Australia have plenty in reserve, says Gilchrist

ADAM GILCHRIST is confident Australia will retain their status as the world’s best Test side even though several of their great players are approaching the end of their careers.

Australia’s brilliant wicketkeeper-batsman, who hit the second fastest Test century during the previous Test in Perth, has witnessed the panic Down Under at the prospect of Shane Warne’s impending retirement.

The departure of the greatest leg-spinner in history was always bound to be felt, but Australia’s star-studded line-up could also lose several other key players, with 36-year-old seamer Glenn McGrath strongly tipped to also retire at the end of the series.