First World Cup success

Main article: 1999 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist played in every match of Australia's successful World Cup campaign,

Pakistan.[82] It was a happy ending for Gilchrist, who had struggled through the tournament, with 237 runs at 21.54.[11]

Success at the World Cup was followed by a defeat by Sri Lanka in the final of the Aiwa Cup in August 1999.[83] Gilchrist was the most successful batsman and wicket-keeper of the tournament,[84] with 231 runs at 46.20.[11] While the Test players battled against Sri Lanka, Gilchrist led Australia A in a limited overs series against India A in Los Angeles.[85] He then scored 60 runs at 20.00 as the Australians completed a 3–0 whitewash of Zimbabwe in October.[11][86]

Test debut

Gilchrist made his

November 1999[87] becoming the 381st Australian Test cricketer.[88] He replaced Healy, who was dropped after a run of poor form, despite the incumbent's entreaties to the selectors to allow him a farewell game in front of his home crowd.[89] Gilchrist's entry into the Test arena coincided with a dramatic rise in Australia's fortunes.[90] Up to this point, they had played eight Tests in 1999, winning and losing three.[91]

Gilchrist's icy reception at the Gabba did not faze him;[92] he took five catches, stumped Azhar Mahmood off Shane Warne's bowling and scored a rapid 81, mostly in partnership with ODI partner Waugh, in a match that Australia won comfortably by ten wickets.[87] In his second Test match he made an unbeaten 149 to help guide Australia to victory in a game that looked well beyond their reach.[93][94] Australia were struggling at 5/126 in pursuit of 369 for victory as he joined his Western Australian teammate, Justin Langer, but the pair put on a record-breaking partnership of 238 to seal an Australian win.[93][94][95] Gilchrist continued his strong run throughout his debut Test season, and ended the summer with 485 runs at 69.28 in six matches, three each against Pakistan and India, adding two fifties against the latter.[11]

Gilchrist was moderately successful in the following ODIs, the Carlton & United Series; Australia defeated Pakistan 2–0 in a best-of-three final.[96] Gilchrist scored 272 runs at 27.20; his best effort was 92 in a 152-run victory over India on Australia Day.[11] Gilchrist then scored 251 runs at 41.66 in the ODIs during a tour of New Zealand.[11] The highlight was a 128 in Christchurch that propelled Australia to a score of 6/349.[11] Gilchrist was named man of the match in two of the games.

In the Third Test against New Zealand in 2000, Gilchrist recorded the third best Test performance ever by a wicketkeeper, and the best by an Australian,[97] taking ten catches in the match.[98] Although Gilchrist's batting was modest, yielding 144 runs at 36.00,[11] Australia took a 3–0 clean sweep.[99] In two home and away ODI series against South Africa, Gilchrist had a quiet time, scoring 170 runs at 26.66.[11] South Africa won three of the six matches, with one tie.[97]

Later that year, he was handed the vice-captaincy of the Australian team in place of Shane Warne, who had been plagued by a number of off-field controversies, including an altercation with some teenage boys,[100] and a sex scandal with a British nurse.[101][102]

The 2000–01 season saw a West Indian touring party and Gilchrist warmed up with consecutive first-class centuries for Western Australia.[11] Captaining his Test team for the first time in place of the injured Steve Waugh in the Third Test in Adelaide. Gilchrist scored only 9 and 10 not out,[11] but a ten-wicket haul from Colin Miller resulted in a hard-fought five-wicket victory for Australia.[103] Gilchrist described the match as "the proudest moment of my career".[104] Waugh resumed the captaincy on his return to the team for the Fourth and Fifth Tests, with the series finishing in a 5–0 whitewash.[105] Gilchrist scored 241 runs at 48.20 with two fifties.[11] In the ensuing ODI tournament, Gilchrist scored 326 runs at 36.22 with a top-score of 98 as the Australians won all ten matches.[11][106]

Up to this point, Gilchrist had played in 14 Tests, all in Australasia, and all of which had been won.

