Adam Gilchrist Cricketing Statistics

Gilly's Stats

Batting Style   Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style   Right Arm Off Break
Other   Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut   Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, 1st Test, 1999/00 
ODI Debut   Australia v South Africa at Faridabad, Titan Cup, 1996/97 
First-class Debut   New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, 1992/93 

Top ADAM GILCHRIST STATISTICS:

• The only Australian wicketkeeper to have captained his country in both Test and One-Day International cricket.
• The fastest Test wicketkeeper to 100 test dismissals ( v England, Headingley 2001).
• The fastest Test wicketkeeper to 200 test dismissals ( v Zimbabwe, Sydney 2003).
• At the date of his retirement, held world record for the most dismissals in Test cricket - 416 dismissals. (Since surpassed by Mark Boucher of South Africa).
• At the date of his retirement, was world recordholder for the most number of wicketkeeping dismissals in One-Day International cricket(472).
• World record-holder for the most dismissals in an innings in One-Day International cricket.
• Fastest strike rate in the history of One-Day International cricket for a batsman scoring over 5,000 runs.
• 16 One-Day International centuries scored at an average of 96 balls faced.
• Highest score in any World Cup Cricket Final - 149 on 28th April 2007 in West Indies.
• Fastest century in World Cup Cricket Finals matches.
• "Best of the Best": In 2007, voted by 39% of the 168 players to have represented Australia in One-Day Internationals as the greatest ODI player to have ever represented Australia. No other player polled more than 19%.
• Fastest strike rate in the history of Test cricket for a batsman scoring over 5,000 runs.
• 17 Test centuries scored at an average of 108 balls faced.
• Second fastest Test century ever recorded (57 balls - second to Viv Richards; 56 balls) but fastest by an Australian in Test cricket. Also scored several other quick centuries (e.g.  84 balls - v India, Mumbai 2001 and v Zimbabwe 2003).
• One of only three batsman in the history of Test cricket to average over 60 through 3000 test runs.
• First batsman in Test cricket history to hit 100 sixes.
• World record holder for a wicketkeeper for playing consecutive Tests without ever being dropped for form or injury - 96 after the fourth Test against India in Adelaide, January 2008.

CAREER STATS

Tests (as at 05/02/2008)

One Day Internationals (as at 07/03/2008)

Twenty20 (as at 22/10/2007)