As far above rivals as Bradman

As news of Adam Gilchrist’s retirement is still sinking in – Damien Fleming today said he had to take ten minutes after being told of the decision – the Sydney Morning Herald explains how he broke the news to his team-mates on the bus heading to the ground on the third day.

The bus was quiet, with each player absorbed in his pre-match routine and pondering his individual role in the third day of the fourth Test. Unannounced and with no fanfare, Gilchrist broke the silence.

Jon Pierik in the Sunday Telegraph says it was the right time for him to go.

Reaction from around the world included Scyld Berry in London’s Sunday Telegraph, who said Gilchrist “has been as far above all other rivals as Sir Donald Bradman himself”, while Simon Wilde in The Sunday Times, added “Bowlers around the issued a sigh of relief”. Even the Scotland on Sunday had an opinion.