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Adam Gilchrist
Source: [1], March 14 2007

Adam Craig Gilchrist (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales), nicknamed Gilly or Church,[1] is an Australian cricketer.[2] He made his first-class debut in 1992, going on to make his first One-day International appearance in 1996 and his Test debut in 1999.[2] He has been Australia's vice-captain in both forms of the game since 2000, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable.[3][4]

Gilchrist is an aggressive left-handed batsman and effective wicket-keeper, combining the two roles for the Australian national team and is considered to be one of the best wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the game.[5][6] His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both One-day and Test cricket and he currently holds the record for the second fastest century in Test match cricket.[7] Gilchrist is also noted for having been reprimanded for outbursts on the pitch a number of times during his playing career, including being fined significant portions of his match fee.[8] He is also renowned for walking when he considers himself to be out, sometimes even contrary to the decision of the umpire.[9]

During his career, he has played for Australia in 90 Test matches and over 250 One-day internationals and will represent his country for a third successive ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

Early and personal life

Adam Gilchrist was born in 1971 at Bellingen Hospital, in Bellingen, New South Wales. He and his family lived in Dorrigo where, playing for his school, Deniliquin Primary School, he won the Taber Shield (named after New South Wales cricketer Brian Taber). At the age of 13, his parents, Stan and June, moved the family to Lismore,[10] where Gilchrist captained his school team. In 1989 Gilchrist was offered a scholarship by London-based Richmond Cricket Club, a scheme he now supports himself.[11]

He is married to Mel, with two sons, Harrison and Archie, and a daughter, Annie. Gilchrist’s personal life became newsworthy early in 2007,[12] as his youngest child was due to be born around the scheduled start of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and this threatened Gilchrist's presence in the early stages of the tournament in March. Archie’s early arrival (in February) meant that Gilchrist was able to declare himself available for the whole competition.[13]

Off the field, Gilchrist’s personal sponsorship partner is PUMA, with which he signed a multi-million (Australian) dollar deal in May 2004.[2] As an international cricketer, he is also covered by the terms of the Australian team's sponsorship deals. Further to this, in June 2003, Australian cricket sponsor Travelex appointed Gilchrist as a non-executive director of its Australasian board.[14]

Outside of cricket, Gilchrist is an ambassador for the charity World Vision in India, a country in which he is popular due to his cricketing achievements.[15] He was approached in early 2005 by the the US baseball franchise, the Boston Red Sox, with a view to him playing for them when his cricket career ends.[16] However, he has been selected for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and remains an active cricketer.[17]

Domestic career

Gilchrist was selected for his first-class debut for New South Wales during the 1992–1993 season,[2] although he played purely as a batsman, due to the presence of incumbent wicketkeeper Phil Emery.[18] In his first season, the side won the Sheffield Shield, Gilchrist scoring an unbeaten 20 in the second innings to secure an easy win over Queensland in the Final.[19] He struggled to keep his place in the side, playing only three First-class matches in the following season.[20]

In 1994 Gilchrist joined the Western Warriors in Western Australia, where he replaced former Test player Tim Zoehrer as wicket-keeper. He made 55 dismissals in his first season, the most by any wicketkeeper in Australian domestic cricket in 1994–95.[21] His second season based in Perth saw him top of the dismissals again, with 58 catches and four stumpings, but, significantly, an impressive batting average of 50.52.[22] The Warriors made it to the final of the Sheffield Shield, at the Adelaide Oval, where Gilchrist made a massive 189 not out in the first innings, but, with the match ending in a draw, South Australia took the title, having scored more points in the qualifying matches.[23] The 1996–97 season saw him top of the dismissals leaderboard once again, with 62, along with a batting average of just under 40,[24] and team success in the Mercantile Mutual Cup, where they won by eight wickets against Queensland in the March 1997 final.[25]

The 1997–98 season ended with Gilchrist top of the dismissals chart for the third season in a row with an improved batting average of 47.66,[26] success in the Sheffield Shield once again, this time against Tasmania,[27] but disappointment for the team in the Mercantile Mutual Cup, losing out in the semi-final to Queensland.[28] The following season saw Gilchrist's domestic appearances begin to diminish due to his international commitments: he made only a single appearance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup,[29] but he still managed help Western Australia regain the Sheffield Shield.[30]

Gilchrist's regular selection for Australia now means that he is rarely available for domestic selection; indeed he made only seven appearances for his state between 1999 and 2005.[31] He did not play once in the 2005–6 Pura Cup and only three times in the limited-overs ING Cup.[32][33]

