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Loading ...Interesting stuff, although perhaps you misunderstand Giles Clarke. Is there any evidence, anywhere on the planet, that he gives a flying toss what anybody else thinks or says to or about him unless there is a big fat cheque coming his way?
I’d like to see him driving a roller, though.
Adam Gilchrist’s 2009 Cowdrey Lecture
By Will last year, at the end of June Add your comment below
An eloquent, thoughtful and insightful speech made by Adam Gilchrist today. He supported the rise of Twenty20 but defended Test cricket, urging administrators to leave it alone as much as possible. He also pushed for cricket to be included in the Olympics, which isn’t something I know or care much about, but I can see the good it would do for the publicity of cricket.
The post-speech question-and-answer session was excellent, featuring Gilchrist, Graeme Swann and Dave Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper now working for the ICC, and a good man he is too. Shared a couple of beers with him in South Africa and he’s a very serious student of the game, with its core values at the heart of everything he does. When asked this evening his predictions for the Ashes, he quipped: “It’ll be 2-1 going into The Oval, with England in front, and the chairman of the ECB, Giles Clarke, will prepare a featherbed for the final Test” which was a bit of a surprise, and not one Clarke will too overly pleased with I bet.
I put up the transcript of the speech at Cricinfo, so do give it a close read, and MCC will have an MP3 of the recording later.
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2 Responses to “Adam Gilchrist’s 2009 Cowdrey Lecture”
June 24th, 2009 at 7.47 pm
June 25th, 2009 at 11.18 am
Of course, Adam Gilchrist is an intellectual cricketer and his words mean a lot to world cricket given his contribution to cricket. In a way, he said rightly about the exciting game of Cricket T20 that it is definitely an entertaining form of cricket but cannot replace the class of test cricket. It is the test cricket that judges a real player’s worth is the most original cricket form.
Also, he suggested that T20 cricket should be included in the Olympics, which in view is a very sound suggestion.
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