Cricket great Jason Gillespie wants Australia Day's date changed after Ash Gardner criticism

The furore surrounding Australia Day continues to ignite in the sporting world, with Aussie cricket legend Jason Gillespie calling for the date to be changed. Jason Gillespie, pictured wearing the Adelaide Strikers Indigenous jersey, is calling for the date of Australia Day to be changed The Scorchers and Strikers play for a trophy bearing Gillespie's name, and which celebrates his Indigenous heritage 'A day in which all Australians can celebrate would be my preference,' Gillespie told News Corp on Sunday. Jason Gillespie, pictured with Strikers star Rashid Khan earlier this month, is one of just two Indigenous males to play Test cricket for Australia Gillespie, pictured celebrating a wicket in 1997, believes more needs to be done to encourage Indigenous Australians to play cricket Cricket has often not done a good job of encouraging Indigenous Australians to play the game, though with the cultural shift and desire not to highlight the national holiday, that is very slowly changing. The Aboriginal and Australian flags, pictured on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, are a visual representation of the fierce debate over the national holiday date There is no BBL fixture on Australia Day, and despite a long history of big men's international fixtures on the public holiday, only Gardner and the Aussie women will play this year when they take on Pakistan in Hobart.