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7 Adam Gilchrist
No wicket-keeper in Test cricket history has had such a profound influence on the actual role of a wicket-keeper than Australia's Adam Gilchrist and following his staggering career, it became mandatory for wicket-keepers to be decent batsmen as well.
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That said, he was an excellent wicket-keeper too and claimed 89 catches in addition to 7 stumpings in 20 Test matches from 2001 to 2007. However, it was as a number 7 batsman that he did so much damage and he celebrated his Ashes debut by punishing the English bowlers with a 152 run masterclass back in 2001.
Gilchrist scored 3 hundreds and 6 half-centuries in the Ashes and averaged 45.12, but what made him such a matchwinner was his strike rate of 92.01 against England (higher than his career strike rate of 81.95).
There was only one choice for the role of wicket-keeper/batsman in this team.
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