Adam Gilchrist's 6s

[age_master]

Will he get the hundredth in Melbourne or Sydney? The form from the WACA you would have to think he would be a good chance.

 

[Stumped]

.........and if he was half as good a batsman as Gilly he would have played more Tests.

 

[silentstriker]

Will he get the hundredth in Melbourne or Sydney? The form from the WACA you would have to think he would be a good chance.

Yea. That would be quite cool.

 

[marc71178]

if he played as many tests as gilly, he would have had twice as many sixes

And a quarter of the runs.

 

[Slow Love™]

The article linked to from this piece in that "related" box on the right - The Joy of Six (Oh, those hilarious cricinfo headline writers) - is a pretty good read. Gilchrist talks about copping some flak from an Aussie under-17s coach for hitting too many boundaries, as well as his favorite six (off Murali).

Can't tell whether the accompanying pic is a Rockyesque "Aaaadriaaaannnn!" or more along the lines of "I'm not an animal, I'm a human being!!!!!". Clearly a moving moment, though.

 

[Legga]

What a weapon Gilly is.
Not the player he once was but still a joy.
He did not start playing tests until late, just imagine what more he could have done if he had started earlier.

 

[Krishna_j]

I remember Gilly's match winning hundred in Hobart against Pak in an impossible situation - Wasim Akram still gets nightmares over that one

 

[Barney Rubble]

97?!? Crazy. Although KP will probably beat it eventually, 34 for him already.

Eventually? He'll probably beat it within two years - don't forget he's only been a Test player for 18 months, and he's not even played any rubbish teams yet.

 

[Eclipse]

Eventually? He'll probably beat it within two years - don't forget he's only been a Test player for 18 months, and he's not even played any rubbish teams yet.

lol no way...

 

[PhoenixFire]

lol no way...

He will eventually.

 

[nightprowler10]

lol no way...

Yeah, he'd need to play more than 40 test matches in two years at this rate.

 

[JASON]

Adam Gilchrist may have most 6s in Tests, but the man who has most 6's in International Cricket is Sanath Jayasuriya .

Sanath Jayasuriya 217 sixers in ODIs + 57 sixers in Tests.= 274 sixers

Shahid Afridi 217 sixers in ODIs + 50 sixers in Tests = 267
CL Cairns 153 (in ODIs) + 87 in Tests = 240
AC Gilchrist 123 (in ODIs) + 97 in Tests = 220

 

[Turbinator]

Ganguly isn't far behind with 210.

 

[Eclipse]

He will eventually.

How can you tell..

personaly i think his rate will slow down a fair as time goes on.