1) Sanath Teran Jayasuriya was born on 30 June, 1969, in the coastal city of Matara, Sri Lanka.
2) Sanath Jayasuriya made his ODI debut against Australia in 1989 and Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton in February 1991
3) Sanath Jayasuriya is the highest scorer for Srilanka in ODIs. It’s 189 against India at Sharjah. It is also the highest score in Sharjah. Sanath had the fastest half-century record (17 balls) to his name for many years before it was broken by the AB De Villiers (16 balls)
4) Sanath Jayasuriya and Muthaiah Muralidharan have played 408 International matches together but they never got to bat together
5) Sanath Jayasuriya was educated at St. Servatius’ College, Matara, where his cricketing talents were honed by his school principal, G.L. Galappathy, and cricket coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. Jayasuriya excelled in cricket while at St. Servatius College, Matara and captained the college cricket team at the annual St. Thomas’–St. Servatius Cricket Encounter in 1988
6) Along with Upul Tharanga, Jayasuriya holds the record of highest opening partnership in ODI history. They put up 286 runs stand against England in 2006
7) Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. This should be a surprising factor for many
8) Sanath Jayasuriya is the most capped player for Sri Lanka and also holds Highest number of Centuries and highest number of Sixes by any Sri Lankan player
9) Sanath Jayasuriya participated in a famous dance reality show. It was “Jhalak Dikhlajaa” telecasted on Colors
10) Sanath Jayasuriya was chosen as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1996 and was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997
11) Sanath Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka in the inaugural ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in Australia in 1988 and was subsequently selected for a tour in Pakistan a few months later with the Sri Lanka ‘B’ team, where Sanath made two unbeaten double centuries. Shortly afterwards he was drafted into the national side for the tour to Australia in 1989–90
12) Sanath Jayasuriya has the most career ducks in the ODI format of the game 34. Out of these 10 are Golden Ducks
13) Sanath Jayasuriya was one of the key players in Sri Lanka’s victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup where Jayasuriya was adjudged Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-around contributions. Sanath scored 221 runs and took 6 wickets in 6 matches including two half-centuries (one of which came against India in the semi-final). His tally was quite mediocre statistically speaking but his overall impact on the opposition was perhaps the greatest
14) Sanath Jayasuriya opted to join Politics after his retirement rather than Cricket Coaching or Commentating just to serve his country which was a great thing and now he is a current parliament member
15) Sanath Jayasuriya wife’s name is Sandra jayasuriya who is his 3rd marriage. He divorced with the first two earlier (one in 1998 and other in 2007)
16) Sanath Jayasuriya held the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. Playing in the 1st Test during the 1997 home series against India, Jayasuriya drubbed the Indian bowlers for nearly two and a half days playing 578 balls in his 799 minutes stay at the crease
17) Sanath Jayasuriya is also second to Sachin Tendulkar (2016) in the list of most fours hit in a career 1500
18) Sanath Jayasuriya shares a dubious record with James Anderson for having the most expensive figures in a T20 international, having been hit for 64 runs in the maximum of 4 overs
19) Sanath Jayasuriya is the only player to score 13,000 plus ODI runs and taken more than 300 wickets
20) Sanath Jayasuriya is also the first cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNAIDS, Geneva) for his commitment to prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka
21) Sanath Jayasuriya was awarded man of the match for 47 times in ODI.
1) Anil Kumble was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 17 October 1970 to Krishna Swamy and Saroja. Kumble is married to Chethana Kumble, and has two children son Mayas Kumble and daughter Svasti Kumble. His wife Chetna also has a daughter Aaruni Kumble from her first marriage.
2) Anil Kumble was named Jumbo by his teammates not just because Kumble was a tough bowler to face but also because his feet are quite big.
3) Anil Kumble started his carrier as a fast bowler
4) Against West Indies at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in 1993, Kumble took 6 wickets for only 12 runs. It remains an Indian record, it was broken by Stuart Binny
5) One of only two bowlers ever to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings and only the second player (after Shane Warne) to score 2000 runs and take over 500 Test wickets
6) Anil Kumble held the record for being the fastest Indian bowler to reach 50 test wickets in only 10 test matches before Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record in 9 tests
7) Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1996 Anil Kumble has been an Indian Cricket player and Captain of the Indian Test Cricket team
8) Anil Kumble is the only ever Indian bowler who has taken 5 wickets in a test innings on more than 30 occasions.
