{"id":16296,"date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/adam-gilchrist-hands-adelaide-a-huge-compliment\/"},"modified":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","slug":"adam-gilchrist-hands-adelaide-a-huge-compliment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/adam-gilchrist-hands-adelaide-a-huge-compliment\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Gilchrist hands Adelaide a huge compliment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Aussie cricket star and now Big Bash commentator Adam Gilchrist has paid a huge compliment to Adelaide Oval.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI reckon it is almost the jewel in the crown for this competition,\u201d Gilly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis stadium here now and the way the city\u2019s embraced it right across every sporting code has been extraordinary &#8212; none the least the Big Bash.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/298930470&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gilly said the Strikers averaged 43,000 people at their home games in 2015 &#8212; \u201cand that included an opening home game of only 27,000\u2026 because it was 42 degrees that day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just brilliant.\u201d He said. \u201cI\u2019m very lucky &#8212; I get to commentate all the Adelaide games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they think its easier to fly me in from Perth &#8212; Punter doesn\u2019t come too far west in his old age. 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