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NEWS Cricket World Cup 2007>Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup 08th Mar 2007 12.41 IST By Agencies Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist returns to action after paternity leave on Friday refreshed, invigorated and with no plans to retire from either Test or one-day cricket after the World Cup. Gilchrist missed the 3-0 defeat to New Zealand last month and arrived in the Caribbean late on Monday after the birth of his third child.
"I had a fantastic time off since the arrival of our third child," he told reporters at the world champions` practice session in Kingston on Wednesday. "Everything is going well so it’s nice to have that little break from cricket and get that more important business of family well and truly sorted and now get back and focus on the cricket. "Everyone could probably have done with a little bit of a freshener, getting that little bit of time was very timely." Gilchrist is by common acclaim the finest wicketkeeper-batsman to play either test or one-day cricket. But he is now 35 and there has been speculation that the demands of opening the batting in one-day cricket as well as keeping wicket might prompt him to drop out of limited overs cricket, at least, after next month’s final. "I haven’t thought about finishing after this," he said. "I have never been one to sit down and plot out my goals. It’s just about playing the game and having the enthusiasm to do it, that’s pretty much where it stays. "I don’t think now in my career is the time to start plotting things like that. If I do it probably tells me that I need that to motivate me. "I haven’t needed that throughout my career, so I just keep playing and try to be part of a successful team." Gilchrist said Friday’s 13-a-side game against England who defeated the Australians 2-0 in the recent tri-series final would be another opportunity for the champions to hone their skills before the tournament starts in earnest next week. "We have seen a lot of them," he said. "We have to play them again and hopefully again in the World Cup proper. It’s been a good tussle. It will be a good challenge for us." Australia face South Africa, the Netherlands and Scotland in Group A. Also View In-Depth Coverage: Cricket World Cup 2007 Team Page: Australia Team Page: South Africa | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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