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Gilchrist walks again
Source: The Age - June 30, 2005
Australian star Adam Gilchrist walked despite not getting bat on ball in his side's one-day cricket win over Bangladesh in Canterbury, England.
Gilchrist stunned his captain and batting partner Ricky Ponting when he left the field after a delivery from Tapash Baisya flew to first slip, where Khaled Mahmud took what appeared to be a catch during the match in Canterbury.
But television replays confirmed the ball hit a footmark on the pitch and ballooned to slip while the only thing Gilchrist's bat made contact with was the pitch.
Luckily Gilchrist's honesty did not cost his side, as Australia beat the cricket minnows by six wickets with 11 deliveries to spare, as Michael Clarke (80 not out) and Andrew Symonds (42 not out) guided the side home.
Australia (4-254) overhauled Bangladesh's total of 8-250 in 48.1 overs to post its third win from the past four matches, with the other game a no-result.
Gilchrist famously walked during the semi-final of the 2003 World Cup, and did the same on Thursday before umpire Jeremy Lloyds had a chance to raise his finger.
Gilchrist's 45 from 36 balls took Australia to a flyer, but the innings stalled after his departure until Clarke and Symonds added an unbeaten partnership of 86 in quick time.
Ponting confirmed Gilchrist appeared to be not out.
"I was actually going to yell out to him and from where I was I didn't think he hit it either," Ponting said.
"I turned to the umpire straight away and looked at him and we both had quite strange looks on our faces, but Adam obviously thought that he hit it.
"He hit the ground, I think, behind where the ball pitched and then he said he felt something on the outside edge of his bat and he turned around and saw it balloon to first slip ... and put two and two together and thought he was out caught at first slip, so he trudged off.
"But as the replays have shown, he missed it by quite a bit."
Gilchrist's most famous case of walking was in the 2003 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka, when he left for the dressing rooms because he believed he had edged an Aravinda De Silva delivery in the air and into Kumar Sangakkara's gloves.
Australia's win over Bangladesh gives it a sound build-up to Saturday's tri-series final against England at Lord's, however the bowlers again let their opponents off the hook.
Bangladesh had slumped to 5-75 in the 17th over but recovered thanks to career-best knocks from opener Shahriar Nafees (75) and wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud (71 not out).