Now that the World Cup is over Australians are declared as the champions. There is no point on speaking about Adam gilchrist wearing a squash ball under his glove. When you go through the 42 cricket rules you do not find that he has violated any cricket laws. Laws 6:3 Reads as follows:

Hand or glove to count as a part of bat. In these laws:

(a) Reference to the bat implies that the bat is held by the batsman.
(b) contact between the ball either

(1) The striker's bat itself or

(ii) The striker's hand holding the bat.

(iii) Any part of a glove worn on the striker's hand holding the bat.

Also in the appendix further reads as follows:

The bat: the following are to be considered as part of the bat:

• The whole of the bat itself

• The whole of a glove (or gloves) worn on a hand (or hands) holding the bat.

• The hand (or hands) holding the bat, if the batsman is not wearing a glove on that hand or on those hands.

So when you go through the law it does not say that you cannot wear anything under or over the glove or gloves. Also it does not define what the glove or gloves are. Then is it worth while speaking about it? I personally feel that it is waste of time. We Sri Lankans are making a big fuss on this issue. ICC cannot take any action against Gilchrist. On the other hand this was revealed to us by Gilchrist himself. If he kept quiet we would not have known about it. I felt Gilly was transparent because he knew he was within the law. As we all know Adam Gilchrist is a very honest player. Whenever he is out he does not wait for the umpire's decision he walks out. In 2003 at the World Cup Semi Finals vs Sri Lanka an umpire declared that he was not out but as a true sportsman he walked out. I appreciate it very much. Also by Chance if Sri Lanka had won the finals we would not have bothered about it very much.

By wearing a squash ball under his glove Gilchrist may have got an undue advantage. But if it is not violating the law we cannot blame him. But now we can request the ICC to define the glove or gloves in the law. It simply says the glove. For an example Law 6:1 says width and length of the bat. Also it says it should be made of solid wood. Likewise there should be specific regulations for the gloves for ex: 1. Out of what it should be made. 2. How it should be made. 3. Can a player wear any thing under or over it.

When our readers read this article I may become very unpopular. I am a very loyal and a true son of Sri Lanka. But I always speak with facts. I am sure that some of our cricket loving public will thank me for enlightening them.