I’m no Adam Gilchrist, says Quinton de Kock
The SA wicketkeeper downplays comparisons to the Australian gloveman who revolutionised the role, after posting a potentially match-winning Test century
Hobart — South African Quinton de Kock played down comparisons with destructive wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist as he continued to flay Australia’s bowlers on Monday. The 23-year-old wicketkeeper blazed his second Test century to help give the Proteas a potential match-winning 241-run innings lead over the Australians in the second Test on Monday. By stumps on the third day in Hobart, the Aussies had whittled that lead down to 120 runs with two days remaining. The swashbuckling de Kock has been likened Australian gloveman Gilchrist, who revolutionised the wicketkeeper-batsman role with 17 Test centuries, often turning matches with his prodigious hitting. But de Kock played down the comparison after pounding 104 off 143 balls, including 17 boundaries. "I don’t try to play like him, it’s just the way I play," de Kock told reporters. "I don’t see myself being like him, I just see the ball, hit the ball type thing, have my own certain game plan. "So that’s the way I like to play." D...
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