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Champions Trophy: Adam Hollioake scores 83 not out and wins a lifetime supply of Mars bars!

Champions Trophy: Adam Hollioake scores 83 not out and wins a lifetime supply of Mars bars!

In the first edition of the ICC Champions Trophy in 1998, Adam Hollioake, the England captain smashed a brilliant 83 off 91 balls in the quarter-final against South Africa. Leading a weakened side, he rescued them from a hapless position to take them to 281 — a good score in those days. England lost that game, but the magnificent effort won the England captain a lifetime supply of Mars bars. Nishad Pai Vaidya talks to Adam Hollioake about the game and its intriguing aftermath.

Nishad Pai Vaidya, Adam Hollioake, Interviews, Moments in history, Champions Trophy, ICC Champions Trophy 1998, England, South Africa, Jonty Rhodes, Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Herschelle Gibbs, Allan Donald

June 7 2013, 12:02 pm

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IPL 2013: Adam Gilchrist wades through marshes and swamps to knockout RCB in their own backyard

IPL 2013: Adam Gilchrist wades through marshes and swamps to knockout RCB in their own backyard

September, 21 1996. A 24-year-old, unheralded wicket-keeper batsman, walks briskly to the crease in the Hong Kong Sixes against England. He doesn't last long, as he makes just 15 runs off six balls. But he smashes two skyscraping sixes in his short and sweet innings. Even then, Adam Gilchrist carried an unmistakable stamp of precise timing and that glorious arc of a free-flowing back-lift.

Bharath Ramaraj, Adam Gilchrist, IPL, IPL 6, IPL 2013, Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Azhar Mahmood, Zaheer Khan, RCB vs KXIP

May 17 2013, 11:27 am

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