Australia v Sri Lanka, CB Series game 6, Perth, 15th Feb

nuff.

I'm off to a Carbine Club lunch for this match shortly ....

The Carbine Club of WA is proud of its close relationship with Cricket. This continues a bond we have established with Racing, Football and the Olympic Council. We are delighted to present our seventh luncheon in partnership with the WACA.

GUEST SPEAKER:
Rodney Hogg enjoyed a distinguished career with Australia as a fearsome fast bowler. These days he is more relaxed, and enjoys a wonderful reputation as an entertaining after dinner speaker.

INTERVIEWS: Michael Thomson will interview Ian Healy who entertained us a couple years ago with his intimate dressing room stories. Interviews will also be conducted with current Australian and Sri Lankan players who will be participating in the One Day International on the day following our luncheon

The Australia v Sri Lanka One Day International match at the WACA Ground on Friday 15 February will be the last time that WACA Members will see Adam Gilchrist in action on his home soil.

To the sadness of cricket fans all over the world, Gilly - recently crowned the best Australian One Day player of all time – will hang up his gloves at the end of the Commonwealth Bank One Day Series.

WACA Members will have the opportunity to give Gilly a personal farewell message by signing the ‘thank you’ wall that will be located at the rear of the Eastern Grass Bank (next to the scoreboard) during the One Day match. All the messages on the ‘thank you’ wall will be presented to Gilly after his final match.

All WACA Members are encouraged to get to the Ground and cheer our living legend in his final match at the WACA Ground.

Adam Gilchrist entered the international cricketing scene as a wicket keeper/batsman with the Australian One Day International side against South Africa on 25 October 1996 in Faridabad. In 1998, Steve Waugh elevated Adam to the pivotal position of opening batsman. In his second game, Adam scored 100 against South Africa and since then, has played a significant part in redefining the role of an opening batsman in One Day Internationals.

Adam was crucial in the team's winning performance in the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. Adam has taken a world record of over 400 dismissals in one day internationals and scored over 8600 runs at a phenomenal strike rate of almost 97 runs per 100 balls faced.

In November 1999, Adam replaced Ian Healy as wicketkeeper in the Australian test side in Brisbane against Pakistan. He was immediately into stride, taking his first dismissal by catching Mohammad Wasim off Damien Fleming for 18. Adam then scored 81 before being bowled by Shoaib Aktar. Since that time, Adam has taken almost 370 dismissals in test matches and scored almost 5300 runs at an incredible strike of over 82 runs per 100 balls faced. Adam reached the 100 and 200 dismissal milestones faster than any other wicket keeper in test history and he is one of only two players to had averaged greater than 60 going through 3000 test runs.

Adam is the only wicketkeeper in Australia to have captained the Australian Test and One Day teams and is acknowledged for his leadership and outstanding contribution to the Australian team in both forms of the game.

Many critics believe that Adam is the greatest wicketkeeper/batsman to have played the game. But more than his statistics, it is the manner and spirit in which Adam plays the game that makes him one of the world's most exciting and popular cricketers. He already holds the record for the most sixes hit in Test cricket (97) and plays Test cricket in much the same way as he plays One-Day Internationals.

In 2004 Adam was selected in Richie Benaud's All Time Greatest Team. Adam said that he was humbled to be chosen in the team in front of so many other outstanding players and by a person who himself is acknowledged as one of the finest to have played the game.

and to think the stoopid wusses initially booed gilly (when imported by the Wuss CA) because he had replaced home twn hero - tim zohrer

Gilchrist, Gilchrist, Gilchrist. It could well distract the Aussies like Steve Waugh's impending retirement did in 2003-04.

Henry wrote:Gilchrist, Gilchrist, Gilchrist. It could well distract the Aussies like Steve Waugh's impending retirement did in 2003-04.

And what if it does . . . Gilly's retirement is far more important than a shitty ODI series.

tac wrote:

Henry wrote:Gilchrist, Gilchrist, Gilchrist. It could well distract the Aussies like Steve Waugh's impending retirement did in 2003-04.

And what if it does . . . Gilly's retirement is far more important than a shitty ODI series.

as was Ksnrs belated retirement/sacking for entirely different reasons

I'm off to a Carbine Club lunch

You in danger of delisting by speaking the name in public embee?

Henry wrote:Gilchrist, Gilchrist, Gilchrist. It could well distract the Aussies like Steve Waugh's impending retirement did in 2003-04.

How does this ignore function work?

Hayden gone early, followed by 2 consecutive maidens.

Ricky Ponting completes 10000 ODI runs while batting at 3. The next best is Jacques Kallis who has 5917 runs.

Looks fluent in this innings for a change.

Looks fluent in this innings for a change.

Good to hear - he's been struggling.

you can stop the woofing now - well done SG

Another lowish score for Ponting.

Gilly hitting some great strokes in his final innings at his home ground.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

I'm off to a Carbine Club lunch

You in danger of delisting by speaking the name in public embee?

Not that I know of Mick ...I'm just a guest ...and this lunch was open to WACA members anyway ...most of the members I know are Catholics anyway

Mahela Jayawardene , Heals and Rodney Hogg were the guest speakers .

All very good ....Jayawardena reckons MuMu wont bowl too much at cricket practice so the batsmen can't work him out ...and that the way MuMu speaks about batting you would think he was the leading run scorer in Test cricket too ..

Heals told a couple of good stories about Bill Lawry (sledging Healy in the commentary box) ...After Heals was selected in the Oz team of the century Bill's comment was "I got ten right"....and Heals asked Bill his opinion on something during the first Test Healy commentated and Bill replied ...'I'm no expert on that Ian Healy but I am an expert on when Australian players should retire ....and your time was up a couple of years ago '......

Hoggy told his account of Lillee's Aluminium bat incident ...he was 12th man and ordered by GSC to take some wooden bats out to DKL ...

Gillie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wozzie Legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bet Zimmy is up and dancing!

Gilly . . . another great New South Welshman!

Another???????

eowyn wrote:Another???????

Simpson and Nicholson also qualify

Who?

Walters, Bradman, . . . Border . . . me . . .

eowyn wrote:Who?

Bob and Matt

I'm going to have to go google....