Gilly, however, does say that spin rivals Warne and Stuart McGill buried their hatchets and turned comrade-in-arms against Buchanan's boot camp idea.
Asked to strip down to the bare minimum, Gilchrist does not disclose his own brand but he 'reveals' Warne's uses 'Playboy' undies, memorably depicted in a UK tabloid.
Gilly tells when asked to deposit 'dependent medication', Mike Hussey handed over asthma inhaler, while Warne reluctantly submitted five packets of Benson & Hedges!
Gilly reveals their media manager, also put through the drill, threw up in a bush but survived to tell the tale.
Gilly divulges three guys had to share "a tin of chunky soup" and "half a loaf of bread" in dinner and there was neither cellphone nor any plump British nurse for Warne.
A grenade went off outside their camp and the cricketers had to run 5 km in pitch dark. While others started unpacking, Warne was busy with his "dependent medication" i.e. Benson & Hedges.
Now, don't tell me you need further reasons to buy "True Colours: My Life" by Adam Gilchrist.
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Good one Som! A good follow up to your Ashes menu.:)
Ottay, thanks. Glad you liked it. Did you see the News of the World pix earlier?
No doubt, Warne doesn't misses a chance to spit venom on Bukha-nan..:)
....I seriously doubt the Kolkata Knight Riders might have undertaken a similar camp ... may be somewhere near Sundarban much to the chagrin of Ganguly.....:)
Anorak, a boot camp in S'ban would have been meeting of the Royal Bengal Tigers and we know which one would have survived the meeting.
I didn't. When did u write it?
Ottayan, I don't remember writing about it in my blog but saw the pix and decided to give the link here for larger public consumption:)
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