Meet the ICC Hall of Famers: Adam Gilchrist

[slippy888]

Australia would have never won 3 world cups in a row without Gilchrist

 

[Daemon]

Top 5 funny ears

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Single-handedly destroyed the legacy of Dujon+healy+ all other catchers who can't bat.
Basically it's bcoz of Adam Gilchrist that these days wicketkeepers feel shame when they average 20 odd with the bat, earlier they were tagged as legends

GOAT

 

[Lillian Thomson]

If you mean he’s inadvertently responsible for lowering wicket keeping standards across the board, then yes. Not his fault, but his quality of keeping and volume of runs has become an obsession with selectors trying to find another once in a generation cricketer.

 

[turnstyle]

Please tell me I'm not the only one that read this as Hall of Farmers.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Please tell me I'm not the only one that read this as Hall of Farmers.

Same. And Gilchrist looks a bit like a farmer

 

[Gob]

Please tell me I'm not the only one that read this as Hall of Farmers.

every freaking time bruh

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Single-handedly destroyed the legacy of Dujon+healy+ all other catchers who can't bat.
Basically it's bcoz of Adam Gilchrist that these days wicketkeepers feel shame when they average 20 odd with the bat, earlier they were tagged as legends

GOAT

Yes.
Ames was arguably better WK-Batsman combo, but it was Gilly who changed the equations.. Partly due to the era he played.

 

[Window]

Saw this on TV the other day

I can’t find the full clip where we see the wide shot of him with octopus tentacles as arms.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yes.
Ames was arguably better WK-Batsman combo, but it was Gilly who changed the equations.. Partly due to the era he played.

There's no indication that Ames was as good a batsman or a keeper as Gilchrist. From what I've read he was considered to be not a particularly great keeper at the time and was in the team for his batting. Not sure why the era makes a big difference either.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

There's no indication that Ames was as good a batsman or a keeper as Gilchrist. From what I've read he was considered to be not a particularly great keeper at the time and was in the team for his batting. Not sure why the era makes a big difference either.

AFAIK Ames was a great WK in the league of Healy + he was capable of averaging more than 40 with bat.
WK with better batting ability expectations were already there in the air during mid 90s, an ODI thing may be.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

AFAIK Ames was a great WK in the league of Healy + he was capable of averaging more than 40 with bat.

Era, though. 1930s was just flat.

 

[TheJediBrah]

AFAIK Ames was a great WK in the league of Healy

Did you just make that up or actually hear that somewhere

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Ames scored a 102 first class hundreds
Definitely a revolutionary player.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Did you just make that up or actually hear that somewhere

Even his Cricbuzz profile says " many regarded him as the finest WK ever " or something like that.

Wisden described Ames as undoubtedly greatest WK batsman of alltime in his Obituary while conforming WK skills as of high standard.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Even his Cricbuzz profile says " many regarded him as the finest WK ever " or something like that.

Wisden described Ames as undoubtedly greatest WK batsman of alltime in his Obituary while conforming WK skills as of high standard.

Look a bit deeper. It was apparently a bit of a stir at the time because back then keepers were picked usually on their keeping whereas Ames was picked for his batting, and there were much better keepers than him not selected. Of course now the opposite is true.

 

[ataraxia]

Ames was a perfectly fine keeper for the time and one of the best CC bats. Not Gilchrist-level though.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Ames would have to have been a good keeper to be selected at that time as a keeper. Not necessarily the best in the country but they wouldn’t have just tossed the gloves to a batsman like they do now, he would have to have been up to standard. He probably was “undoubtedly the best wicketkeeper batsman of all time” at the time his obituary was written in 1990. But most observers of both accept that Gilchrist raised the bar considerably.

 

[mr_mister]

Wonder what Bradman thought of Gilchrist

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Look a bit deeper. It was apparently a bit of a stir at the time because back then keepers were picked usually on their keeping whereas Ames was picked for his batting, and there were much better keepers than him not selected. Of course now the opposite is true.

Ames was not great WK is a myth Build around his Batting ability. Victim of his own success.. I think.
Wisden too suggests the same