International career

Early one-day seasons

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Celebrating a century against the World XI in the second ICC Super Series match at Telstra Dome (7 October 2005)

Gilchrist was called up for the Australian One-day International (ODI) team in 1996, his debut coming against South Africa at Faridabad, 25 October 1996 as the 129th Australian ODI cap.[2][34][35] While not particularly impressive with the bat on his debut, scoring 18 before being bowled by Allan Donald, Gilchrist took his first catch as an international wicketkeeper, Hanse Cronje departing for a golden duck from the bowling of Paul Reiffel.[35] Gilchrist replaced Ian Healy for the first two ODIs in the 1997 Australian tour of South Africa, after Healy was suspended for dissent. When Healy returned Gilchrist maintained his position in the team as a specialist batsman after Mark Waugh sustained a hand injury.[36] It was during this One-day series that Gilchrist made his first ODI half-century, with an innings of 77 in Durban.[37] Gilchrist went on to play in the Texaco Trophy later in 1997 in the 3–0 series loss against England.[38]

At the start of the 1997–98 Australian season, Healy and captain Mark Taylor were omitted from the ODI squad as the Australian selectors opted for Gilchrist and Michael di Venuto. Gilchrist's elevation was made possible by a change in policy by selectors, who announced that selection for ODI and Test teams would be separate, with Test and ODI specialists selected accordingly, while Healy remained the preferred Test wicket-keeper. The new team was initially unconvincing, losing all four of its round robin matches against South Africa in the 1997–98 Carlton & United Series,[39] with multiple players filling Taylor's role as Mark Waugh's opening partner without success. Gilchrist also struggled batting in the lower order at number seven, the conventional wicket-keeper's batting position.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). In the first final against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Gilchrist was selected as Waugh's opening partner. In a particularly poor start to the new combination, Waugh was run out after a mix-up with Gilchrist.[40] However, in the Second Final, Gilchrist struck a century, his first in an ODI, to spearhead Australia's successful run chase at the Sydney Cricket Ground, securing his position as an opening batsman.[41]

Touring New Zealand in February 1998, Gilchrist achieved the highest average of all Australian batsmen with 50.00,[42] but significantly took his first ODI stumping, the wicket of Nathan Astle in the Second ODI in Wellington.[43] He went on to play in the Coca Cola Cup in Sharjah in April 1998, a triangular tournament between Australia, India and New Zealand. Australia finished runners-up in the tournament, with Gilchrist taking nine dismissals as wicketkeeper and averaging over 37 with the bat.[44] A productive individual performance in the One-day Carlton & United Series in January and February 1999 against Sri Lanka and England resulted in Gilchrist finishing with a batting average of 43.75 with two centuries and a fifty, a highest score of 154, and a total of 27 dismissals in 12 matches.[45][46] The 1999 tour of the West Indies continued to prove Gilchrist's ability as a batsman-wicketkeeper, with a batting average of just under 30 at a strike rate of nearly 90.00, and seven fielding dismissals in a seven-match series which ended 3–3 with one tie.[47]

First World Cup success

Main article: 1999 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist played in every match of Australia's successful World Cup campaign,[48] his quick-fire 63 runs in 39 balls against Bangladesh eased the Australians into the Super Six stage of the tournament.[49] His half-century in the final helped secure Australian's first world title since 1987 with an eight wicket victory over Pakistan.[50] Success in the World Cup was followed by a defeat by Sri Lanka in the final of the Aiwa Cup in August 1999,[51] despite Gilchrist being the most successful batsman and wicket-keeper of the tournament,[52] and a whitewash of Zimbabwe in October of that year.[53]

Test debut

Gilchrist's Test match debut came against Pakistan at the Gabba in Brisbane in November 1999,[54] becoming the 381st Australian Test cricketer.[55] He replaced Healy for the start of the series, despite Healy's entreaties to the selectors to allow him a farewell game in front of his home crowd.[56] Gilchrist's icy reception at the Gabba did not faze him;[57] he took five catches, stumped Azhar Mahmood off Shane Warne's bowling and scored a rapid 81, in a match which Australia won comfortably.[54] In his second Test match he made an unbeaten 149 to help guide Australia to victory in a game which looked well beyond their reach.[58] Australia were struggling on 126 for 5 with a target of 369 to win as he joined his Western Australian team-mate, Justin Langer, to put on a record-breaking partnership to enable Australia win the Test.[58][59] Gilchrist was also successful in the One-day tournament, the Carlton & Union Series, beating Pakistan 2–0 in a best-of-three final.[60]

