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
team character winning
It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be one of the greatest comebacks.
bangladesh came stood team
Bangladesh is underrated, but the team came out and stood up to us.
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.
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.
anywhere australia coming expect field flak happens talk teams
But you would expect that anywhere in the world. Teams coming to Australia also expect some flak from the crowds. It's all part of the game, but there's more talk about what happens on the field than actually happens.
feeling frustrated team understand zealand
I can understand why the New Zealand team are feeling disappointed and frustrated at that,
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.