Gilchirst avoids drop to No. 7
Trevor Marshallsea, the Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer who reported last week Adam Gilchrist was headed to No
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
Trevor Marshallsea, the Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer who reported last week Adam Gilchrist was headed to No. 7, writes the selectors backed away from a plan to remove him as an opener.
In the days immediately after Gilchrist went home to Perth for his break, following a golden duck in Australia's loss to South Africa on January 15, Hohns let the cat out of the bag by mentioning in conversation, firmly and clearly, that Gilchrist's time as a one-day opener had come to an end.Iain Payten, of the Daily Telegraph, warns critics not to write off Glenn McGrath.
Every year McGrath goes beyond the age of 30, someone has invariably come out of the woodwork and informed us the Narromine pig-shooter has run out of ammunition … Last summer, Viv Richards tagged the fast bowler long in the tooth; this year Jeff Thomson says he thinks McGrath is past his best. It's a familiar refrain. The problem with all the theories is that McGrath is still the world's best fast bowler - bar none.