tour of India, where they had not won a Test series since 1969–70.[106]

Australia's streak looked in danger during the First Test in Mumbai when they fell to 5/99 in reply to India's 171 when Gilchrist came to the crease. He counterattacked savagely, scoring 122 in just 112 balls, and featuring in a 197-run partnership with Matthew Hayden in only 32 overs.[107] This swung the momentum back to Australia, who reached 349. Gilchrist took six catches and was named Man of the Match in a ten wicket victory,[108] extending the world record run to 16.[106]

Gilchrist's form dipped momentarily, with a rare king pair (two golden ducks in the same match) in the Second Test in Kolkata and just two runs in his two innings in Chennai. He was out LBW four consecutive times in the last two Tests,[109][110] three of these to Harbhajan Singh, who took 32 wickets in the series to end Australia's run by inflicting a 2–1 series loss.[111] His one-day form remained strong, with 172 runs at 43.00 in the ODI series in India, as Australia bounced back to win the series 3–2.[112] During this series he captained the ODI team for the first time, winning all three of the matches under his captaincy.

2001 Ashes

Main article:
Ashes 2001

Gilchrist played a pivotal role in the

2001 Ashes series which Australia won 4–1, with 340 runs at a batting average of 68.00 and 26 dismissals in the five-match series.[113]

Gilchrist warmed up by putting his ODI struggles on English soil in 1999 behind him, scoring 248 runs at 49.60 in the triangular tournament preceding the Tests, scoring an unbeaten 76 in the final win over Pakistan.[11]

Gilchrist put the disappointment of India behind him in the First Test at Edgbaston, scoring 152 from only 143 balls. The allowed Australia to reach 576 in only 545 minutes, and set up an innings victory that set the tone for the series.[114] Gilchrist then added 90 in the eight-wicket win in the Second Test at Lord's,[11][114] before turning the tide in the Third Test at Trent Bridge. Australia slumped to 7/105 in reply to the hosts' 185, but Gilchrist's 54 took the tourists to 190 before a seven-wicket win resulted in the retention of the Ashes.[115]

Gilchrist captained the team in the Fourth Test at

Headingley after an injury to Steve Waugh.[116] After persistent rain interruptions, Gilchrist declared with Australia four down at tea on the fourth day, leaving England with a target of 315, which, despite losing two early wickets, they reached with six wickets to spare, (Mark Butcher scoring an unbeaten 173, including 24 boundaries[116]).[115][117] Gilchrist failed to pass 25 in the last two Tests, but it had been a productive season; he scored centuries in both of Australia's county matches.[11]

Two home series followed in the 2001–02 season, a fully drawn (0–0) three match series against New Zealand and a whitewash over South Africa 3–0. Gilchrist scored 118 in the First Test against New Zealand and an unbeaten 83 in the Third Test in Perth as the Australians held on for a draw with three wickets intact.[11] However, Gilchrist did little in the triumph over South Africa, failing to pass 35. He ended the summer Tests with 353 runs at 50.42.[11]

In the ensuing ODIs, Gilchrist scored only 97 runs at 16.16.[11] The Australian selectors sought to accommodate Hayden, who had been successful as a Test opener, into the ODI team by rotating him with Gilchrist and Waugh, but this appeared to unsettle the team. With a newly fragile top order, Australia failed to qualify for the finals, and the Waugh brothers were dropped from the team, ending Gilchrist's four-year partnership with Mark. Ricky Ponting was promoted to the captaincy ahead of vice captain Gilchrist.[118]

The Australians then toured South Africa the next month and it was during the First Test in

follow on.[122] The record lasted only one month, however, with New Zealand's Nathan Astle taking 59 balls less to reach the milestone during an innings in March 2002.[123]

In the Second Test at Cape Town, Gilchrist struck 138 from 108 balls to set up a first innings lead and eventual four-wicket win. He then top-scored with 91 in the Third Test, and although Australia lost the match,[122] Gilchrist ended the series with an astonishing 473 at 157.66 from just 474 balls, in addition to 14 dismissals.[122][124]

