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THE TEST MATCH AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE TEST THAT ADAM GILCRHIST WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEST FOR

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It all started when Steve Waugh injured his left buttock during the Second Test in Perth. Gilchrist, being the vice-captain, was the obvious choice as the replacement captain. Though some people had their doubts, saying that a wicket-keeper could not captain a Test team as he would have too much on his mind. But Gilchrist backed himself for the job.

'Keepers as able as anyone to captain Test team: Gilchrist
Denis Peters - 6 December 2000

CANBERRA - The demands of wicketkeeping should not preclude glovemen from being considered as Test cricket captains, Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist said today.

The outstanding wicketkeeper/batsman is to captain the Prime Minister's XI against the touring West Indies at Manuka Oval tomorrow, although he will not don the gloves for the game.

However, as the man most likely to take over from the injured Steve Waugh as stand-in Australian captain for the Adelaide Test starting on December 15, he said the busy task ahead of him was one a wicketkeeper could handle.

"I'm sure it's possible," he said.

"It's a big task for anyone to captain the Test team. It's a terrific job and there's a terrific amount of responsibility to go with it.

"Keepers traditionally haven't been tried. I'd like to think that whether you're a `keeper or a bowler or batsman or an all-rounder, you're never going to be pigeon-holed because of past traditions.

"I just think that if people think you're the right man for the job, give you a go and see what happens."

He did not see this match as a trial for captaincy of the third Test team.

"I've been asked to captain the team in this one-off game so I'll go out and enjoy it, gain a bit from the experience," he said.

"This was selected long before Steve Waugh was injured.

"I'm looking forward to it as a great opportunity to learn about captaincy and have a bit of fun."

Gilchrist, who will captain a side largely untried on the international scene, said his players were in form.

"We've got a form side - a lot of wickets amongst the bowlers and runs amongst the batsmen.

"For Australian cricket's sake we'll be trying to win to make sure we keep them down and us up."

PM's XI coach Geoff Marsh said the team had been selected to reward those players who were putting performances on the board in state-level cricket.

"It's an opportunity for some of the boys to perform in front of the selectors and put their name in the hat," the former Australian coach told AAP.

"It's a pretty hard Test team to get into at the moment and all these matches are opportunities for these boys to show themselves."

Marsh said he believed Brian Lara and other out-of-sorts Windies batsmen needed as much time in the middle as possible but had no idea of who would play.

The West Indies players did not have an official practice session today, having arrived in the early morning after the long overnight flight from Perth.

A team is not expected to be named until shortly before the match at Manuka Oval which has just undergone a $10 million revamp.

Prime Minister John Howard is to officially open the new Sir Donald Bradman Stand at the ground during the lunch adjournment.

PM's XI: Adam Gilchrist (capt), Sean Clingeleffer (Tas), Anthony McQuire (ACT), Mark Higgs (NSW), Brad Hodge (Vic), Mathew Inness (Vic), Martin Love (Qld), Jimmy Maher (Qld), Daniel Marsh (SA), Don Nash (NSW), Brett Swain (SA), Cade Brown (ACT) (12th man).

After days of speculation, the ACB confirmed that Gilchrist would be the 41st Test captain and only the 2nd wicket-keeper to captain the Australian Test team…

Gilchrist named Test captain for Third Ansett Australia Test
Australian Cricket Board - 12 December 2000

Adam Gilchrist has been named as Australia's 41st Test match captain, and will lead the side in the Third Ansett Australia Test match in Adelaide starting on Friday 15 December, 2000.

Ricky Ponting has also been named as vice-captain of the match.

Gilchrist takes over from Stephen Waugh who damaged his left buttock muscle during the Second Ansett Australia Test match in Perth.

The announcement was made by ACB Chairman Dennis Rogers in a media conference at Melbourne Airport on Tuesday morning.

Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting share a joke after an ACB Press Conference in which Gilchrist was announced as Australian captain and Ponting vice-captain, held at Melbourne Airport , Melbourne.

 

THE TEST MATCH

 

Adam Gilchrist leads out the Aussie team at the Adelaide Oval

THE SCOREBOARD - Thanks to Baggygreen.com.au

Test # 1523
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2000/01, 3rd Test
Australia v West Indies
Adelaide Oval
15,16,17,18,19 December 2000 (5-day match)

Result: Read on!
Series: (Before Test) Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: SJ Davis and S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
TV Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: AC Smith (Eng)
Test Debut: M Samuels (WI).

