Sify (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Adam Gilchrist is amazed by the ever-increasing love for cricket in India and compared the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the Sydney Olympics.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Melbourne: The Australian has quoted Adam Gilchrist as saying the IPL outshone even the Sydney Olympic Games. Gilchrist said: “The only thing I can think of that was comparable was maybe the Olympics when they were in ...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Melbourne, June 13 (IANS) Adam Gilchrist is amazed by the ever-increasing love for cricket in India and compared the Indian Premier League (IPL) next to Sydney Olympics. “It was quite overwhelming to see an event capture the attention and mindset and imagination of a country quite like it,” Gilchrist was quoted as saying in The [...]
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Adam Gilchrist has predicted Twenty20 will become cricket's "staple diet" in the next ten years and a window may have to be carved into the programme to fit in the traditional contests.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... to involve a host of recently retired WA internationals, including Test greats Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist. Moody has also spoken with former Australian wrist-spinner Brad Hogg, another former Warriors player keen to ``put something back into WA cricket''. Moody said the quartet, which had played a combined total of 900 Test and international one-day matches, represented an exciting...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... change Flintoff’s role. Genuine Test all-rounders score centuries but few can do that from No 7, Adam Gilchrist being an exception. How Flintoff the batsman adapts will be fascinating. His batting form before his injury absence was not good enough to warrant a place in the top six, but at No 7 he could be a destructive force. “I’ve always seen him in that role,” said Vaughan. “Big...
My two cents... (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Remember the controversy over the "extra webbing" on MS Dhoni's gloves during the CB series? If not here is the recap IN a dramatic twist to yesterday's tri-series clash, Indian skipper MS Dhoni has had the gloves he caught Adam Gilchrist with confiscated during the game by match referee Jeff Crowe. The unprecedented move by Crowe - the former New Zealand Test captain - followed suggestions...
Sify (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Wish Sunil Gavaskar on his birthday Hussey said although the likes of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg and Justin Langer couldn't be replaced overnight, the form of Australia's next batch of stars had buoyed the national side. "It's very exciting. We've lost so many great players from our team but it's good to know we've still got that depth," Hussey was quoted...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... re-emergence of an injury-free Shane Watson. Hussey said the likes of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg and Justin Langer couldn't be replaced overnight but the form of Australia's next batch of stars had buoyed the national side. "It's very exciting. We've lost so many great players from our team but it's good to know we've still got that depth," Hussey said....
ECB (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Indian batsman VVS Laxman will join Nottinghamshire in August as a replacement for Australian Adam Voges.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
No side has toppled the Australians for a decade, but Kallis believes that could change in the next 12 months as they face the Proteas and then England. South Africa are currently fourth in the rankings, just behind England and India, with Australia clear at the top. But there is no more Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist or Justin Langer for the Aussies, leaving them the weakest...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... to dispel thoughts of any downturn in performance following the retirements of Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Brad Hogg since last year's World Cup triumph. South Africa had edged their way in front on top of the one-day rankings after Australia's 2-0 loss to India in the final of the summer tri-series but, with a 5-0 result in the Caribbean, Australia have again jumped well ahead...
ECB (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... - by removing Fidel Edwards who James Hopes held on nought.Earlier, Ronchi staked his claim to be Adam Gilchrist’s long-term successor with a whirlwind knock.He struck six sixes on his way to 64 off just 28 balls - his maiden ODI fifty - while David Hussey slammed four maximums in his 52 off 21.Watson and Shaun Marsh put on 70 for the first wicket but the former (29) was the first...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... keeper this tour, played around a dozen ODI's as a specialist batsman during the great reign of Adam Gilchrist. Ronchi would similarly jump at any chance to play for Australia as a batsman. “I'd be overjoyed if that happens,” he said. “I will be grabbing every opportunity I get to play for Australia. I'll run drinks if I have to if it means being on tours and being a part of the whole...
normblog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Bob Borsley's latest memory in this series is of some cricketing pain: Over the decades numerous Australian cricketers have done their best to make my life a misery. Sometimes they kick me when I am down. A typical example was Adam Gilchrist in the first Test in 2001 , who came in when Australia were 336 for 5 in reply to England's very modest 268 and proceeded to destroy the England...