In the Third Test against New Zealand in 2000, Gilchrist recorded the third best Test performance ever by a wicketkeeper, taking ten catches in the match.[61] Later that year, he was handed the vice-captaincy of the Australian Test team in place of Shane Warne. Gilchrist's promotion came in the wake of a number of off-the-field controversies that had plagued Warne, including an "...involvement in a phone sex scandal with a British nurse...".[62]

A Test series whitewash over New Zealand[63] was followed by a West Indian touring party and Gilchrist captaining his Test team for the first time in place of the injured Steve Waugh in the Third Test in Adelaide. Despite a mediocre personal performance during the match, some excellent bowling by Colin Miller resulted in a hard-fought five-wicket victory for Australia, and Gilchrist describing the match as "the proudest moment of my career". [64]

Waugh regained the captaincy on his return to the team for the Fourth and Fifth Tests, with the series finishing as a 5-0 whitewash.[65] This was followed by less-than-successful Australian tour of India where despite a man-of-the-match performance in the First Test in Mumbai, scoring 122 and taking six catches in a ten wicket victory for the tourists,[66] Gilchrist's form dipped momentarily, making a rare king pair (two golden ducks in the same match) in the Second Test in Kolkata and scoring just two in his two innings in Chennai, being out LBW four consecutive times.[67][68] His one-day form was reasonable during the same period, averaging just over 40 in Australia's successful Carlton Series campaign at home against Zimbabwe and West Indies,[69][70] and 43.00 in the ODI series in India.[71] During this series he captained the ODI team for the first time, winning all three of the matches under his captaincy.[72]

2001 Ashes

Main article: Ashes 2001

Gilchrist went on to play a pivotal role in the 2001 Ashes series which Australia won 4–1, with a batting average of 68.00 and 26 dismissals in the five match series.[73] During this series, he was captained the team in the Fourth Test at Headingley after an injury to Steve Waugh.[74] Gilchrist declared late on the fourth day leaving England with a target of 315, which England made in some style despite losing two early wickets.[75] England made the total with six wickets to spare with Mark Butcher smashing an unbeaten 173, including 24 boundaries.[74]

Two home series followed in the 2001–02 season, a fully drawn three match series against New Zealand and a whitewash over South Africa 3–0.[72] The Australians then toured South Africa the next month and it was during the First Test in Johannesburg that Gilchrist broke the record for the fastest double century in Tests,[76] requiring 212 balls for the feat.[77] This was eight balls quicker than Ian Botham's stand against India at The Oval in 1982.[78] The record lasted only one month after an innings by New Zealand's Nathan Astle in March 2002, in which he needed 59 less deliveries to reach the milestone.[79] During the three-match Test series against South Africa, Gilchrist made an astonishing average of 157.66 at an equally impressive strike rate of just below 100.[80]

Gilchrist captained the ODI team, once again for a single match, against Kenya in Nairobi during the PSO Tri-Nation Tournament.[81] Despite Australia's unbeaten run in the competition, the final, against Pakistan was abandoned due to rain, so the teams shared the trophy.[82]

From the time of his debut up to the 2003 World Cup, Gilchrist's entry to Test cricket included 11 series and appearance in 39 Tests.[83] With the exception of a difficult tour of India in 2000–01, when he averaged 24.80 (he made 124 runs in the series; 122 of them came in one innings), his performances with the bat were such that he was described at the time as the "finest batsman-wicketkeeper to have graced the game".[83][84] Indeed, at one point in March 2002, Gilchrist's Test average was over 60; the second-highest for any established player in Test history,[85] and he topped the ICC Test batting rankings in May 2002.[86] Gilchrist went on to help the Australians retain The Ashes in 2002–03, playing in all five matches of the series, finishing with an average of over 55 and taking 25 dismissals as wicket-keeper.[87]

2003 World Cup

Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist played in all but one of the matches in Australia's victorious defence of their World Cup title,[88] and finished the tournament with a batting average of 40.80 at a strike rate of 105. He scored four half-centuries, including one in the final and was run out against Sri Lanka in the Super Six stage just a single run short of a century.[89] He was also the World Cup's best wicketkeeper taking 21 dismissals.[90] Success in the World Cup was followed up by a tour of the West Indies where Gilchrist was part of a side that won both the ODI and Test series.[91] The Australians also defeated a touring Bangladeshi cricket team in short series of both forms of the game.[92]

