Adam Craig Gilchrist is a former Australian cricketer, known as one of the most explosive cricketers of all time. Born November 14, 1971, he did an important contribution in redefining the role of Australia’s national cricket through his aggressive batting. He has been nicknamed as Gilly and Churchy. The nickname Gilly has come from his surname and Churchy originates from the incident when he was mistakenly called Eric Gilchurch by one of his fans.
Adam Gilchrist Facts
Name: Adam Craig Gilchrist
Birthday: November 14, 1971
Nationality: Australian
Profession: Cricketer
Batting Style: Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm off break
Height: 1.86 m
Weight: 76 kg
Role: Wicket-keeper-batsman
Spouse: Melindra Gilchrist
Net worth: Approx. $8 million
Adam Gilchrist family and personal life
Adam Gilchrist was the youngest of four children from his father, Stan and mother, June. Gilchrist later married his high school sweetheart Melindra (Mel) Gilchrist who is a dietitian. They have three sons, Harrison, Archie and Ted, and a daughter, Annie Jean together. His family had come under spotlight during the 2007 Cricket World Cup when one of his sons, Archie’s approaching birth had threatened his presence in the squad. However, at the end he was able to take part in the tournament.
Adam Gilchrist was not only an impeccable batsman, he is also equally a good bowler and coach. Gilchrist was also interested in other sport besides cricket. During his retirement announcement, he had hinted to be a part of baseball team in the future. He loved to go out on a long vacation with his family and that is exactly what he did soon after his retirement.
Adam Gilchrist started out as a captain of cricket team of Kadina High School at the age of 13. However, he was formally introduced by New South Wales Team during 1992. His first appearance in the ODI team was on 1996 as the player of Western Australian Team whereas his first test debut was on 1999. During his entire cricketing career he has been the captain of the Australian team for a short period of time and had always been appreciated as the vice-captain of the team. He had scored of 15000 runs, averaging 47.60 in the test cricket and his ODI average is 35.89. He has been an important part of two ICC World Cups in 2003 and 2007. He took the retirement in 26 January, 2008 despite being asked for the reconsideration by the team and even the former Prime Minister of the country. The reason for which gave was he felt like he had lost his competitive age. Before his retirement he had been facing the disappointing loss, one after another.
Even after his retirement, he couldn’t keep away from the cricket. He was the part of Indian Premier League (IPL) in which he played as the part of team Deccan Chargers in 2008 and Kings XI Punjab in 2012. He had also signed the short time contract with Middlesex in November 2009 to play English T20 cricket of which he was appointed as an interim captain.
Adam Gilchrist Net Worth
Adam Gilchrist’s approximate net worth is said to me $8 million. He was auctioned $700,000 by Deccan Chargers in 2008 and $900,000 in 2012 during the IPL matches.
Adam Gilchrist’s Achievements and Contributions
He was awarded with 7 man of the match awards in test matches and 3 in test match series. Similarly, He was awarded with 28 man of the match awards in ODI matches and 3 in ODI match series.
His autobiography, True Colors was published in 2008 which was the matter of controversy because of his mention of Sachin Tendulkar, questioning his integrity, relating to one of the disputes relating to racism against Harbajan Singh.
Adam Gilchrist is regarded to be socially active and responsible. He has been a part of various social and charitable events. He is an ambassador for the charity World Vision in India. He had donated $20,000 towards the kids with disabilities. He also sponsors a boy whose father has died.