From the Vault: Gilchrist slams 57-ball Ashes ton

[Music] right well there he is adam gilchrist arrived to member out for a duck in the first innings he certainly wouldn't want to get a pair here in front of his home don't want to get a pair of the best at times but he wouldn't want to do it at home uh i suspect that his partner out there i feel like he'll be ready it was just a relief really to get there and uh and and to get the three figures that was is really special and great we've got an honours board here at the whacker uh so the test enter in so it'll be nice and in years to come just to look up at that board and your western australian teammates off the pair too that must be nice for him was he a bit nervous yeah he's he's always a bit edgy at the start [Applause] just a little bit high i think well they are going back to their old tactic against him aren't they around the wicket uh angling it into him gilchrist is not taking a backward step here flintoff senses he's rusty he's attacking him he's got about 15 or 20 minutes as mike hussey mentioned that's gilchrist can be edgy early but not that you tell a whole lot of the time but he is rusty at the moment and they haven't got long to get him oh what a shot standing up delivering he was sort of on the back foot initially and uh smashed it through extra for four five for 382. this third test match panasonic yokosuka's oh wow what about that got that [Applause] [Applause] supposedly out of form and the most exciting cricketers ever certainly wicked keeper batsman adam gilchrist magnificent shot oh beautifully played right cut that'll go down the hill that'll be four more this is great failure pushing pushing pushing gilchrist taking the pressure off park as well he's got some nice pace on that occasion it's off and back gilchrist is on fire he's come out he's playing all the shots 29 off 23 deliveries gilchrist cop that three men deep on the onside two on the off there he goes how good is that straight between the gap with midwicket and backward square egg right off the knee to the back it's so good that the only other bloke who might be able to do it is the bloke with all the ball well he's gone to that one and it's way in front of square and away to the boundary there is a man down there he only had five meters to move he moved one before hit the fence the england boys haven't had a good day and picking up the low hard balls that are hit from the center this was one of them [Applause] down the gap again here good chris that will bring up with 50. once again this western australian crowd capacity crowd will be all cheering catch goes and goes and goes first call from the center was catch it they then quickly added to that the bloke in the 23rd row that didn't go as high as some would expect he hits them flat and hard and this is an example of it probably just beaten in flight still went through with the shot knew exactly what he wanted to do and that's flat and hard goes again that's even better that sounded superb and is superb that's the sound the batsmen love to hear bowlers hate it made a beautiful crack as it came right out of the middle of the bat and it was such a controlled shot he wasn't wasn't over swinging at all wasn't it chris what would the young fella do precious situation for him [Applause] that one not quite as high as the other two we've got three men from midwicket to mid on on the fence makes no difference that's the best of the lot 24 from the over three sixes and a four to finish it off and the crowd are going off that was as crisp as the second one there it is there's that chain of girly girly and that's why once again he was beaten in the flight he wasn't to it doesn't make any difference that's not just in the first to roll seats that's in the second row you've got to feel a bit sorry for monty it wasn't bad bowling watch out uh andrew you'll get a sunburned roof in your mouth if you keep doing that [Applause] oh that sounded superb that is superb down the race and down to the river he doesn't know how many balls for that fastest hundred top but a funny feeling he does [Applause] once again it sounds good and it is good that's in the gap just four on this occasion 85 48 balls faced here's a chance a real chance looks it well again and again it's in the gap 89 but not just the timing but the placement pretty well everything he's hit has gone into a gap [Applause] it's that well mahmood [Applause] imagine what he would have done if he was in for he's on strike now there goes uh drive now will he come back for the second i think he probably will clark comes back he's day two for the second that's it magnificent the second fastest in the history of test cricket that's his 17th test hundred seventh against australia second in fourth awesome gilly new champion

Channel: cricket.com.au

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Keywords: adam gilchrist, cricket, england, waca, century, viv richards

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Length: 8min 11sec (491 seconds)

Published: Mon May 04 2020