Gilly retires! Thanks for the memories mate.

Konovalov · 01-26-08, 05:29 AM

The greatest ever wicket-keeper batsman to play Test and One Day cricket has retired after a brilliant career for Australia entertaining cricket fans the world over while revolutionising the keeper/batter role that teams all over the world try to emulate with mixed results.

Retirement news link.

His top five innings link.

Career timeline.

I will miss his destructive ways with the willow. I'll never forget his fastest century at the WACA against England recently or his run a ball not out double ton against South Africa in Johannesburg all those years ago. What a player. What a sportman. What a man. No one deserves his retirement more.

Thank you Adam.

We will miss you.

STEED · 01-26-08, 08:30 AM

Another great player goes into the night and history books.

PS: Keep them retiring and we Brits may stand a chance next year or the year after.

PPS: Fat chance.

Jimbuna · 01-26-08, 12:16 PM

I've met the guy several times during his career....not only a fine cricketer, but a gentleman as well

01-26-08, 05:29 AM	#1
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Gilly retires! Thanks for the memories mate. The greatest ever wicket-keeper batsman to play Test and One Day cricket has retired after a brilliant career for Australia entertaining cricket fans the world over while revolutionising the keeper/batter role that teams all over the world try to emulate with mixed results. Retirement news link. His top five innings link. Career timeline. I will miss his destructive ways with the willow. I'll never forget his fastest century at the WACA against England recently or his run a ball not out double ton against South Africa in Johannesburg all those years ago. What a player. What a sportman. What a man. No one deserves his retirement more. Thank you Adam. We will miss you. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

01-26-08, 08:30 AM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Another great player goes into the night and history books. PS: Keep them retiring and we Brits may stand a chance next year or the year after. PPS: Fat chance. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

01-26-08, 12:16 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've met the guy several times during his career....not only a fine cricketer, but a gentleman as well __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!