The great wicket-keeper batsman from Australia also remains the greatest no. 7 the game has ever seen. It is almost unheard of a no. 7 batsman to average around 50 in Tests, but Gilchrist managed precisely that apart from handling the duties of a wicket-keeper. He also won almost 75% of the Tests he played in and was a titan of Australian Cricket for around a decade.
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Gilchrist could have made his debut even earlier had it not been for the presence of another great wicket-keeper in Ian Healy. He replaced Healy in the Australian test team 1999 and continued his golden run for a decade. He scored 5570 runs in 96 tests at an average of 47.60 and also effected 416 dismissals.
His match-winning century against India in Mumbai or the pugnacious double hundred against South Africa in their own backyard were breathtakingly good. He also kept reliably against the spin of Shane Warne.
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