Close of Play:

·  Day 1: West Indies 274/4 (Lara 136*, Dillon 3*, 90 overs)

·  Day 2: West Indies 391, Australia 180/3 (Waugh 10*, Gillespie 2*, 49 overs)

·  Day 3: Australia 403/9 (Martyn 46*, McGrath 1*, 127 overs)

·  Day 4: Australia 403, West Indies 141, Australia 98/4 (Langer 43*, Martyn 18*, 35 overs)

West Indies 1st innings                                  R   M   B  4 6
 


SL Campbell    lbw                b Gillespie           18 101  86  1 0
D Ganga                           b Gillespie           23  87  51  2 0
WW Hinds       c Ponting          b Gillespie           27  73  62  3 0
BC Lara        c Waugh            b Miller             182 351 235 29 1
*JC Adams      c Gilchrist        b Gillespie           49 191 165  4 0
M Dillon       c Waugh            b Gillespie            9  10  10  1 0
M Samuels      lbw                b Miller              35 113  92  4 0
+RD Jacobs     c Langer           b Miller              21  63  51  3 0
NAM McLean     lbw                b Miller               0  12   8  0 0
MI Black       not out                                   1  27  18  0 0
CA Walsh       lbw                b Miller               0   2   1  0 0
Extras         (b 8, lb 12, nb 6)                       26
Total          (all out, 128.5 overs, 520 mins)        391
 


FoW: 1-45 (Ganga, 20.6 ov), 2-52 (Campbell, 24.3 ov),
     3-86 (Hinds, 40.4 ov), 4-269 (Adams, 88.3 ov),
     5-280 (Dillon, 90.4 ov), 6-354 (Lara, 112.2 ov),
     7-376 (Samuels, 118.5 ov), 8-382 (McLean, 122.1 ov),
     9-391 (Jacobs, 128.4 ov), 10-391 (Walsh, 128.5 ov).
 


Bowling                      O      M      R      W
 


McGrath                     36     14     83      0 (3nb)
Gillespie                   32      9     89      5 (2nb)
Miller                      35.5   13     81      5 (1nb)
MacGill                     24      5    118      0
Ponting                      1      1      0      0
 


Australia 1st innings                                    R   M   B  4 6
 


MJ Slater      c sub (RR Sarwan)  b Samuels             83 182 123  8 0
ML Hayden      run out (Campbell/Jacobs)                58 165 119  8 0
JL Langer      c Lara             b Samuels              6  24  21  1 0
ME Waugh       lbw                b Dillon              63 201 142  6 0
JN Gillespie   lbw                b Walsh                4  41  34  0 0
RT Ponting     c Jacobs           b Walsh               92 232 156 10 0
DR Martyn      not out                                  46 151 126  3 0
*+AC Gilchrist c Jacobs           b McLean               9  34  33  1 0
SCG MacGill    c Jacobs           b Dillon               6  23  15  0 0
CR Miller      c Campbell         b McLean               1   3   2  0 0
GD McGrath                        b Dillon               1   8   6  0 0
Extras         (b 5, lb 13, w 5, nb 11)                 34
Total          (all out, 127.4 overs, 537 mins)        403
 


FoW: 1-156 (Hayden, 37.6 ov), 2-160 (Slater, 41.2 ov),
     3-169 (Langer, 43.4 ov), 4-187 (Gillespie, 53.1 ov),
     5-310 (Waugh, 90.2 ov), 6-369 (Ponting, 110.1 ov),
     7-386 (Gilchrist, 120.1 ov), 8-397 (MacGill, 125.5 ov),
     9-398 (Miller, 126.1 ov), 10-403 (McGrath, 127.4 ov).
 




Bowling                      O      M      R      W
 


Walsh                       32      7     73      2 (5nb, 1w)
Black                       18      1     75      0 (4nb)
Dillon                      24.4    2     84      3 (2w)
McLean                      21      1     69      2 (1nb)
Adams                       13      2     35      0 (1nb)
Samuels                     19      6     49      2
 


West Indies 2nd innings                                  R   M   B  4 6
 


SL Campbell    c Gilchrist        b McGrath              8  35  32  1 0
D Ganga        lbw                b Miller              32 137  85  4 0
WW Hinds       c Martyn           b MacGill              9  30  25  0 0
BC Lara        c Langer           b Miller              39  48  38  4 1
*JC Adams      c Martyn           b Miller              15  56  48  1 0
M Samuels      c Hayden           b MacGill              3  28  26  0 0
+RD Jacobs     c Ponting          b Miller               2  22  10  0 0
NAM McLean     c Hayden           b Miller               0   2   3  0 0
M Dillon       lbw                b McGrath             19  32  28  2 0
MI Black       not out                                   3  21  15  0 0
CA Walsh       c Gilchrist        b McGrath              0   2   2  0 0
Extras         (b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)                   11
Total          (all out, 51.5 overs, 211 mins)         141
 




FoW: 1-26 (Campbell, 8.4 ov), 2-36 (Hinds, 15.4 ov),
     3-87 (Lara, 28.4 ov), 4-96 (Ganga, 34.1 ov),
     5-109 (Samuels, 41.5 ov), 6-109 (Adams, 42.2 ov),
     7-109 (McLean, 42.5 ov), 8-116 (Jacobs, 46.1 ov),
     9-137 (Dillon, 51.3 ov), 10-141 (Walsh, 51.5 ov).
 


