Some Interesting Facts about Adam Gilchrist

Gilchrist is nicknamed either ‘Gilly’ or ‘Church’

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Gilchrist made his First-Class debut for New South Wales, against Tasmania at SCG in January 1993

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Gilchrist’s 149 is the highest score in a World Cup final

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In November 2007, Gilchrist’s peers voted him Australia’s greatest ever cricketer

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Gilchrist retired in 2008 with a Test batting average of 47.60 and a strike-rate touching 82

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Gilchrist is the first cricketer who has hit 100 sixes in Test cricket

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