what is squash ball that Gilchrist used in the finals?

Answer 1

Australians cheated (and always will, in someway). And the ICC went on to give them a beautiful cup whose value disappeared by then. Its not worth any other team playing in the world cup to get to the finals at least, if Australian cheats are going to be ultimately supported by the ICC, without equal treatment to all.

But anyway lets all get together and do step one to get things right. Nothing may happen this time (or the next, or the next), but we shall keep going on until the right thing is done.
However the sounding fact is that no matter what he used, it would have been very very difficult to perform like he did, against the Sri Lankan , specially in a situation where the Sri Lankan had a high mental stability, and a better bowling attack than any of the teams that played in the tournament. In fact this bowling combination, i would say, is the best that i have seen during the past decade in any team....very well balanced, varied and most of all very well experienced...Therefore Gilchrist's performance should be commended in that way...
Another fact is that, if Gilchrist had got out early even if he had used the squash ball, there would have been no issue-still i would say it was wrong....This is the first time he has used the squash ball, after failing badly in the previous games so it would have been a bit of a risk for him as well, because he has had no previous experience in using the ball (As he had stated)....things would have been different if an ordinary player played like this but we very well know and have seen that Adam Gilchrist is a very capable man who's able to put up a show like the historic inning he played....
The most important thing that we should not forget is that, if any other player from some other country played like this there would have been a huge issue from the Westerners... say, Senath Jayasuriya did that and the things would have been far more complex and caused havoc amongst the cricketing community despite the fact that he has a better ODI record than Adam Gilchrist...As Asians we should not forget that....!!!!


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MCC comes up with ridiculous innovations in Cricket rule these days.
Somehow this lead to Australian advantage.
they create "So Called New Methods" to kill the spirit of Cricket
So The Non Australian Fans may little by little keep away form Interest of Cricket for this matter ,like these 2decades west Indies people did.
some thing has to be done .And Australians cheated (and always will, in someway). And the ICC went on to give them a beautiful cup whose value disappeared by then. Its not worth any other team playing in the world cup to get to the finals at least, if Australian cheats are going to be ultimately supported by the ICC, without equal treatment to all.

But anyway lets all get together and do step one to get things right. Nothing may happen this time (or the next, or the next), but we shall keep going on until the right thing is done.

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Hide Adam Gilchrist, the opening batsman for Australia admits to the correspondent, Bridgetown, Saturday, AFP of using a squash ball concealed inside his bottom hand glove, a performance enhancing device, to catapult the cricket ball. Using a squash ball enclosed inside the glove is considered as an illegal practice, resulting in catapulting and/or catastrophic consequences, thereby assisting Gilchrist to accumulate an induced score of 149 runs in the one day cricket finals at Barbados.

The Laws of Cricket 2000 Code 2 Ed. 2003: The Preamble to the Laws- specifically states that “the game of Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that; it should be played not only within the rules, but also with the spirit of the game. Any action thereof, that is seen to abuse this spirit cause injury to the game itself. The major responsibility of ensuring the spirit of fair-play rests with the Captain”.

Based on the information related above, the opening batsmen Adam Gilchrist used a performance enhancing device in his bottom hand glove, a squash ball, challenging not only within its laws of Cricket, but also within the ‘spirit of the game’. Any action which is seen to abuse the spirit causes injury to the game itself. Based on the Preamble, the Australian Cricket Team should be disqualified for the illegal practice of concealing a squash ball in the glove, a performance enhancing device. In lieu, the Sri Lankan Cricket Team be re-awarded the Cricket World Cup 2007.

The Captain was aware of the fact that Adam Gilchrist did practice wearing the spring loaded squash ball, concealed in the glove, a prohibitive exercise, with his friend, a squash player - Bob Meuleman, Western Australian Cricketer. So, the Captain in the ‘Spirit of the Cricket Game’, should have brought it to the notice of the


Umpires, and obtained prior approval, before the Cricket game got started. Therefore it is pertinent that the ICC Committee take disciplinary action against both Gilchrist and the Captain-as they are jointly and severely guilty of the illegal device that was employed, and should be suspended for life. Furthermore, the Australian Cricket Team be disqualified from the World Cricket Cup 2007, and the cup be re-awarded to the Sri Lankan Cricket Team.

The characteristic of the squash ball indicates that the ball is made of vulcanised rubber with additions of polymers and synthetic material to achieve a degree of fairly low resilience. The lower the resilience of the object the higher the proportion of energy used in deforming it. Thus when a batsmen hits the cricket ball, the air inside the squash ball gets pressurised or deformed, releasing a spring load of energy, that is transferred directly to the bat, resulting in a catapulting effect on the cricket ball, as evidenced by the spectators, watching Gilchrist’s batting spell bound.

In this context, it is evident that wearing a performance enhancing device (Squash ball) is prohibitive against the ‘Spirit of the Cricket Game’ and is analogous to an Athlete using performance enhancing drugs to win his event. Furthermore, the Australian Cricket Team should be disqualified from the World Cup 2007 and in lieu Sri Lankan Cricket Team be re-awarded the World Cup 2007

Laws’ the Bat: It defines that the bat should be made solely of wood and the hand and glove be part of the bat The specification of the glove is not defined, but it is prohibitive to enclose a performance enhancing device in the glove. Tampering the glove is synonymous to the tampering of the cricket ball, thus the practice is not allowed/acceptable. Moreover, it is explicit that no outside appliance/device can be introduced into the glove; more specifically a spring loaded device as evidenced in the squash ball and is prohibitive.