Bowling                      O      M      R      W
 
McGrath                      9.5    1     27      3 (1nb)
Gillespie                   13      5     18      0
MacGill                     12      2     55      2 (1w)
Miller                      17      6     32      5
 


Australia 2nd innings (target: 130 runs)                 R   M   B  4 6
 


ML Hayden      c Jacobs           b Walsh               14  31  24  1 0
MJ Slater      c Jacobs           b Dillon               1   6   5  0 0
JL Langer      c Jacobs           b Dillon              48 169 118  5 0
ME Waugh       c Jacobs           b Dillon               5  13   7  1 0
RT Ponting     lbw                b Walsh               11  26  15  1 0
DR Martyn      not out                                  34 122  87  0 0
*+AC Gilchrist not out                                  10  18   5  1 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, nb 3)                         7
Total                 (5 wickets, 43 overs, 195 mins)         130
 


DNB: JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, CR Miller, GD McGrath.
 


FoW: 1-8 (Slater, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Hayden, 6.4 ov),
     3-27 (Waugh, 9.1 ov), 4-48 (Ponting, 14.2 ov),
     5-111 (Langer, 39.2 ov).
 


Bowling                      O      M      R      W
 
Walsh                       14      4     39      2
Dillon                      12      3     42      3
Samuels                      6      1     17      0
McLean                       5      1      9      0
Adams                        3      0      7      0
Black                        3      0     12      0 (3nb)
 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

 

Day 4

Day 5

Man of the Match: CR Miller

Day 5 – Ball by ball - Thanks to Baggygreen.com.au


 


  35.1 Dillon to Martyn, no run, back, turning the ball to the on side


  35.2 Dillon to Martyn, no run, leaves


  35.3 Dillon to Martyn, no run, pushed out to point


  35.4 Dillon to Martyn, no run, jumping back to a short ball, fending it down to the on side


  35.5 Dillon to Martyn, no run, defended, to the off side


  35.6 Dillon to Martyn, no run, back, defending


 


End of over 36 (maiden) Australia 98/4 (32 more runs req)


M Dillon 9-3-22-2 - Cathedral End


JL Langer 43* (107b 5x4) DR Martyn 18* (61b)


 


  36.1 Walsh to Langer, three runs, struck firmly through cover


  36.2 Walsh to Martyn, no run, leaves, outside off


  36.3 Walsh to Martyn, two runs, steered to gully


  36.4 Walsh to Martyn, no run, back, defended, to the off side


  36.5 Walsh to Martyn, no run, defended, to mid off


  36.6 Walsh to Martyn, no run, pushed to the off side


 


End of over 37 (5 runs) Australia 103/4 (27 more runs req)


CA Walsh 11-3-33-2 - City End


JL Langer 46* (108b 5x4) DR Martyn 20* (66b)


 


  37.1 Dillon to Langer, legbye: one run, flicked behind square


  37.2 Dillon to Martyn, no run, swerves away from a short delivery


  37.3 Dillon to Martyn, one run, ball rises unexpectedly on the batsman,


        gloving it out fine


  37.4 Dillon to Langer, no run, defended, behind point


  37.5 Dillon to Langer, no run, defending another ball that rises


        suddenly with the gloves or high on the bat


  37.6 Dillon to Langer, two runs, flicked away behind square


 


End of over 38 (4 runs) Australia 107/4 (23 more runs req)


M Dillon 10-3-25-2 - Cathedral End


DR Martyn 21* (68b) JL Langer 48* (112b 5x4)


 


  38.1 Walsh to Martyn, one run, driven out to point


  38.2 Walsh to Langer, no run, leaves, outside off


  38.3 Walsh to Langer, no run, leaving again


  38.4 Walsh to Langer, no run, slashing and missing, outside off


  38.5 Walsh to Langer, no run, back, gloving a rising ball to the off


        side


  38.6 Walsh to Langer, no run, defended, to the off side


 


End of over 39 (1 run) Australia 108/4 (22 more runs req)


