Middlesex have signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hope to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said on Thursday.

Gilchrist, a record-breaking wicketkeeper and high-scoring batsman, retired from international cricket in 2008 and captained the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers to the Indian Premier League title this year

Middlesex have signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hope to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said on Thursday.

Gilchrist, a record-breaking wicketkeeper and high-scoring batsman, retired from international cricket in 2008 and captained the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers to the Indian Premier League title this year