Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist, AM, nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is a former Australian cricketer and one of the most explosive batsmen in world cricket. He was the captain of Australia, and Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national cricket team through his aggressive batting. He is widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper–batsman in the history of the game. He held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth14 November 1971
bat bowling game hoping obviously plan playing plenty
It was a seaming wicket, plenty of moisture there. We take the game plan in of playing two spinners, obviously hoping to bat first and have them bowling on day five.
bats would-be comfortable
I would be comfortable to bat anywhere,
ms-dhoni pay bats
And I can say that I’ll pay to watch MS Dhoni bat.
bats india tendulkar
I now know what Sachin Tendulkar feels every time he bats in India.
against bat confident periods teams
They'll come here confident they can bat for long periods against us, which a lot of teams haven't been able to do over the years.
bat bit easier easy hoping pitch played stay yesterday
I just went out there hoping to stay on for as long as possible. It was not very easy to bat yesterday but I thought the pitch played a bit easier today.
england
England are doing to us what we've always done to other sides,
biggest sort
Probably that was my biggest mistake. You sort of think that no one has got 200.
came chance game keeping performance pleasing took walk
To walk off with a keeping performance that, I took every chance that came my way really, that's as pleasing as anything I can do in the game of cricket.
certainly consistent cricket days england match played position pressure sees sit
We're certainly under pressure again. England have played consistent cricket for two days in this match and have certainly played more consistent cricket than us in the series. That sees us in another challenging position that we'll have to sit down and think about it.
focusing interested maybe people questioned trying whether win
I think people questioned whether we were even interested in trying to win this, you know, maybe focusing too much on the World Cup.
gut hayden matthew
I thought Matthew Hayden got it, my gut feel was that it was there.
england momentum
But we'll keep on. There's a long way to go but all the momentum is with England at the moment.
definitely depth fight generally great matches quality test time wins
But Test matches generally the quality wins out over time and they have great depth in quality and we feel like we have got it (as well), they will definitely put up a fight I am sure.