CA Walsh 12-3-34-2 - City End


DR Martyn 22* (69b) JL Langer 48* (117b 5x4)


 


  39.1 Dillon to Martyn, three runs, pushed through mid off


  39.2 Dillon to Langer, OUT: pushing at a rising delivery on the back


        foot, ball clips the outside edge, through to the keeper


 


       Australia 111/5, Partnership of 63


       JL Langer  c Jacobs b Dillon  48 (118b 5x4 0x6)


       DR Martyn 25* (70b) M Dillon 10.2-3-28-3


 


       Australian captain Adam Gilchrist coming out to the middle now


  39.3 Dillon to Gilchrist, one run, guided through gully


  39.4 Dillon to Martyn, three runs, forced through cover point


  39.5 Dillon to Gilchrist, FOUR, daring pull, gets away with it, whacking


        the ball away in front of point


  39.6 Dillon to Gilchrist, four runs, slashed down the ground


 


End of over 40 (15 runs) Australia 123/5 (7 more runs req)


M Dillon 11-3-40-3 - Cathedral End


DR Martyn 28* (71b) AC Gilchrist 9* (3b 1x4)


 


  40.1 Walsh to Martyn, no run, flicked back to the bowler


  40.2 Walsh to Martyn, no run, leaves


  40.3 Walsh to Martyn, no run, played out to point


  40.4 Walsh to Martyn, no run, beaten


  40.5 Walsh to Martyn, no run, fending a shorter ball down to the off


        side


  40.6 Walsh to Martyn, no run, back, cutting and missing


 


End of over 41 (maiden) Australia 123/5 (7 more runs req)


CA Walsh 13-4-34-2 - City End


AC Gilchrist 9* (3b 1x4) DR Martyn 28* (77b)


 


  41.1 Dillon to Gilchrist, no run, pushing at the ball on the back foot


        outside off, beaten


  41.2 Dillon to Gilchrist, one run, guided behind point


  41.3 Dillon to Martyn, no run, pushed to the off side


  41.4 Dillon to Martyn, no run, pushed to mid on


  41.5 Dillon to Martyn, no run, driving on the back foot to the fielder


        at wide mid off


  41.6 Dillon to Martyn, one run, guided through third man


 


End of over 42 (2 runs) Australia 125/5 (5 more runs req)


M Dillon 12-3-42-3 - Cathedral End


DR Martyn 29* (81b) AC Gilchrist 10* (5b 1x4)


 


  42.1 Walsh to Martyn, two runs, flicked through mid wicket


  42.2 Walsh to Martyn, no run, defended, to the off side


  42.3 Walsh to Martyn, no run, defended


  42.4 Walsh to Martyn, two runs, flicked through mid wicket to put the


        Windies out of the series


       One more run for Australia to win the match and series


  42.5 Walsh to Martyn, no run, leaves


  42.6 Walsh to Martyn, one run, whacked behind point for the match-


        winning and trophy-retaining run, signalled four by the umpire but


        has been given as one


 


End of over 43 (5 runs) Australia 130/5 (0 more runs req)


CA Walsh 14-4-39-2 - City End


DR Martyn 34* (87b) AC Gilchrist 10* (5b 1x4)


 


       Martyn and Gilchrist completing the needed run before the ball made


        it to the boundary


 


Match State: End of match


 


       So Australia winning the match by 5 wickets, taking an unbeatable


        3-0 lead in the 5-Test series and thus retaining the Frank Worrell


        Trophy


       Instant success for Adam Gilchrist in his first match as captain,


        his Test record as a player also unblemised 12 Australian wins in


        12 matches


       Colin Miller claiming the man of the match award for his two 5-


        wicket hauls

Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist celebrate after guiding Australia to a five-wicket win against the West Indies in Adelaide. Australia retain the Frank Worrell Trophy with a 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Sheer delight! Gilchrist keeps the Australian record-breaking winning run continuing, making it 13 wins on the trot. As well as that, the Test meant Australia retained the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy. Again, Adam shock off the cricits and his doubters, and grabbed the opportunity to help Australia win the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy with two hands. Well done, Adam!

Australians make it a lucky thirteen
Lawrie Colliver - 19 December 2000

Normally the number thirteen is associated with bad luck in the Australian cricket vernacular, but today it took a new meaning as, after thirty-eight minutes of play, Australia wrapped up the Sir Frank Worrell series with a five wicket win here in Adelaide.

Despite the loss of Justin Langer (48) following twenty minutes of play, Damien Martyn (34*) and Adam Gilchrist (10*) steered the ship home on another bright, sunny day.

