Four new players were awarded contracts and test opener Chris Rogers has been dropped from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players for next season. David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Doug Bollinger and Beau Casson were included on the 25-man list for the first time, while Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke were offered new contracts after failing to make the cut last season.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has used his team's first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup for some intensive practice with his rebuilt side before the Ashes series starting next month.
After hinting that Sachin Tendulkar was a sore loser, former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has taken a swipe at the then skipper Sourav Ganguly and spinner Harbhajan Singh, suggesting that the duo had chickened out of their 2004 Nagpur Test fearing defeat on a grassy wicket.
After setting an opening partnership record and declaring their first innings on 583 for seven, South Africa also posted a wicketkeeping record on the second day of the second Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
"He's one of the most well-respected people in our team, so that's all that interests me," the Australian wicketkeeper said.
Stung by a barrage of criticism, retired Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist on Saturday denied calling Sachin Tendulkar a "bad sport" and a "liar" in his upcoming autobiography, claiming that he was misinterpreted by the media. Gilchrist said all is well between him and Tendulkar after he rang up the Indian batting maestro to explain how excerpts from his autobiography had been quoted out of context by newspapers.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy said the gloves were in breach of the rules because they had extra webbing between the thumb and the forefinger.
While efforts are being made by both Indian and Australian players to keep emotions under control in the current Test series, former stumper Adam Gilchrist questioning Sachin Tendulkar's honesty during the spiteful Sydney Test could open fresh wounds.
The South Africa captured his 417th victim, eclipsing the previous record of 416 briefly held by Australian Adam Gilchrist.
A handful of leading Australians, including Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson, turned down the offer to focus on their international careers.
The Aussie wicketkeeper will be fully fit for the eighth ODI against Sri Lanka on Friday, physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first in Sunday's tri-series ODI against India.
A good bowling line-up has raised Mohammed Yousuf's hopes of beating Australia in a Test series down under, a feat which Pakistan has never achieved.
Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist has attributed his underdog team's fairytale title-triumph at the Indian Premier League to a "culture of learning from mistakes" and playing a "smarter brand" of Twenty20 cricket.
VVS Laxman was told that Deccan Chargers did not need him in the playing XI for the Indian Premier League's later half but he stayed on to contribute his experience and knowledge after being requested, skipper Adam Gilchrist has revealed.
Adam Gilchrist is IPL 2009's most valuable player. If his batting, bowling and fielding performance is expressed only in terms of 'runs', he is seen to have scored a staggering 753 runs. And we haven't taken into account his phenomenal captaincy skills!
Adam Gilchrist scored a whirlwind 85 off 35 deliveries as Deccan Chargers beat Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in the first semi-final of the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Australia's Adam Gilchrist will take part in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament in April, the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed on Friday.
Organisers have agreed with most international boards, including Australia, not to choose players until they have been retired for at least two years.
The second season of the Indian Premier League has been as much about ducks as it has been about runs.
Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist blamed the team's fielding and lower-order batting after losing to Delhi Daredevils by 12 runs in the Indian Premier League, in Durban on Thursday.
The opener was left out because of a hamstring strain from the Australian squad for the Twenty20 match against India.
The Australia fast bowler announced he is taking an indefinite break due to emotional and physical exhaustion.
Left-arm pacer Dirk Nannes, who had fine match in the six-wicket win over Deccan Chargers on Thursday, admitted that initially he was little nervous to replace the legendary Australian pacer in Delhi Daredevils' playing eleven.
Four among IPL's five best players are coming in relatively 'fresh' and only AB de Villiers among them has had a full cricket season. Lasith Malinga is returning from injury, and Irfan Pathan isn't a regular in India's playing eleven in ODIs and Tests.
Adam Gilchrist is the first batsman from Deccan Chargers to reach 500-run mark in the IPL -- 520 at an average of 34.66 in 16 games, including one century and four fifties.
Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of VVS Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacks aggression.
Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist says India's skipper is a dangerous batsman and should get maximum overs possible in the shorter version of the game.
Captain Ricky Ponting, his deputy Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Jason Gillespie and Cameron White are the Australians who have joined the IPL.
A stock bonanza awaits Adam Gilchrist and his Deccan Chargers teammates who fashioned a great turnaround in the IPL franchise team's fortunes to win the title in the second edition of the Twenty20 League, in South Africa in April-May. 'As and when we go public we will set aside a portion of the stock for the players,' Deccan Chargers chairman V Shankar said.
Statistical highlights of the semi-final between India and Australia in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup.
Ian Chappell has said that the Australian team will not feel the absence of Adam Gilchrist as his replacement Brad Haddin is a better wicketkeeper.
Vanquished Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist on Thursday night criticised the Delhi Daredevils for their pacer Mohammad Asif's off-and-on presence on the field during the IPL match even though his opposite number Virender Sehwag pooh-poohed the allegation. Gilchrist said it baffled him to see Asif bowling two overs and then going out before returning again to bowl his final two overs.
A whirlwind unbeaten 109 from Adam Gilchrist ensured Deccan Chargers a comfortable 10-wicket victory over the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the fourth wicketkeeper in the world to effect 350 dismissals in One-day Internationals, while widening the gap further with his India predecessors.
After former wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist created quite a stir with his revelations about the infamous Sydney Test in his book, it is the turn of skipper Ricky Ponting to give his take on the racism row that shook world cricket.
Cricket Australia (CA) have lodged a formal complaint with the Indian cricket board over comments made by Harbhajan Singh about Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist.
Batting will be the key in the upcoming series against Australia, says the former India captain. 'Whichever team puts runs on the board will put pressure on the opposition.'
Adam Gilchrist's blazing half-century went in vain as a spectacular late collapse saw the Deccan Chargers lose to the Delhi Daredevils by 12 runs in the Indian Premier League, in Durban, on Wednesday. Chasing Delhi's 173 for seven, Deccan seemed in control for most part of their innings till medium pacer Rajat Bhatia triggered a lower order to turn the match.
Adam Gilchrist has become the most sought after player for the inaugural Indian Premier League. None other than Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has lined up for the signature of the retiring Australian great for his Kolkata team, according to a newspaper report.
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