Gilchrist captained the ODI team, once again for a single match, against

Kenya in Nairobi during the PSO Tri-Nation Tournament.[125] Despite Australia's unbeaten run in the competition, the final, against Pakistan was abandoned due to rain, so the teams shared the trophy.[126] During the six middle months of 2002, Gilchrist played in 18 ODIs, scoring 562 runs at 31.22, including a century, recovering from his slump.[11]

After scoring 122 runs at 40.66 in the 3–0 Test series clean sweep over Pakistan in the

2002–03, playing in all five matches of the series, finishing with 330 runs at 55.50 and taking 25 dismissals as wicket-keeper.[127] After scoring fifties in the first two Tests, Gilchrist scored a counter-attacking 133 from 121 balls in the Fifth Test at the SCG, but was unable to prevent Australia's only loss of the series.[11][128]

From the time of his debut up to the 2003 World Cup, Gilchrist's played in 40 Tests in series. With the exception of the 2001 tour of India, when he averaged 24.80 (he made 124 runs in the series; 122 of them came in one innings), his performances with the bat were such that he was described at the time as the "finest batsman-wicketkeeper to have graced the game".[129] At one point in March 2002, Gilchrist's Test average was over 60; the second-highest for any established player in Test history,[130] and he topped the ICC Test batting rankings in May 2002.[131]

Gilchrist warmed up for the World Cup in South Africa by scoring 310 runs at 44.28 in the triangular tournament in Australia against England and Sri Lanka.[11][132] His performances over the past year were recognised with the Allan Border Medal.[133]

2003 World Cup

Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist played in all but one of the matches in Australia's successful defence of their World Cup title;

Netherlands. He finished the tournament with 408 runs at an average of 40.80 at a strike rate of 105. He scored four half-centuries, and was run out against Sri Lanka in the Super Six stage just a single run short of a century.[135] In the semi-final, he scored 22 before being caught off an inside-edge onto pad off the bowling of Aravinda de Silva. The umpire gave no reaction, however Gilchrist walked off the pitch after a moment's pause. In 2009 it was described as an "astonishing moment" drawing criticism from England's Angus Fraser, who "objected to him being canonised simply for not cheating", and from others who "thought that he walked almost by accident; that having played his shot he overbalanced in the direction of the pavilion." His actions nevertheless drew praise from the majority.[9] In the final, India elected to field first and Gilchrist hammered 57 from 48 balls, featuring in a century opening stand with Hayden to seize the initiative. This laid the foundation for Australia's 2/359 and a crushing 125-run win, ending an unbeaten campaign.[11][136] Gilchrist was also the competition's most successful wicketkeeper, making 21 dismissals.[137]

Success in the World Cup was followed up by a

Bangladeshi cricket team in short series in both forms of the game.[139] Gilchrist was only sporadically required with the bat.[11]

Decline and revival

After scoring his first Test century at his home ground in Perth, an unbeaten 113 against Zimbabwe,[11] Gilchrist's Test form dipped again during the 2003–04 season, with only 120 runs coming in the next 10 innings, during the home series against India (drawn 1–1) and the away series in Sri Lanka (won 3–0). However, he returned to form in the Second Test Kandy, scoring a quickfire 144 in the second innings to set up a 27-run win after Australia conceded a 91-run first innings lead.[11]

However, he maintained high standards in ODIs during this period, including 111 against India in

Bangalore, 172 against Zimbabwe, just one run short of Mark Waugh's Australian record, and two further half-centuries in the VB Series in Australia. His success in One-day cricket was underlined by his rise to the top of the ICC ODI batting rankings in February 2004.[140] However, he was unable to maintain this form on the 2004 tours of Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the Champions Trophy in England, accumulating 253 runs at 28.11 in 11 innings.[11]

Gilchrist then scored 115 runs at 28.75 in two Tests at home to Sri Lanka in mid-2004,[11] and captained in the First Test win in Darwin with Ponting absent. Australia won the series 1–0.[11]

A 104 in the First Test against India in October 2004 proved to be a false renaissance;

in India, a feat last achieved in 1969.[143]
Ponting recovered to lead the team in the Fourth Test, Australia's only loss.