9) Anil Kumble made his debut in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket with the Australasia Cup tournament at Sharjah in the year 1989-90, in a match against Sri Lanka. He took 1 wicket in this match, and gave 42 runs
10) Anil Kumble Test Cricket career began with a Test Series against England played at Manchester in August 1990. Kumble took 3 wickets and gave 105 runs in 43 overs out of which 7 were maiden ones
11) Anil Kumble is only the 2nd bowler after England‘s Jim Laker to scalp all 10 wickets in a test innings. The 10 for 74 against Pakistan at the Feroze Shah Kotla in 1998 is hailed as the second best “Bowling performance of all time” by Wisden
12) Anil Kumble has world record in caught and bowled dismissals
13) Anil Kumble led India to Test Series against Pakistan and Australia, in which the National team won by 1-0 and lost by 1-2 respectively
14) Anil Kumble was the leading wicket taker in the 1996 World Cup with a haul of 15 wickets at an average of 18.73.
15) Anil Kumble as a batsman proved that he was a match winner for India by adding 52 runs for the ninth wicket and helping the team chase the target of 216 runs in the 'Titan Cup' against Australia, along with Javagal Srinath in October 1996
16) In 1995, Anil Kumble was honored with the prestigious Arjuna Award from the Government of India for his heroics on the cricket field
17) Anil Kumble completed his pre university college education from National College, Basavanagudi. Kumble secured a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering in 1991-92
18) In 1999, Anil Kumble was the third highest wicket-taker with 88 wickets at the average of 30.03 behind Glenn Mcgrath and Shane Warne
19) On 6 October 2004, Anil Kumble became only the third spinner in the history of Test cricket after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan and the second Indian bowler after Kapil Dev to capture 400 Test wickets
20) Anil Kumble scored his maiden Test century with an innings of 110 against England in 2007. Kumble took 118 Tests to achieve the feat which is a record
21) Anil Kumble became the first Indian bowler and the third in the world to reach the mark of 600 Test wickets. Kumble also holds the record of taking most number of ODI wickets at a particular venue by an Indian with 56 wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
22) On 11 August 2007, Anil Kumble dismissed Vaughan for his 900th international wicket and 563rd Test wicket, putting him on level with McGrath. Later, Kumle trapped Monty Panesar for an LBW to finish the innings and overtake McGrath in the list of all time wicket takers, only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne have more wickets
23) Anil Kumble has bowled 40,850 balls in his entire Test career, which is second highest after Muttiah Muralitharan's 44,039 balls
24) On 2 November 2008, Anil Kumble announced his retirement from International cricket. Australia's Mitchell Johnson turned out to be the last victim of Kumble while his last delivery was a low full toss that was smacked for a blazing boundary by Matthew Hayden
25) Anil Kumble is also remembered for his tenacity in bowling even when injured, especially after an incident in a match against West Indies where, despite having his broken jaw being heavily taped, Kumble came back and took the wicket of Brian Lara.
1) Jacques Kallis was Born on 16 October 1975, at Pinelands, Cape Town
2)Jacques Kallis was extremely close to his father Henry. When Kallis senior was diagnosed with terminal cancer, his son took time out of the sport to be with his father. When Henry Kallis finally passed away at 65, Jacques Kallis changed his One-Day International jersey to the same number.
3) Jacques Kallis had done his schooling at Wynberg Boys’ High school, and it is there where he got his first exposure in cricket. In 2009, the school named it’s ground after the batsman.
4) Jacques Kallis is one of the greatest players of the game and all-rounders.As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 13,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket..
5) Jacques Kallis sister Janine is a cheerleader for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). When Jacques playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the second edition of IPL was dismissed, Janine actually celebrated the dismissal of her brother. Jacques took the entire event rather sportingly and mentioned that he was impressed by her dance at his dismissal.
6) Jacques Kallis made his Test debut against England in 1995. Jacques Kallis had an unimpressive debut, having scored just 1 run. He made his ODI debut against England, but couldn’t make any subsequent impact in his initial ODIs, nor in South Africa’s campaign in the 1996 World Cup. His first major breakthrough for the national team came in a match saving Test knock against Australia in Melbourne, in 1997.
7) Jacques Kallis was dropped from the Western Province Under-15 side because you have to believe it “he was too small to hit the ball off the square” (Ali Bacher and David Williams). When he got to know of this, Kallis responded with “I’ll show them,” and made his way back promptly. He is not exactly “small” these days.
