Adam Gilchrist, the Australian vice-captain for the one dayer and a great Wicket Keeper has announced his retirement. The news came at the end of the third day's play between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval. He also said that he would retire from the one-day version of the game after the tri-series with India and Sri Lanka. Gilchrist has played 95 Test matches (Before Adelaide Test Match) and has scored 5556 runs with a batting average of 47.82. He holds one of the best strike rates, almost an impossible one in the test matches at an average of 81.97. He holds the wicket keeper's record for most Test dismissals. Gilchrist now has 414 dismissals(377 catches and 37 stumpings) from 96 Tests.
20 of Gilchrist's 37 stumpings have come off the bowling of Shane Warne.
However, it would be a daunting task for the next line of Australian keepers to keep up to their predecessors. Brad Haddin is tipped to succeed Gilchrist behind the stumps in the Test Cricket.
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