Adam Gilchrist's World Cup final innings of 149 has been strongly criticised by some. Sri Lanka Cricket's secretary, Kangadaran Mathivanan, called the move "unethical" and will consider taking the matter up at the ICC annual general meeting in June.
Basically he put part of a squash ball in his batting glove, which helped his grip.
As I'm not sure this would help everyone (I know I would find it ridiculously difficult) does anyone think that what he did was "against the spirit of the game."
Adam Gilchrist would be the last person anyone could possibly point a finger at for playing "against the spirit of the game." He is a proven "walker" which is a real rarity in today's game. He made no attempt to disguise that he had used this piece of rubber in his glove, so where's the problem? I wonder if he had hit 38 and Matthew Hayden has scored 149 if there would be the same "furore".
Nah, it actually kind of makes a bit of sense. I use inners to give me a little bit of spring between my hands and the bat: I reckon it gives you a slightly cleaner hit. Although agreed, half a squashball in your gloves wouldn't be the most comfortable thing on earth, although blasting quick-fire centuries would more than make up for it Perhaps it should be tried...
