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
bit cricket game longer lottery
He is probably right (about the) longer format, one-day cricket or like Twenty20 cricket the shorter the game the more of a bit of a lottery it can become,
bit covers exploited gave given looked movement time
In hindsight, given the way they used the ball, there was enough on offer. It looked like it was going to be a bat-first wicket. But that time under the covers just gave the wicket that little bit of movement and they exploited it very well.
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.
bit dive glory looking risk time walk
They are the things you've got to live with and that's the risk you take every time you walk out there and every time you dive for one. You risk glory or you risk looking like a bit of a goose.
ashes bit england entered hard head hit lose team tough trip work
This has been a hard trip and we feel a little bit under siege. England have hit us hard, and the thought has entered my head - 'What if we're the first team to lose the Ashes for such a long time?' It's new to us and it has been tough to work out how to get through it.
bad start
We made a bad start with our bowling, but got it right after the first session.
bad bangladesh start
We had a bad start with our batting. Bangladesh also bowled very well.
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.
ashes loses side
You can't be part of the side that loses the Ashes after all these years.
focused played saving
On reflection, I think I was too focused on saving the game, ... I should have played naturally. I was too entrenched in a match-saving mindset.
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.
difficult
So it's been very difficult for Ricky, I think.
attributes cricket good helps mind ricky sure wonderful
Shane is a wonderful cricketer and I'm sure he has all the attributes of a good captain. He has a good cricket mind and he helps Ricky a lot.