To start proceedings on the fifth and final day, West Indies captain Jimmy Adams again put his faith in Mervyn Dillon (3/42), giving him the opening over of the day. He tested Martyn out and, from the fourth ball, got one to rise from a length, forcing the West Australian to parry the ball to backward square leg on the bounce. Dillon's excellent maiden acted as a great start the day and then it was the turn of the veteran Courtney Walsh (2/39) to run in from the other end.

Langer went to work immediately, cover driving his first ball for the day for three and, two balls later, Martyn squirted a couple quite safely through the gap between slip and gully. Five from the over and suddenly Australia needed just twenty-seven.

Dillon continued on from the Northern End and gave both batsmen a difficult time. He found Martyn's gloves with a ball which rose sharply from a length - the result a single - and then Langer found two runs backward of square leg with a neat work off the hip.

Walsh sauntered in again to just one slip and a gully, which was quite a remarkable sight in the circumstances, and again the gloves of the batsman were in for a beating as Langer was struck by another ball which rose from a length. Langer's sense of theatre and humour came through as he was shown to be grinning on television coverage straight after the incident.

In the next over, Martyn played a lovely push-drive through the vacant mid off area for three and then, with the score on 111, Langer edged Dillon to Ridley Jacobs to end a partnership of sixty-three. Langer had batted well for his 48 and he left with only nineteen runs still needed.

Gilchrist received a great ovation from the crowd of close to five thousand that made the effort to turn up this morning and he responded appropriately, immediately gliding a ball to third man to open his account. Martyn then square drove a three to reduce the margin to fifteen. To the huge relief of the many present, Gilchrist pulled a four, then off drove for an all run four. Seven were now needed and you could hear the relief eminating from Steve Waugh's lounge room!

Walsh bowled a tremendous over to Martyn following that, beating him once as he cut and then for a second time when he played with a straight bat.

After a couple of singles, two shots off the pads that went for two from Martyn tied the scores. Then a short ball from Walsh was slapped over point to the boundary to ensure the retention of the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy. Due to recent law changes, the boundary actually only proved to be worth a single officially as any runs which are completed before a winning hit now override the actual four. Strange but true, yet largely insignificant in the broader context of a thirteenth consecutive Australian Test win.

 

Gilchrist hails proudest moment of career
Lawrie Colliver - 19 December 2000

Stand-in Australian captain Adam Gilchrist is a proud man this afternoon after leading his team to a hard-fought five wicket win in the Third Test against West Indies.

Gilchrist was absolutely thrilled with the victory - which gave the Australians a thirteenth Test triumph in succession - and described the series-clinching win in Adelaide as "the proudest moment of my career". Of the events which led up to the home team's success on the fifth and final morning of the match, he said that they made for "the hardest Test I have played in my career".

A visibly delighted Gilchrist also spoke in glowing terms about the never-say-die attitude of a team whose leadership he had assumed for this match in the absence of the injured Steve Waugh.

"The belief was there in the team and it is one of our greatest strengths."

When asked whether there was any tension when he went out to bat with just nineteen runs needed, Gilchirst attested that "it was the most nervous I have been in my career. I just said to myself to try and keep calm and play every ball as I saw it."

The overall experience for Gilchrist over the last five days has been special to him.

"I was extra nervous being captain; it's been a huge honour and a big thrill."

"I learnt so much, it totally opens up your mind," he said, adding that it had been a tremendous experience.

Asked whether he would feel comfortable about the prospect of filling the captaincy role for a longer period, Gilchrist said that he would never knock it back but argued that "one game won't give a decisive conclusion either way; you can't rule it out or confirm you can do it."

Virtually immediately after the game, Gilchrist spoke to Waugh but revealed that "he was exhausted in the gym; he was in a thirty second break between bike sprints!"

Gilchrist's opposite number, West Indian captain Jimmy Adams, took some solace in his team's performance and was pleased with the general improvement that it had made to its game after heavy defeats in Brisbane and Perth.

"We mucked it up in the second session of yesterday," he said, lamenting the fact that another forty or fifty runs against his side's name would have made the Australian victory target very interesting.

"We thought (a score of) 230 or 260 (could help win it for us)," Adams said ruefully after the match. A target of only 130 to defend, he said, was "a big ask for the bowlers".

When quizzed on the quality of the Adelaide Oval pitch, Adams stated that it was a fair surface over the opening three days of the match.

"It played better than it looked. I thought it would have played worse than it did," he said.

On Man-of-the-Match Colin Miller, Adams praised the off-spinner, saying he "is a very good international cricketer" and that all international players like Miller bring something to the game.

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