8) Jacques Kallis played 166 Test matches and had a batting average of over 55 runs per innings
9) Jacques Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 Test runs on an eventful opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on 2 January 2013. Jacques Kallis, who had also taken 292 Test wickets, lies third behind Indian player Sachin Tendulkar (15,921) and Australian Ricky Ponting (13,378) on the list of all time run scorers in test cricket.
10) Jacques Kallis was a rugby fly-half in his teens; in fact, he was good enough for MPC Entertainment to mention that he “could just as easily have been starring for the Springboks as the Proteas.” While he never became a double-international, he co-authored Rugby in Our Blood with rugby union coach Jake White, Olympic gold-medallist rower John Smith, sports journalist Angus Powers, and the iconic sprinter Oscar Pistorius.
11) While just a few years ago, Jacques Kallis managed to become just the 8th player to complete the double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets, it was 4 years later, being aged just under 30, wherein Kallis became the leading run scorer for South Africa in Tests. The previous record was held by Gary Kirsten, who had 7289 runs.
12) 2005 was the year wherein Kallis established himself as one of the best in the era. Having scored 1288 runs in a single year alone, he was named as the Test Player of the Year and joint Player of the Year by ICC, being the second recipient of the award post it’s inception in 2004.
13) On December 21, 2010, Kallis met with a minor accident (but emerged unscathed) while driving his Audi R8 at Wynberg. The cheeky Mark Boucher did not hesitate to have a go at Kallis, fresh from a recent hair transplant: “Think my mate’s hair must have got into his eyes while driving last night.”
14) Jacques Kallis was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013.He retired from Test and first-class cricket after playing in the second Test against India at Durban in December 2013 Kallis scored his 45th Test hundred in this match, making him one of the few batsmen to score a century in his final Test. He retired from all form of international cricket on 30 July 2014.
15) Jacques Kallis had totally played 325 ODI matches and scored 11,574 runs with an average of 45.13 including 17 centuries and 86 half century with a top score of 139. Jacques Kallis also had taken 273 wickets with his bowling average of 31.79
16) In 2006, Jacques Kallis raced past Sir Gary Sober’s record of 8032 runs, and became just the second player since the legend himself to have achieved the double of 8000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets.
17) In his 150th Test, Jacques Kallis became the first ever batsman to score a 150. Kallis went on to score 224 against India, which was his second and last double century in Tests, which is also his highest Test score.
18) Jacques Kallis has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game.
19) As a teenager, Kallis played for the Old Edwardians team, where coaches began to see his potential as an all-rounder.
20) Jacques Kallis is the only cricketer to have achieved the combination of 20,000+ international runs, 500+ wickets and 300+ catches and Kallis is only next best to the legendary Garry Sobers on the list of best all-rounders in all international formats put together, based on the average difference criteria. In away Tests, Kallis has done even better than Sobers in terms of average.
1) Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest score by an Indian batsman in Tests. He scored 319 runs against South Africa at the Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on 28th March, 2008.
2) Sehwag score of 309 against Pakistan scored on 28 March, 2004, against Pakistan at Multan is the second best score following his 319 runs against SA.
3) Post this knock, Viru was nicknamed ‘Sultan of Multan’
4) Sehwag father once tried to end his cricketing aspirations when he was 12 after he broke a tooth during a cricket match. Sehwag however escaped the ban with his mother’s help.
5) Sehwag made his First-Class debut against Tamil Nadu in February 1998 in Chennai. His maiden First-Class victim was former India player WV Raman. He didn’t get a chance to bat in the game that turned out to be his only First-Class match that season.
6) In only his second First-Class game, two days after his 20th birthday, Sehwag scored his maiden First-Class century. Coming in to bat at No. 7, he scored 118 runs from 147 balls. His innings had 16 fours and three sixes. He also picked up two wickets in the match. It was a great season for young Sehwag, who scored 745 runs from eight matches at an average of just above 62. He scored three hundreds and four fifties in that season. Besides, he also took 14 wickets at 25.42 apiece. This led to his India call-up and he was also named in the 19 probables list for the World Cup 1999.
7) Sehwag’s knock of 293 runs against Sri Lanka registered at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, is the third best personal score by an India batsman. In this match he scored the fastest 250 runs (off 207 deliveries) by any batsman in the world.
