When Adam Gilchrist burst onto the Test scene 26 years ago, making a rapid 81 on debut against Pakistan and following up with an extraordinary match-winning 149* at Hobart a fortnight later, he changed the expectations on wicketkeepers across the world.
No longer was it acceptable for a stumper to average in the mid-20s, however silky their glovework might be. Your keeper should be a game-changer with the bat.
England were on the receiving end of three of Gilchrist’s 17 Test hundreds, all of which came at quicker than a run-a-ball. His blitz at the WACA in 2006, when he raced to a 57-ball ...
