dial_100 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 ‘Gilly’ received a very special 36th birthday present ahead of the second and final Test match against Sri Lanka in Hobart – he was voted by his peers as the nation’s greatest one-day international player of all time. ... http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/news/2007/november/news20071114-72.html Link to comment
Lurker Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Must say I am a bit surprised. Gilchrist is worth his weight in gold but he is hardly the best batsman or anything. Of course him being the keeper allows Australia to play an extra bowler or batsman. The Aussie all time XI is very strong. Adam Gilchrist (wk), Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting (vice-captain), Dean Jones, Steve Waugh (captain), Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Greg Chappell (12th man). No loose ends as far as I can see. Link to comment
Bumper Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 He is their most valuable player ever in ODIs, not sure if he was their best ever ODI bat. I'd think Ponting is ahead of Gilly as a ODI batsman. However, Gilly's record in world cup finals (and finals in general) is second to none Link to comment
Chaos Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 rightly so, without him, aussie cricket would have been whole lot different. he brings in the "X" factor to that team Link to comment
Bongosamaj Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Adam Gillchrist deserves it- one of the alltime greats of the game. There are only 4 names i consider to be a certainty in an alltime ODI XI - Tendulkar, Viv, Wasim and Gilly. A hypothetical opening partnership of Tendulkar-Gilly is truely mouthwatering. Link to comment
bharat297 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Absolutely ... that would be worth the price of admissions alone. Link to comment
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