8) Virender Shewag is one of the four batsmen in the world to have crossed 300 runs twice in Tests.
9) Virender Sehwag is the only player in the world to score two triple hundreds and take a five-wicket haul.
10) Sehwag played in the middle order in his first 11 ODIs. In his 12th game, he was asked to open against New Zealand at Colombo. He scored 54-ball 33 in India’s losing cause. Three matches later, he smashed the same attack for a 70-ball 100 and pretty much established himself as an opener. It was also the first of his 15 ODI hundreds. His batting style was compared to Sachin Tendulkar’s and he was often referred to as the latter’s clone.
11) After an impressive start to his ODI career, Sehwag made his Test debut against South Africa at Bloemfontein in November 2001. Batting at No.6, he scored a hundred on his debut and added 220 runs with Sachin Tendulkar for the fifth wicket. He scored 105 runs in the first innings and 31 in the second. But his effort wasn’t enough to avoid India’s defeat.
12) In only his sixth Test match, Sehwag was promoted to open the innings in Test cricket for the first time on the tour of England. He responded brilliantly in his first two Tests as opener by scoring 96-ball 84 at Lord’s and 106 at Trent Bridge. His first two outings established him as India’s opener across formats.
13) In December 2003 at the epic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Sehwag produced one of the greatest innings on the opening day of a Test match. He scored a majestic 233-ball 195 against Australia in no time. Even before the Australians could take the new ball, Sehwag was gone after plundering one of the greatest knock by an Indian, falling just short of his first Test double-century.
14) Virender Sehwag blasted the second fastest ODI century (off 60 deliveries) by an Indian batsman on 11 March, 2009, playing against New Zealand.
15) Virender Sehwag highest ODI score of 219 runs was registered against West Indies at Indore on 8 December, 2011.
16) Seven of his ODI centuries have been scored while chasing a target.
17) Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, are the only two Indian batsmen to have scored six double centuries in Tests.
18) On 11 occasions, Sehwag has converted his hundreds to 150+ runs.
19) In January 2006 against the same opposition, Sehwag found an unlikely opening partner in Rahul Dravid and the two almost broke the record for the largest opening partnership in Tests en route their 410 in Lahore. They fell just three short of the 50-year-old record of 413 runs set by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy. Sehwag, who scored a sublime 254 in that famous innings, later said he was unaware of the previous record.
20) Virender Sehwag featured in three 50-over World Cups and played two finals. His 81-ball 82 was not enough to avoid India’s defeat in the 2003 final. The next tournament in 2007 was a disaster for the team, when India got knocked out in the group stage. His 380 runs in eight matches at 47.50 played a crucial role in India’s victorious campaign in 2011 at home. He was also a part of the team that won the inaugural ICC World T20 in 2007.
21) Sehwag smashed six boundaries in an over once during the Indian Oil Cup final in 2006 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Chasing a target of 282, he thrashed Dilhara Fernando for 4,4,6,4,4,4 (a total of 26 runs) in an over.
22) 2011 World Cup saw Sehwag launch the first five of India’s innings with a first ball boundary.
23) Virender Sehwag has bagged 5 MoS awards and 8 MoM awards in tests. The relevant numbers for ODIs being 2 and 22 respectively.
24) He is the only person in test cricket who has taken 5 wickets in an innings along with a triple century which is a hallmark of sehwag records list
25) Virender sehwag Favorite batsman of all time is Sachin tendulkar
1) During the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, Brett Lee wrote the lyrics for ‘You’re the One For Me’ and recorded it with Asha Bhosle.
2) Brett Lee is part of the rock band ‘Six & Out’. The band is made up of his brother Shane and former New South Wales cricketers Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson and Richard Chee Quee. Lee plays bass guitar for the band. Besides being a pro at acoustic and bass guitars Brett Lee can also play the piano and the mouth organ. His acoustic guitar is with him on every tour.
3) Brett Lee got divorced from Elizabeth Kemp in 2009; the couple had a son named Preston together. He married Lana Anderson in 2014.
4) Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer and a Channel Nine cricket commentator. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world of cricket. Lee’s fastest delivery is 161.0 km/h
5) Brett Lee is the first Australian player to take a hat-trick in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa
6) Brett Lee was given a secret trial as pitcher for America baseball team the Arizona Diamondbacks.
