Adam Gilchrist is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. He played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013. His 149 off 104 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time. He is one of only three players to have won three World Cup titles.
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Adam Gilchrist is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. He was an attacking left-handed batsman who redefined the role for the Australia national team through his aggressive batting. Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015. His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his 57 ball century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all Test cricket. He played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013. His 149 off 104 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time. He is one of only three players to have won three World Cup titles. He has three sons and a daughter, and is married to his high school sweetheart Melinda Gilchrist, a dietitian, and they have three sons, a daughter and a son-in-law. His family came under the spotlight in the months leading up to the 2007 Cricket World Cup as one impending birth threatened his presence in the squad; the child was born in February and Gilchrist was able to take part in the tournament. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999.
He also played junior cricket for Old Actonians Cricket Club’s under-17 team, with whom he won the Middlesex League and Cup double. He moved to Sydney and joined the Gordon Club in Sydney Grade Cricket, later moving to Northern Districts. In 1991 he was selected to play for the Australian Young Cricketers, a national youth team that toured England and played in youth ODIs and Tests. In 1994, Gilchrist joined the New South Wales outfit, where he had to compete with former Test player Timhrer Zoehrer to compete for Test and ODI places. In his first season, the Sheffield Shield side won the Sheffield Sheffield Shield, with Gilchrist scoring an unbeaten 20 in the second innings to secure an easy win over Queensland. He struggled to keep his place in the side, and only played three first class matches in the following season, but he scored on 43 runs at 8 runs per over. Upon his return to Australia late in the year, he was accepted into the Australian Cricket Academy, and represented the ACA as they played matches against the Second XI of Australia’s state teams, and toured South Africa to play provincial youth teams. Upon returning to Australia, he scored two centuries in four matches for the state Colts and Second XI teams and was rewarded with selection to make his first class debut for New South NSW during the 1992–93 season, although he played purely as a batsman, due to the presence of incumbent wicketkeeper Phil Emery.
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