Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC

[audioman]

Australia's World Cups have been thrown into further disarray with the news that Adam Gilchrist is to miss the first three weeks of the tournament to attend the birth of his third child. Gilchrist's wife, Mel, is due to give birth just days before the squad flies out from Sydney on February 28. Already missing Andrew Symonds through injury, and unsettled by the manner of their shocking defeat to England in the CB Series finals, Australia will have to make do without their wicketkeeper and opening bat at least until their final Group A match against South Africa in St Kitts on March 24. The news means that Brad Haddin will be announced as Australia's wicketkeeper for the warm-up matches and opening fixtures, when the 15-man squad is officially announced later on Tuesday. According to The Australian newspaper, Mike Hussey will take over the gloves in the event of an injury to Haddin.

Good on ya Gilly, Family before sport always

[apocalypse]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC Never knew hussey can keep also :shrug:

[audioman]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC Mr. Cricket indeed.

[dhruvdeepak]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC aussie train being derailed :D symonds GONE gilly GONE and anyways in poor form hussey aka Superman lost his powers temporarily new opener needed Clark might not be selected ?!?!?!

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC India IMO are now favourites for the WC. I am going down the bookies tommorow to place a bet.

[Holysmoke]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC either gilly cant plan........:chin: or..... :lmao:

[kumble_rocks]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC Why does he need three weeks ? Even , in US , two weeks is the max that husband get for paternity leave . This guy should have been dropped for the England series and Haddin should have played in his place. I understand family priorities , but this is going to far in my opinion.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[King]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC It is not like he is scoring 100s left, right and center. He scored 2 fifties in about 8-10 games at home in the Commonwealth series. He sure is a star and Aussie will miss him but they also will miss his bad form too. I don't reckon they would have been able to drop him considering his reputation but this will serve as an opportunity for yet another player that may be as good as him in Australia. I don't consider this a huge loss for Australia. It sure is a loss for the World Cup though, you need guys like him.

[audioman]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC This IS a huge loss for Australia Ravi. He is a big-match player and would have given it his all, considering this is his last world cup. His knocks in the last two WC finals were quite brilliant. He will surely be missed. But again, Australia are bound to make the semis despite his absence and he will be back by then.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Chaos]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC he clicks right when the team needs. thats why is such a legend. None of our openers are good as him. just we need to accept his match winning abilities.

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC Sachin is miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles better then gilly

[apocalypse]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC lol after hadlee series, sab baccha-waccha bhul gaya hai :lmao: Gilchrist available from first match http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/281416.html

[Holysmoke]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC lucky.. wife did it on time :wtg: but he still cant plan for sh!t :lmao:

[Parth]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC Why is Gilchrist not going to be playing

[Holysmoke]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC

Why is Gilchrist not going to be playing

now he is going to be playing. earlier, he was not sure of playing the first few matches, because his wife was giving birth to their third child

[yoda]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC gilly available for the first round against the minnows. changes the whole scheme of things. :hmph:

[Cricketics]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC rofl bacha ek mahina jaldi paida kar diya uski wfe ne...

[Parth]

Re: Gilchrist to miss first 3 weeks of WC On cricinfo it says he will be ready to play from the beggiinging