7) In his first cricket match, Brett Lee bowled six batsman out one after the other, in an over. But that was when he was just 9 yrs old.
8) Brett Lee dreads facing Shoiab Akhtar and Chris Cairns.
9) There is an official book out about Brett and brother Shane called "Lee2 - Lee to the Power of Two". In it are some adorable childhood pictures from the family album.
10) Brett Lee favourite ground is the SCG "Other batsmen do not like batting there and I am inspired by the history and tradition."
11) Breet Lee most memorable match was his test debut in the Boxing Day Test against India at Melbourne in 1999. He took 5 for 47.
12) Brett Lee interests are fashion, fresh water fishing, and playing the acoustic or bass guitar.
13) Brett Lee was once briefly nicknamed 'Oswald' by former Australian captain and New South Wales team-mate Steve Waugh during his early international career. During an ODI around 2000, he was in the batting order behind his brother Shane and Ian Harvey. When Waugh read out the batting order, instead of reading 'Lee, Harvey, Lee', he read out 'Lee, Harvey, Oswald'.
14) Brett Lee has been known by his nickname 'Bing', after the chain of electronics store Bing Lee, since his high school days
15) Brett Lee favourite AFL team is the Sydney Swans.
16) Brett Lee favorite NRL team is the St George Illawarra Dragons.
17) Brett Lee owns two pet clown fish that are named "Finding" & "Nemo".
18) Lee's most embarrassing moment was when he was walking out on the field to bat with two left-handed batting gloves on.
19) Brett Lee and wife Liz gave birth to their first child Preston Charles on the 16th November 2006 at 3:30am, a week before the first Ashes Test.
20) Brett Lee cricketing heroes are Dennis Lillee and Allan Donald.
21) Brett Lee owns the record for most times as the 12th man.
1) Brian Lara was born on May 2, 1969 in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago. He was fondly called Princey.
2) Brian Lara was the tenth child of Pearl Lara and Bunty Lara.
3) Brian Lara has two daughters Sydny Lara and Tyla Lara from Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas.
4) At age of six Lara was enrolled in to Harvard Coaching Clinic by his sister for Sunday session of cricket coaching.
5) Brian Lara did his schooling at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School and San Juan Secondary School at Santa Cruz.
6) Brian Lara takes the record for the highest individual score in a test inning. It was in 2004 when his team was against England in Antigua.
7) In 1994 and 1995, Lara earned Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards. He is one of the three sportsmen who earned BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. The other two persons who earn the prestigious award are Shane Warne and Sir Garfield Sobers.
8) Fans would do well to note that in Lara’s honor, the Trinidad and Tobago government constructed a sprawling cricket stadium. The construction work for this full capacity arena began in 2008 and is yet to host a national level encounter. Lara’s contemporaries, most noticeably Tendulkar has been honored by having a stand in Mumbai’s Wankhede being named after the ‘god of cricket’.
9) Brian Lara’s most noticeable triumphs are the many runs he compiled in the West Indies and while touring. But, he isn’t remembered for the other contributions that he rendered to the West Indies cricket. He spotted Ramnaresh Sarwan at the island paradise of West Indies and encouraged him to take up Cricket at a national level.
10) The winner of CARICOM(Caribbean community) Medal of Honor and an honorary citizen of Australia, Lara travels around the world on a diplomatic passport promoting the splendid Trinidad and Tobago tourism.
11) Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as “The Prince of Port of Spain” or simply “The Prince”.
12) Brian Lara has cited Gordon Grenndige, Sir Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as his idols in cricket while growing up.
13) Fly Lara Fly was a feature written by prominent Indian journalist Rahul Bhattacharya. In that, Bhattacharya describes Lara as: “Lara is a beautiful name. Rhythmic, small and epic. It is a classic film theme, an animated heroine, and in cricket, it is a poem that sings a song. Like in Jean “Binta” Breeze’s “Song for Lara”
14) Brian Lara’s impeccable batting record saw him become the newly appointed skipper of the West Indies side in 1998-99. However, his stint as skipper yearned no dividends as the Windies plummeted down the ICC rankings apart from losing their first Test series against England for the first time in 31 years.
15) Brian Lara’s autobiography is titled ‘Beating the field: My own story’ released in 2009.
16) Brian Lara career started to blossom at Fatima College under coach Harry Ramdass.
17) As 14 years old, In the School Boys League, he scored 745 runs and got selected to the Trinidad National Under-16 team.
