My gloves are fine: Gilly

MELBOURNE: Adam Gilchrist has denied an Indian manufacturer's claim that his gloves could not have been different from the 'faulty' one worn by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying the match referee has no problem with his equipment.

Manufacturers from Meerut had claimed that Gilchrist wears the same product from their wares under a different brand and if Dhoni's gloves were 'illegal' why not so about the Australian wicketkeeper's.

"I've had my gloves checked, I've heard a rumour. I do know that the guy who makes those gloves makes my gloves as well and I've had match referees check my gloves and they're fine."

Gilchrist said on average his gloves were checked once every season.

He said officials had cracked down on wicketkeeping gloves several years ago because 'they were starting to resemble baseball mitts.'

"They're all hand-made, hand-stitched - they may have just used a little bit too much leather in that area," Gilchrist said.

"It's not a case of they tried to sneak back to the gloves of nine years ago that had (a) really big pouch."