Decline and revival

Gilchrist's Test form dipped again in early 2004, scoring only 28 in six innings against India and Sri Lanka.[72] However, he maintained his high standards in the One-day game, including 111 against India in Bangalore and a 172 against Zimbabwe and two further half-centuries in the VB Series in Australia.[93] Indeed, his success in One-day cricket was underlined by his rise to the top of the ICC ODI batting rankings in February 2004.[94] A Test century against India in October 2004 proved to be a false renaissance;[95] only 114 runs in seven Test innings and 139 runs in eight ODI innings towards the end of the 2004–05 season formed the lowest average period of Gilchrist's career until 2007.[72][93] He took captaincy of the Test team once again, in place of the injured Ricky Ponting,[96] and lead the Australian side to an historic 2–1 series victory on their 2004 tour of India, the first Australian side to do this since 1969.[97]

In early 2005, he hit three successive Test centuries against Pakistan and New Zealand,[98] but later in 2005, he suffered from a prolonged slump in form, particularly in Test cricket, leading for calls for him to be dropped down the order from opening batsman to as low as number seven.[99] A mediocre 2005 Ashes series, averaging 22.62,[100] was punctuated with an excellent 121 not out in the final game of the one-day NatWest Series, Gilchrist being awarded the man-of-the-match award.[101] His one-day form also began to suffer, scoring only 11 runs in three ODIs in New Zealand and 13 in the first two matches of the VB Series.[93] He was rested for two games and returned to form against Sri Lanka on 29 January 2006 on his home ground, the WACA, hitting 116 runs off 105 balls to lead Australia to victory.[99] He continued in this vein with the fastest ever century by an Australian in just 67 balls against Sri Lanka at the Gabba.[102] On 16 December 2006, during the Third Ashes Test at the WACA, Gilchrist scored a century in 57 balls, including twelve 4's and four 6's,[103] the second fastest recorded Test century.[7] At 97 runs from 54 balls, Gilchrist needed three runs from the next delivery to better Viv Richards' record set in 1986.[104] The ball delivered by Matthew Hoggard was wide and Gilchrist was unable to score from it.[105] He later claimed that the "batting pyrotechnics" had been the result of a miscommunication with the Australian captain Ricky Ponting; Gilchrist had actually been told not to score quick runs with a view to declaring the innings.[106]

He carried this good form into the 2006-07 Ashes series with a century and two fifties, averaging over 45 at a strike rate of over 100 as Australia easily regained The Ashes.[107] However, both he and Australia suffered a surprising string of poor results in the 2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series with Gilchrist making an average of 22.20 during the tournament England won with two finals victories over the Australians.[108] He was then rested for Australia's winless three-match ODI tour of New Zealand,[109] and has since been selected for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[110] After earlier indicating that it was highly likely that he would retire after the tournament,[111] he has recently stated his desire to continue playing on after the tournament.[112]

2007 World Cup

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup

Gilchrist and Australia started their 2007 World Cup campaign successfully with a victory in their first Group A match over Scotland on 14 March, 2007. Gilchrist scored 46 runs and took a single catch as Australia won by 203 runs.[113]

Style of play

Gilchrist standing up to Shane Warne. Andrew Strauss is the batsman. (2005)

Gilchrist's attacking batting has been a key part of Australia's one–day success, as he usually opens the batting. He was a part of both the successful 1999 and 2003 Cricket World Cup campaigns.[114][115] Gilchrist's skills as a wicket-keeper are sometimes questioned; some people would claim that he is the best keeper in Australia while Victorian wicket-keeper Darren Berry was regarded by many as the best Australian wicket-keeper of the 1990s and early 2000s.[116][117] In this role, Gilchrist is perhaps disadvantaged by his relatively tall stature for a pure wicket-keeper. However, while perhaps not as elegant as some he has managed to wicketkeep for leg spinner Shane Warne effectively for many years, pulling off many stumpings, missing few catching chances, and letting through few byes.