Gilchrist returned to form when New Zealand toured Australia at the start of southern hemisphere season. He scored 126 and 50 in the 2–0 Test series clean sweep and scored fifties in both ODIs.[11] He then scored 230 runs at 76.66 in three Tests against Pakistan, including a rapid 113 in the Third Test at the SCG as Australia won all five Tests during the summer.[11] He made it three successive Test centuries with 121 and 162 in the first two Tests on the tour of New Zealand,[144] before ending with an unbeaten 60 in the Third Test; he totalled 343 runs at 114.33 for the series.[11] His ODI form in the early part of 2005 remained moderate, with 308 runs at 28.00 during the southern summer.[11]

December 2005. At his home ground, the WACA, Gilchrist faces Makhaya Ntini, in the First Test, Australia v South Africa.

Gilchrist was in strong form ahead of the Tests, scoring 393 runs at 49.13 in the ODIs in England.[11] The highlight was the 121 not out in the final game of the one-day NatWest Series, Gilchrist being awarded the man-of-the-match award.[145] However, he performed poorly in the five Tests, with 204 runs at 25.50.[146] Just as in India in 2001, Australia lost 2–1.

Australia and Gilchrist returned to form after the Ashes in the series against the ICC World XI. Gilchrist scored 45, 103 and 32 as Australia swept the ODIs 3–0, and top-scored with 94 in the first innings of the one-off Test, which Australia won.[11] However, this did not transfer into the regular international matches. In six home Tests against the West Indies and South Africa in 2005–06, Gilchrist managed only 190 runs at 23.75,[11] but Australia was unhindered, winning 3–0 and 2–0 respectively.[11]

Gilchrist with Australia in 2006

His one-day form also began to suffer, scoring only 11 runs in three ODIs in New Zealand and 13 in the first two matches of the VB Series. He was rested for two games and returned to form against Sri Lanka on 29 January 2006 on his home ground, the WACA, hitting 116 runs off 105 balls to lead Australia to victory.[147] He continued in this vein with the fastest ever century by an Australian in just 67 balls against Sri Lanka at the Gabba, ending with 122 as Australia won the deciding third final by nine wickets.[148] After a slow start, he ended the series with 432 runs at 48.00.[11]

The purple patch ended on the tour of South Africa and then Bangladesh. He scored 206 runs at 29.42 in five Tests and 248 runs at 35.42 in eight ODIs, inflated by a 144 in the First Test against Bangladesh.[11] Despite this, Australia won all five Tests. Gilchrist scored 130 runs at 26.00, including a 92 against the West Indies as Australia won the 2006 Champions Trophy in India.[11]

On 16 December 2006, during the Third Ashes Test at the WACA, Gilchrist scored a century in 57 balls, including twelve fours and four sixes,[149] which at the time was the second fastest recorded Test century.[4] At 97 runs from 54 balls, Gilchrist needed three runs from the next delivery to better Viv Richards' record set in 1986.[150] The ball delivered by Matthew Hoggard was wide and Gilchrist was unable to score from it.[151] He later claimed that the "batting pyrotechnics" had been the result of a miscommunication between Michael Clarke and him with the Australian captain Ricky Ponting; Gilchrist had actually been told not to score quick runs with a view to declaring the innings.[152][153]

He ended the 2006–07 Ashes with a century and two fifties, totalling 229 runs at 45.80 at a strike rate of over 100 as Australia regained the Ashes with a 5–0 whitewash.[154] It was an inconsistent series; aside from three scores mentioned, Gilchrist failed to pass one in his other three innings.[11] Between Ashes series, Gilchrist had averaged only 25 with one Test century.[11]