In conclusion, I write with a firm hand that the ICC conduct disciplinary hearings and the 2007 World Cricket Cup re-awarded to the Sri Lankan Cricket Club and a decision that both Adam Gilchrist and the Australian Captain be banned for Life.

In the event I do not hear from you, Legal Action will be meted against the ICC.



CC: 1. The President – MMC – I would appreciate the views from your office, and
your actions with the ICC and the Australian Cricket Board..
2. The 16 Cricket Teams – Please be reminded that Adam Gilchrist did admit to
concealing a squash ball in his glove. What assurance is there that other
Australian Cricketers too may have used the same technique in recording big
scores in the tournament just concluded? I suggest that in the ‘Spirit of the
Cricket Game’ that all the teams that did loose their matches to the Australian
Team should take legal action individually or in unison against the ICC and/or
the Australian board, for the use of a Performance Enhancing Device, a
catapulting effect to register big scores
Source(s):
Well this is extracted by a letter from the following person to the president of ICC.

Answer 2

I find it quite amusing what little prominence Adam Gilchrist's cheating episode in the world cup received in the news today. If this was someone from another country(especially the subcontinent), we'll probably hear about it every hour on the hour followed by a great TV debate. when someone(don’t remember the name) dropped a lozenge on the ball a few years ago, the Australian media never got tired of it and the episode was repeated over and over. To the Australian sports fanatics (media included) the definition of a cheater is as follows;
"Someone other than an Australian sportsman who creates an unfair advantage, usually in one's own interest, and often at the expense of others. The term cheating usually refers to the breaking of rules but not laws."

thats the way you doit
dont worship Sathan
now all astralians expect sympathy
how pathetic & they think allcricket fans are morons
Need I mention about banned substances that enhance performance?
Clearly, Gilchrist used a non-traditional foreign object to enhance his grip. Perhaps even his mis-hits going over the boundary for a six is an example of the undue advantage gained by this enhanced grip.
To say that a man who has been in poor form throughout the tournament just came back to stellar form during the all important final, and that the squash ball is just a coincidence is simply naïve.
After all, these are guys who wanted SLC investigated for a mere team selection policy.
Had the roles been reversed, and Sanath Jayasuriya was the one with the squash-ball, I`m sure the cricketing world would be on fire now with all sorts of accusations fired at Sri Lanka for cheating.

Answer 3

he inserted half a squash ball in his left (bottom hand) glove on the advice of his Western Australia batting coach Bob Meuleman — also a squash player — to help with his grip and gain power. But is that allowed?

Sub-section 3.6 (c) (i) of Law III of the laws of the game clearly stipulates that 'umpires should satisfy themselves (that) no player uses equipment other than that permitted'. This is why Dennis Lillee's aluminium bat, and Ricky Ponting's graphite blade, were disallowed. So did Gilchrist inform the umpires and the opposition captain?

However, the laws of the game are precise only on 'protective gear', which a squash ball is not.
It was clearly used as a power-enhancing device, because a squash ball, which is made of rubber, when inserted into the gloves acts as a shock absorber. So if a batsman has it in the palm of his hand, and squeezes it while attempting a stroke, the compressed squash ball will store energy, similar to a spring.

When the ball hits the bat, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, meaning the energy stored in the ball is released into the bat, ensuring that it moves faster than normal and hits the ball further.

So in the hands of a capable enough batsmen, it can result in more fours and sixes. Sometimes, because the bat travels faster, a batsman can lose control, which happened once to Gilchrist.

Answer 4

The regulation particularly prohibits a participant from making use of kit except that approved. And nowhere in cricket's 40 2 regulations is there a aspect out of a squash ball as a approved merchandise. If Dennis Lilee's aluminium bat and Ricky Ponting's graphite-lined bat ought to correctly be deemed unlawful, if Hansie Cronje's earpiece attempt became no longer ok, if Scott Styris had to get rid of each and every of the bandage from his acceptable hand earlier he ought to bowl in the tremendous 8 tournament, can Adam Gilchrist's 'hidden ball' pass muster? No regulation can, for sure, take the sheen faraway from Gilchrist's knock. Batting with a common grip antagonistic to the international's superb bowlers is difficult adequate, batting with a squash ball in a unmarried of your gloves is worse. to score 149 scintillating runs is, properly, stunning. nevertheless, 2 questions get up: If making use of a squash ball isn't ok as in conserving with the regulations of the game, is his innings criminal and does it count number? And if it would not count number, can Australia declare to have received a hopelessly one-sided and farcical victory?

Answer 5

hi Mini
i am glad you are interested in this issue
i have so many questions in my mind
like you regarding this matter

some of them are here
if you wish to post them in this forum
it would be appreciated


* Most of his shots, mainly his eight sixes, were massive and cleared the grounds. Did the squash ball help?

*The number of sixes hit by Gilchrist amounts to eight in the finals, compared to two in the previous 10 games. Is it because of the assistance of this squash ball?

* Gilchrist's average without the last innings would have been a mere 30.40 compared to the 45.30 after the finals. Did the squash ball help to boost his average & did it helped
to win the world cup final ?

*Gilchrist's strikerate without the last innings would have been 91.57 compared to the 103.89 after the finals. Again, did the squash ball provide that extra power?



*"That was an amazing innings which will be remembered by many for years to come. However, the question still remains: is it legal to use such equipment and will it provide assistance to Batter?" ::

Answer 6

It has been reported that Adam Gilchrist has inserted half of a squash ball in his glove to get better grip of the ball.