Scott Oliver on a time when Aussie great Adam Gilchrist lit up the Middlesex County League

When the teenage Adam Gilchrist arrived for a summer of Middlesex County League cricket in 1989, Richmond’s first XI captain Chris Goldie didn’t know what to expect: “to the extent that, after an underwhelming first weekend, I didn’t pick him for our penultimate Saturday friendly prior to the start of the league season. Graham Roope [the former Surrey and England batter] had phoned me to say he was living in the area and looking to join a local club. It’s the 17-year-old Australian who hasn’t scored ...