18) Captaining the Trinidad and Tobago in the ‘West Indies Youth Championship’ in 1987, he set a record by scoring 498 runs. They went on to win the championship.
19) Brian Lara also earns various honors. On 27 November 2009, he got an honorary member in Order of Australia.
20) Brian Lara is the 31st West Indian who earned Honorary Life Membership of the MCC. He got it in 2013.
21) Brian Lara made his first debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the ‘Red Stripe Cup’ in January 1988 and scored 92 against likes of Joel Garner and Malcolm Marshal.
22) The unfortunate death of his father delayed his selection to West Indies cricket team, during India’s tour of West Indies.
23) Brian Lara scored his maiden Test century in Sidney during the West Indies tour of Australia in 1993. He scored 277 runs in his fifth test and helped West Indies win the series 2-1 against Australia.
24) As per Wisden Almanac his inning of 153 not out against Australia in the third test DURING THE 1998-99 series was the best inning next only to that of Sir Donald Bradman.
25) Brian Lara reclaimed the highest score in Test cricket, when he scored 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004.
26) On April 19, 2007, Brian Lara announced his retirement before the final world cup game against England. He scored 18 runs, before being run out.
27) Brian Lara is the only West Indies cricketer to have scored 10,000 or more runs in both, ODI and Test cricket.
1) Adam Gilchrist Sporting (non-cricket) hero is: Lance Armstrong
2) Worst habit: Biting my fingernails...a filthy habit. Lucky I wear gloves on the field
3) Favourite way to relax away from cricket: Anytime when my total and only focus is Mel, Harry and Annie
4) When I was 8-years-old I wanted to be: Pele, or either of my older brothers as they were way cool
5) Adam Gilchrist made his debut in the 1999/00 series in the First Test against Pakistan in Brisbane
6) Adam Gilchrist retired from international cricket in March 2008
7) In November 2007, Gilchrist's peers voted him the greatest Australian ODI cricketer ever, for which he was honoured at an ACA (Australian Cricketers' Association) function before Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
8) Adam Gilchrist is married to his high school sweetheart Melinda (Mel) Gilchrist (née Sharpe), a dietician, and they have three sons, Harrison, Archie and Ted, and a daughter, Annie Jean
9) Adam Gilchrist's autobiography True Colours, published in 2008, was the subject of much controversy. Gilchrist questioned the integrity of Sachin Tendulkar in relation to the evidence he presented in the Monkeygate dispute, which was about allegations of racism against Harbhajan Singh
10) Adam Gilchrist took a wicket on the only ball he bowled in T20 cricket. In his last IPL game in 2013 for KXIP, Harbhajan Singh was the victim
11) Adam Gilchrist played cricket in high school and was offered a scholarship to play at Richmond Cricket Club
12) Adam Gilchrist won numerous accolades in his career including Wisden Cricketer of the Year, International Player of the Year, and the Allan Border Medal
13) Adam Gilchrist was a dominant cricket player like fellow Australian Ricky Ponting
14) Adam Gilchrist was a man of big occasions. He holds the distinction of recording 50-plus scores in the final of three consecutive ODI World Cups (1999, 2003 and 2007). In all the World Cup finals, he has hit at least 8 fours and a six. His strike-rate has also been above 100 each time
15) Since his debut in 1999 to retirement in 2008 = 11 years career, Adam Gilchrist played all = 96 test match consecutively for Australia, which is 4th most by any cricketer for his country.. obviously, a record for a wicket-keeper
16) Adam Gilchrist : Australian Test Cap no. 381, One-day cap no. 129. the day he retired, he had 416 wicketkeeping victims and the world record too, surpassing South African Mark Boucher
17) Adam Gilchrist won 7 man of match awards in test matches and 26 man of the match awards in ODIs.. which keeps him at 10th position in all time player of a match list
18) Adam Gilchrist using Squash Ball in the world cup 2007 final against Srilanka
19) A rare miss from this superb wicket keeper who, in same test match, had broken world record for most catches + stumpings by any wicketkeeper ever in test cricket's history. 24 hours later - Adam Gilchrist announces retirement from International cricket.
20) Adam Gilchrist was first selected to play for "NEW SOUTH WALES" in domestic cricket as a batsman and wasn't allowed to keep wickets then he left the team and moved to "WESTERN AUSTRALIA" just to continue as a wicket keeper