At Old Trafford in August 2005 he passed Alec Stewart's world record of 4,540 runs as a Test wicketkeeper,[118] and statistically, he is currently the best ODI wicket-keeper in history.[119] With 377 catches and 46 stumpings, a total of 423 dismissals, his closest rival, Mark Boucher, is almost 70 dismissals behind.[119] His Test batting average is just under fifty at 48.8, high for a wicket-keeper.[120] He is currently 45th on the all–time list of highest batting averages.[120]

Walking and discipline

Cricket has for many years debated whether batsmen should "walk", that is to agree that they have been dismissed and leave the field of play without waiting for (or contrary to) an umpire's decision. Gilchrist reignited this debate by walking during a high-profile match, the 2003 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka.[121] He has since proclaimed himself to be "a walker", that is a batsman who will consistently walk,[122] and has done so on numerous occasions.[121][123] On one occasion against Bangladesh Gilchrist walked and TV replays failed to suggest any edge.[123]

Gilchrist's actions sparked debate amongst current and former players and umpires.[9] Ricky Ponting has declared on several occasions that he is not a walker but will leave it to each player to decide whether they wish to walk or not.[124] While no Australian top order batsman have expressly declared themselves to be walkers, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz both walked during Test matches in India in 2004.[125]

In 2004, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming accused Gilchrist of conducting a "walking crusade" when Craig McMillan refused to walk after Gilchrist had him caught an edge from the bowling of Jason Gillespie in the First Test between Australia and New Zealand, in Brisbane.[126] After the appeal was turned down by the umpire, who did not hear the edge, Gilchrist goaded McMillan about the edge, and McMillan's angry response was picked up by the stump microphone: "...not everyone is walking Gilly ... not everyone has to walk, mate...".[126] The taunt was effective however, as McMillan, perhaps distracted, missed the next ball and was given out leg before wicket.[126]

Gilchrist has been noted for his emotional outbursts on the cricket field, and has been fined multiple times for dissent against umpiring decisions.[8][127][128] In January 2006, he was fined 40% of his match fee in an ODI against South Africa.[8][129] In another instance, in early 2004 in Sri Lanka, Gilchrist audibly argued with local umpire Asoka de Silva after batting partner Andrew Symonds was given out. After the argument concluded, de Silva consulted umpiring partner Billy Bowden and reversed his decision, recalling Symonds to the crease.[130] Gilchrist has also been reprimanded for criticism of other players, including questioning Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action in 2002.[131] According to the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) Gilchrist was reprimanded as a result of being found guilty of being in breach of ACB rules concerned with "detrimental public comment".[132]

Achievements

Awards

Gilchrist was one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2002,[133] and Australia's One-day International Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004.[2] He was awarded the Allan Border Medal in 2003,[134] and was the only Australian cricketer currently playing to have been named in "Richie Benaud's Greatest XI" in 2004.[135] He was selected in the ICC World XI for the charity series against the ACC Asian XI, 2004–05,[136] was voted as "World's Scariest Batsman" in a poll of international bowlers,[137] and was named as wicket-keeper and opening batsman in Australia's "greatest ever ODI team."[138]

Test match performance

Test debut: vs Pakistan, Brisbane, 1999–2000.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

  • He has captained Australia in six Tests: four wins, one loss, one draw.[3]
  • Holder of the record for most sixes in a Test career, with 97 sixes.[139]
  • Holder of second fastest Test Hundred (100 in 57 deliveries) vs England, 16 December, 2006.[140]
  Batting[141] Fielding[142]
Opposition Matches Runs Average High Score 100 / 50 Catches Stumpings
Bangladesh 4 199 66.33 144 1 / 0 14 1
England 20 1083 45.12 152* 3 / 6 89 7
ICC World XI 1 95 47.50 94 0 / 1 5 2
India 14 659 29.95 122 2 / 2 48 2
New Zealand 11 923 76.91 162 4 / 5 38 3
Pakistan 9 616 68.44 149* 2 / 3 34 4
South Africa 12 754 47.12 204* 2 / 2 39 5
Sri Lanka 5 316 35.11 144 1 / 1 22 5
West Indies 12 575 47.91 101* 1 / 4 46 6
Zimbabwe 1 133 133.0 113* 1 / 0 9 2
Overall 90 5353 48.66 204* 17/24 344 37
An innings–by–innings breakdown of Gilchrist's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Test match man-of-the-match awards

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards[143]
3 April 2000 New Zealand Westpac Trust Park, Hamilton 75 runs & 10 catches
1 March 2001 India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 122 runs & 6 catches
9 July 2001 England Headingley Stadium, Birmingham 152 runs & 2 catches
26 February 2002 South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 204*, 3 catches, 1 stumping
13 March 2005 New Zealand Jade Stadium, Christchurch 121 runs & 3 catches
22 March 2005 New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington 162 runs & 2 catches
13 April 2006 Bangladesh Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah 144, 12, 1 catch, 1 stumping