However, both he and Australia suffered a surprising string of poor results in the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series, Gilchrist managing an average of only 22.20 during the tournament.[11] Australia won seven of their eight qualifying matches,[11] but England won with two finals victories over the Australians.[155] Gilchrist scored 60 and 61 in the first two matches but did not pass 30 thereafter.[11] He was then rested for Australia's winless three-match ODI tour of New Zealand,[156] before his selection for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[157] Having previously indicated that it was highly likely that he would retire after the 2007 World Cup,[158] he then stated a desire to play on afterwards.[159]

2007 World Cup

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist and Australia started their 2007 World Cup campaign by winning all three of their matches in Group A, against

New Zealand.[11]

As a batsman, Gilchrist was dismissed for a single run in the semi-final against South Africa, despite which Australia won by seven wickets.

man of the match. Subsequently there has been some controversy over Gilchrist's use of a squash ball inside his glove during this innings.[161]
The MCC stated that Gilchrist had not acted against the laws or the spirit of the game, since there is no restriction against the external or internal form of batting gloves.[162]

Gilchrist batting at the MCG vs India on 2007-12-27 (video 0:16)

In September 2007, Gilchrist played in the inaugural

World Twenty20. He scored 169 runs at 33.80 as Australia were knocked out by India in the semifinals.[11] Gilchrist then scored 208 runs at 34.66 as Australia took an away ODI series against India 4–2.[11] In November, Gilchrist's peers voted him the greatest Australian ODI cricketer ever, for which he was awarded an honour at an ACA function before Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka.[163] He was only required to bat once in the Tests, and made 67 not out as Australia swept Sri Lanka aside 2–0.[11]

Retirement

On 26 January 2008 during the 4th and final Test of the

2007–08 series against India, Gilchrist announced that he would retire from international cricket at the end of the season.[164] A back injury kept Ricky Ponting off the field for sections of the Indian's second innings, resulting in Gilchrist captaining the team for part of the final two days of his Test cricket career.[165] India batted out the match for a draw, so Gilchrist's 14 in the first innings was his final Test innings; he took his 379th and final catch when Virender Sehwag was caught behind.[166] Gilchrist had scored only 150 runs at 21.42 in his final Test series.[11]

John Buchanan, who coached Australia during most of Gilchrist's international career, predicted that Gilchrist's retirement would have more impact than the previous year's retirements of Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Justin Langer and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd asked Gilchrist to reconsider.[167] Gilchrist later revealed that he chose to retire after dropping VVS Laxman during the first innings, and realising that he had lost his "competitive edge."[168] He played out the summer's ODI series, before ending in disappointment when India beat Australia 2–0 in the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series finals.[169] Gilchrist managed only seven and two in the finals.[11] His highlight of the series was his scoring 118 and being named Man of the Match in his final match at his adopted home in Perth on 15 February 2008, against Sri Lanka.[170] He ended his final series with 322 runs at 32.20.[11]

Playing style

standing up to Shane Warne in 2005. Andrew Strauss
is the batsman.

Gilchrist's attacking batting was a key part of Australia's one-day success, as he usually opened the batting. He was a part of the successful

Victorian wicket-keeper Darren Berry was the best Australian wicket-keeper of the 1990s and early 2000s.[176][177] Gilchrist attributed his batting techniques from early training with his father, where he would defend shots, sometimes only gripping the bat with his top (right) hand, and would end a session to simply play attacking shots with tennis balls to end on a positive and fun note. He also adopted a naturally high grip where both hands were closer to the end of the handle for more top hand control.[178]

Gilchrist successfully kept wicket for

Old Trafford in August 2005, he passed Alec Stewart's world record of 4,540 runs as a Test wicketkeeper,[183] and at his retirement in 2008, he was the most successful ODI wicket-keeper with 472 dismissals (417 catches and 55 stumpings), more than 80 dismissals ahead of his closest rival, Mark Boucher.[184]
This record was surpassed seven years later by Kumar Sangakkara.

