Thrilling stuff! Adam Gilchrist's GoPro cam gives a first person view of what it is like to face Shaun Tait

Gilchrist wore a GoPro camera on his helmet while batting

Adam Gilchrist, batting for Rest of the World XI (ROW) at Lord’s on Saturday, had a GoPro camera on his helmet which got the attention of all the viewers. On the occasion of 200th anniversary of Lord’s cricket ground, MCC played ROW for a 50-over match, which featured many greats of yesteryears like Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag, along with current international cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch, Shahid Afridi and Tino Best.

Gilchrist, coming out to bat for ROW in the first innings, wore a GoPro camera on his helmet. His reactions after hitting a shot and the response time needed to hit the ball from someone like Shaun Tait, who was not bowling at his full capacity, but was still quick enough to hurry the batsmen, are captured in this video. Here’s the view from the cam: