‘As selector I would have axed myself long ago’

Had Adam Gilchrist been a selector, he would have long dropped himself from the Australian ranks and the opener feels he really tested the patience of national selectors with his stretch of poor runs.

Had Adam Gilchrist been a selector, he would have long dropped himself from the Australian ranks and the opener feels he really tested the patience of national selectors with his stretch of poor runs.

The Aussie vice-captain produced one of the most memorable knocks of his spectacular career with a blistering 149 in the final against Sri Lanka. But Gilchrist said he “fretted” about his performance right up until the day of the final before he cut loose.

“I do not know that one individual day can get any better than the way that day went, but I don’t know if that means that I am at the top of my game. The day before that I was fretting about not contributing to the World Cup with a high total,” Gilchrist was quoted as saying in The Age.

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“From a selfish and individual perspective, it was really pleasing to finally pass the three-figure mark in a World Cup game. I would imagine I have played about 31 or 32 World Cup innings and I am not a selector but I would not be picking too many players as a selector if they were the results. But to get it on the occasion that it was a great thrill,” he said.

Thirty-five-year-old Gilchrist does not have any immediate plans of joining the Australian retirement bandwagon. “There’s an excitement there, there is still a love for the game,” Gilchrist said.

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