Walking and discipline

It is unusual for professional batsmen to "

India in 2004.[189] In 2004, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming accused Gilchrist of conducting a "walking crusade" when Craig McMillan refused to walk after Gilchrist had caught him off an edge from the bowling of Jason Gillespie in the First Test in Brisbane.[190] After the appeal was turned down by the umpire, who did not hear the edge, Gilchrist goaded McMillan about the edge, and McMillan's angry response was picked up by the stump microphone: "...not everyone is walking, Gilly ... not everyone has to walk, mate...".[190] The taunt was arguably effective, however, as McMillan, perhaps distracted, missed the next ball and was given out leg before wicket.[190] Gilchrist said in his autobiography that he had "zero support in the team" for his stance and that he felt that the topic made the dressing room uncomfortable.[191] He added that he "felt isolated" and "silently accused of betraying the team. Implicitly I was made to feel selfish, as if I was walking for the sake of my own clean image, thereby making everyone else look dishonest."[191]

Gilchrist has been noted for his emotional outbursts on the cricket field, and has been fined multiple times for dissent against umpiring decisions.

Australian Cricket Board for publicly questioning the legality of Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action in 2002,[198] as his comments were found to be in breach of the clause in the player code of conduct relating to "detrimental public comment".[199]

During the 2003 World Cup, Gilchrist accused Pakistani wicket-keeper Rashid Latif of making a racist remark towards him while the latter was batting in their group match. Latif who was cleared by match referee Clive Lloyd, threatened to sue Gilchrist for this claim.[200]

Achievements

See also: List of international cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist and Player of the Match awards (cricket)

Awards

Gilchrist was one of five

Australia's "greatest ever ODI team."[205] In a poll of over ten thousand people hosted in 2007 by ESPNcricinfo, he was voted the ninth greatest all-rounder of the last one hundred years.[206] A panel of prominent cricket writers selected him in Australia's all-time best XI for ESPNcricinfo
. Gilchrist has not only left his mark on Australian cricket but the whole cricketing world. In 2010, Gilchrist was made a
ICC Hall of Fame.[209] He was named an Australia Post Legend of Cricket in 2021.[210]

Test match performance

  Batting Fielding
Opposition Matches Runs Average High score 100s / 50s Catches Stumpings
Bangladesh
 4 199 66.33 144 1 / 0 14 1
England 20 1,111 46.29 152* 3 / 7 89 7
ICC World XI 1 95 47.50 94 0 / 1 5 2
India
 14 659 27.89 122 2 / 2 48 2
New Zealand
 11 923 76.91 162 4 / 5 38 3
Pakistan
 9 616 68.44 149* 2 / 3 34 4
South Africa
 12 754 47.12 204* 2 / 2 39 5
Sri Lanka
 7 383 42.55 144 1 / 2 32 5
West Indies
 12 575 47.91 101* 1 / 4 46 6
Zimbabwe
 1 133 133.00 133* 1 / 0 9 2
Overall 92 5,448 47.60 204* 17 / 25 354 37
An innings–by–innings breakdown of Gilchrist's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

ODI highlights

  Batting Fielding
Opposition Matches Runs Average High score 100s / 50s Catches Stumpings
Asia XI 1 24 24.00 24 0 / 0 1 1
Bangladesh
 12 444 55.50 76 0 / 5 23 4
England 35 1087 32.94 124 2 / 6 60 4
ICC World XI 3 180 60.00 103 1 / 0 2 0
India
 40 1568 41.26 111 1 / 12 63 4
Ireland 1 34 34.00 34 0 / 0 0 0
Kenya
 3 130 43.33 67 0 / 1 4 1
Namibia
 1 13 13.00 13 0 / 0 6 0
Netherlands
 1 57 57.00 57 0 / 1 0 1
New Zealand
 41 1195 31.45 128 2 / 7 55 6
Pakistan
 24 761 33.08 103 1 / 5 39 5
Scotland
 2 52 26.00 46 0 / 0 3 1
South Africa
 44 1127 28.18 105 2 / 6 60 9
Sri Lanka
 27 1243 45.76 154 5 / 2 27 6
United States
 1 24 – 24* 0 / 0 2 0
West Indies
 25 735 30.63 98 0 / 5 33 4
Zimbabwe
 15 572 38.13 172 1 / 2 20 6
Overall 268 9038 38.69 172 15 / 50 386 50
An innings–by–innings breakdown of Gilchrist's ODI batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Career best performances

