Why did Gilchrist bat with squash ball in glove in WC final?
Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist smashed the highest-ever score in a World Cup final on April 28, 2007 with a squash ball placed inside his left glove. Gilchrist, who hit 149(104), revealed that he had kept the squash ball to improve his grip. Sri Lanka later went on to claim that Gilchrist broke the "spirit and tradition of the game".