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
bunch emotional great hard lots occasional reward share time wonderful work
It's a wonderful occasional and it's wonderful to share it with a great bunch of people. It's an emotional time and a reward for lots of hard work and preparation.
allowing difficult england playing whether work
Whether it's us not playing well or England not allowing us to play well it's a difficult one to work out,
ahead hard stand work
We know where we stand in this series, and we know we have a lot of hard work ahead of 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.
game hard work
I think we are very much in the game but have some hard work to do tomorrow.
control destiny faith few matter player series successful work
It is just a matter of doing the work and having faith in what has been successful for me in the past. Very few series come down to one man. I don't think one player is going to control the destiny of the Ashes.
keen quite work
I know he's quite keen to play, so that's what they'll have to work out.
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.