THE Adam Gilchrist comparison is an albatross Quinton de Kock will have to carry until such time he surpasses the heights “Churchy” scaled in his 10-year international career. Time does allow for things to even out‚ which could be the case for De Kock. After all‚ it was at this ground in 2001 where Gilchrist scored one of his 16 mostly freewheeling test centuries that often saw Australia end up on the winning side and extricating themselves from potentially difficult positions. One such predicament was in the said test where he galvanised the baggy greens from a precarious 186/5 to a reasonably powerful 382 on the back of an unbeaten 108-ball 138.
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