Test match man-of-the-series awards

Date Opponent Record/Series link[143]
February-April 2002 South Africa 473 runs at an average of 157.66, 13 catches, 1 stumping in a three match series
March 2005 New Zealand 343 runs at an average of 171.50 & 7 catches in a three match series
October 2005 ICC World XI 95 runs at an average of 47.50, 5 catches & 2 stumpings in a one-off Test

ODI highlights

ODI debut: vs South Africa, Faridabad, 1996–97.[35]

  • Gilchrist's best ODI batting score of 172 was made against Zimbabwe, Hobart, 2003–04.[144]
  • He has captained Australia in 15 ODIs: 11 wins, 4 losses.[4]
  • Holder for record of fastest ODI century by an Australian, 100 from 67 deliveries against Sri Lanka February 14 2006, and eighth equal overall internationally.[145]
  Batting[146] Fielding[147]
Opposition Matches Runs Average High Score 100 / 50 Catches Stumpings
Asia XI 1 24 24.00 24 0 / 0 1 1
Bangladesh 11 385 48.12 76 0 / 4 22 4
England 34 1060 33.12 124 2 / 6 59 3
ICC World XI 3 180 60.00 103 1 / 0 2 0
India 33 1360 42.50 111 1 / 10 51 2
Kenya 3 130 43.33 67 0 / 1 4 1
Namibia 1 13 13.00 13 0 / 0 6 0
New Zealand 40 1194 32.27 128 2 / 7 54 6
Pakistan 24 761 33.08 103 1 / 5 39 5
Scotland 2 52 26.00 46 0 / 0 3 1
South Africa 42 1084 28.52 105 2 / 6 55 8
Sri Lanka 24 1064 44.33 154 4 / 2 27 5
U.S.A. 1 24 - 24* 0 / 0 2 0
West Indies 24 728 31.65 98 0 / 5 32 4
Zimbabwe 15 572 38.13 172 1 / 2 20 6
Overall 257 8631 35.67 172 14/48 377 46
An innings–by–innings breakdown of Gilchrist's ODI batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

ODI man-of-the-match awards

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards[148]
26 January, 1998 South Africa SCG, Sydney 100 runs & 1 catch
8 February, 1998 New Zealand SCG, Sydney 118 runs
13 January, 1999 Sri Lanka SCG, Sydney 131 runs & 3 catches
7 February, 1999 Sri Lanka MCG, Melbourne 154 runs & 2 catches
24 April, 1999 West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 64 runs, 2 catches & 1 stumping
28 August, 1999 India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 77 runs & 3 catches
23 February, 2000 New Zealand Carisbrook, Dunedin 77 runs & 1 catch
26 February, 2000 New Zealand Jade Stadium, Christchurch 128 runs & 2 catches
23 June, 2001 Pakistan Lord's, London 76* runs & 1 catch
3 April, 2002 South Africa Kingsmead, Durban 105 runs & 3 catches
6 April, 2002 South Africa St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 52 runs
12 June, 2002 Pakistan MCG, Melbourne 56 runs, 4 catches & 1 stumping
15 December, 2002 England MCG, Melbourne 124 runs
24 May, 2003 England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 84 runs
12 November, 2003 India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 111 runs
16 January, 2004 Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval, Hobart 172 runs & 3 catches
1 February, 2004 India WACA, Perth 75 runs & 3 catches
1 March, 2005 New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington 54 runs & 2 catches
12 July, 2005 England The Oval, London 121* runs & 2 catches
7 October, 2005 ICC World XI Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 103 runs & 1 catch
29 January, 2006 Sri Lanka WACA, Perth 116 runs & 1 catch
5 February, 2006 South Africa SCG, Sydney 88 runs & 2 catches
14 February, 2006 Sri Lanka SCG, Brisbane 122 runs
23 April, 2006 Bangladesh SCG, Chittagong 76 runs, 4 catches & 1 stumping
12 January, 2007 England MCG, Melbourne 60 runs & 1 catch

ODI man-of-the-series awards

Date Opponent(s) Record/Series link[148]
August 1999 Sri Lanka, India 231 runs at an average of 46.20, 8 catches and 2 stumpings in 5 matches
January-February 2004 India, Zimbabwe 498 runs at an average of 62.25, 16 catches and 1 stumping in 10 matches
October 2005 ICC World XI 180 runs at an average of 60.00, 2 catches in 3 matches

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Preceded by Australian Test cricket captains
2000/1 2001 2004 2004/5 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian One-day International cricket captains
2000/1-2003/4 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian One-day International cricket captains
2006 2006/7 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Allan Border Medal winner
2003 		Succeeded by


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