5 batsmen who retired just short of a major landmark in Tests

#3 Adam Gilchrist – 96 Tests and 287 ODIs

Adam Gilchrist fell short of the rare feat of 100 Tests and 300 ODIs by a wicket-keeper

Undoubtedly one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen the world would ever see, Adam Gilchrist redefined the role of the man standing behind the stumps. Until he arrived in 1996, the only job of a wicket-keeper remained that of collecting catches and effecting stumpings; but once he took centre stage, the relevance of runs from a wicket-keeper suddenly appeared to have ballooned, with the world realizing what an impact contributions from the bat of a wicket-keeper could have.

The great Gilchrist announced mid-way into the Adelaide Test against India in 2008 that that would be his last Test, with international retirement coming after the subsequent tri-series that included Sri Lanka. He ended a career of 96 Tests and 287 ODIs, extremely close to completing a century of Test matches and a triple century of ODIs. Had Gilchrist gone on to complete both, he would have become the then first wicket-keeper to have achieved both.