Batting
Score Fixture Venue Season
Test 204* South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2003[211]
ODI 172 Australia v Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2004[212]
T20I 48 Australia v England SCG, Sydney 2007[213]
FC 204* South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2003[211]
LA 172 Australia v Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2004[212]
T20
 		109* Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai 2008[214]

Autobiography

Gilchrist's autobiography True Colours, published in 2008, was the subject of much controversy. Gilchrist questioned the integrity of leading Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar in relation to the evidence he presented in the Monkeygate dispute, which was about allegations of racism against Harbhajan Singh.[215][216] The autobiography said that Tendulkar told the first hearing that he could not hear what Harbhajan said to Andrew Symonds; Gilchrist said that he was "certain he "Tendulkar" was telling the truth" because he was "a fair way away".[215][216] Gilchrist then questioned why Tendulkar then agreed with Harbhajan's claim at the second hearing that the exchange was an obscenity, and concluded that the process was "a joke".[216] He also raised questions over Tendulkar's sportsmanship and said he was "hard to find for a changing-room handshake after we have beaten India".[215][217]

There was a backlash in India, which forced Gilchrist to clarify his position. Gilchrist later insisted that he did not accuse Tendulkar of lying in his testimony. He also denied calling the Indian a "bad sport" in regards to the handshake issue.

witch-hunt conducted by whites.[221][222] In response to these comments, former Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu said that by questioning the credentials of players like Muralitharan and Tendulkar, Gilchrist had done no good to his own reputation.[223]

Charity, media, business career and political work

Adam Gilchrist speaking at the 2013 National Flag Raising and Citizenship ceremony in Canberra

Outside cricket, Gilchrist is an ambassador for the charity

World Vision in India, a country in which he is popular due to his cricketing achievements,[224] and sponsors a boy whose father has died.[225] He was approached in early 2005 by the US baseball franchise, the Boston Red Sox, with a view to him playing for them when his cricket career ended.[226] However, he was selected for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and announced his retirement from Test and One-Day cricket in early 2008.[227]

In March 2008, Gilchrist joined the

Wide World of Sports Weekend Edition. He made his debut on the program in March 2008,[228] and commentates on Fox Sport's cricket coverage during the Australian summer.[228] In 2013 Gilchrist joined Ricky Ponting and various other names in cricket to commentate for Channel Ten in the third series of the Big Bash League.[229]

As Amway Australia Ambassador, Gilchrist has played a role in many of their charity events. In August 2010, he presented the Freedom Wheels program, an initiative to provide modified bikes to kids with disabilities, a cheque for $20,000.[230]

Gilchrist was the chair of the National Australia Day Council from 2008 to 2014.[231][232] In 2008, Gilchrist supported debate on whether Australia Day should be moved to a new date because the current date marks British settlement of New South Wales and is offensive to many Aboriginal Australians.[233]

Gilchrist has had a number of company directorships outside of cricket. His appointment to the board of ASX listed sandalwood company TFS Corporation,[234] committee member of Commonwealth Business Forum in Perth[235] and director of Travelex.[236] The appointment to TFS Corporation was not without controversy when as a board member of TFS he was named as a plaintiff suing his own TFS shareholders for defamation[237]

Gilchrist also plays himself on the Australian comedy series How to Stay Married.

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Books
Sporting positions
Preceded by Interim Middlesex Cricket Captain
11–24 June 2010 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by Allan Border Medal
2003 		Succeeded by

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