| David Gower | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | David Ivon Gower | |||
| Nickname | Lubo, Lu, Stoat | |||
| Born | 1 April 1957 | |||
| Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 80 m) | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm off spin | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 479) | June 1, 1978: v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | August 9, 1992: v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 46) | May 24, 1978: v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | February 16, 1991: v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1975-1989 | Leicestershire | |||
| 1977-1987 | MCC | |||
| 1990-1993 | Hampshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 117 | 114 | 448 | 430 |
| Runs scored | 8231 | 3170 | 26339 | 12255 |
| Batting average | 44. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any Off spin is a type of bowling in the Sport of Cricket which is bowled by an off spinner a right-handed spin bowler who This is a list of English Test cricketers. A Test match is an international Cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international Cricket team representing Pakistan. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international Cricket team representing Pakistan. This is a list of English One-day International cricketers. A One Day International, or an ODI is an international Cricket match between two representative teams Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international Cricket team representing Pakistan. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day form of the Sport of Cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 25 | 30. 77 | 40. 08 | 33. 30 |
| 100s/50s | 18/39 | 7/12 | 53/136 | 19/56 |
| Top score | 215 | 158 | 228 | 158 |
| Balls bowled | 36 | 5 | 260 | 20 |
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bowling average | 20. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 00 | - | 56. 75 | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 1/1 | 0/5 | 3/47 | 0/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 74/- | 44/- | 280/1 | 162/- |
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David Ivon Gower, OBE (born April 1, 1957) is a retired cricket player and current cricket broadcaster. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries He is best known as a former captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.
Gower was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format He spent much of his upbringing in Tanzania, but boarded in England at The King's School Canterbury where he was a talented Rugby Union player. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya The King's School is an English Independent school situated in Canterbury, Kent.
In 1975 he made his debut for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, for whom he played until 1989. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) From 1990 until 1993 he was with Hampshire. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county
Gower was an elegant left hand batsman and had a reputation for being aloof, perhaps because of his privately educated background and upper-class accent and manner. Considered a graceful player, his laconic style was often misinterpreted as indifference and a lack of seriousness, an air he bolstered with a variety of "misdemeanours" from apparently "lazy" shots, to practical jokes, even to his preference for blue (not white) socks. [1]
He made his debut in Test cricket in 1978, scoring a boundary from his first ball, bowled by Pakistan's Liaqat Ali and became, by the time of his retirement, the leading scorer in English history. Liaqat Ali Khan (born May 21, 1955, Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani Cricketer who played in 5 Tests The Ashes series of 1985 was a highlight of his career, with his own batting including three scores in excess of 150. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. Gower occasionally opened the innings, but was mainly a middle-order batsman.
Despite his casual reputation David Gower played a record 119 consecutive Test innings without a duck. He made six noughts in his first 73 innings (44 Tests between 1978 and 1982) but none in his next 66 matches. His only other nought came in the second innings at Melbourne in 1990-91 when England were chasing quick runs for victory. On a more whimsical note, he is one of the few bowlers in Test cricket to have been called for throwing.
In 1987 Gower declined to play in that year's Cricket World Cup as he did not wish to travel, having been on nine successive winter tours since his debut. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket. He never again declined an opportunity to play for England, however. Yet rumours that Gower lacked seriousness gained currency in 1989 when as England Captain he walked out of a press conference claiming he had tickets for the theatre. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) [2] Most controversially, during the 1991 Ashes Tour in Australia England were playing a warm up match in Queensland when Gower decided to take another player (John Morris) for a joy ride in a Tiger Moth biplane without telling the England Team management. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [3] He was fined £1000 for the prank, a penalty that could have been steeper had he released the waterbombs he had also prepared. Gower added insult to injury by posing for press photographs with the planes the next day. England Captain Graham Gooch was enraged by the prank, as he was by Gower's mode of dismissal at a crucial stage of one of the Test matches. Graham Alan Gooch, OBE (born July 23 1953) is a former Cricketer who captained Essex and England. During the fourth Test at Adelaide, Gower walked out to the crease to the tune of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin The last ball before lunch was bowled down the leg side to a leg trap, and all Gower needed to do was block. However, Gower flicked idly at the delivery (Gower was known for his flick shot to the leg side) and was caught at leg-slip. According to Michael Atherton in his autobiography, "Gooch was at the other end and as he walked off his face was thunderous". Michael Andrew Atherton, OBE (born March 23, 1968, in Failsworth Lancashire, England) is a broadcaster journalist and retired Gooch, it is widely believed, was instrumental in Gower being left out of the following tour of India. That selection decision prompted an extraordinary vote of no confidence in the selectors at the MCC, but it was to no avail as Gower was not included. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 He played one more season of county cricket for Hampshire, but in effect his international career was at a premature end at age 35, as England did not see fit to recall him during the 1993 Ashes series despite the heavy defeat they suffered and the threat posed by Shane Warne. Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 is a former Australian international Cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the
Since that time he has been a commentator throughout the world, and an advocate for endangered African wildlife. Perhaps the best summation of his batting talent comes from Clive Lloyd who noted that Gower would be an automatic selection in his West Indies team regardless. Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) is a former West Indies The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting High praise indeed, and a recognition of a genuine match winner with the bat.
Since leaving the game, Gower has enjoyed a new career as a cricket broadcaster and television personality, including being one of the team captains on the popular BBC comedy sports quiz, They Think It's All Over from 1995 till 2003. They Think It's All Over was a British Comedy Panel game with a sporting theme produced by TalkbackTHAMES and shown on BBC One Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He also presented four series of the BBC2 cricket magazine show, Gower's Cricket Monthly from 1995 - 1998 and, at the same time was one of the BBC's main cricket commentators. He is now the main presenter of international cricket coverage for Sky Sports and also commentates on the matches - a role he also plays in the video game Brian Lara International Cricket 2005. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 ( BLIC) (also known as Ricky Ponting Cricket in Australia and New Zealand David was awarded the "Oldie Of The Year" award in 1993.
Ever since his childhood in East Africa, David has maintained an interest in wildlife. He is a Patron of the David Shepherd Foundation and also the World Land Trust. Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA (born 25 April 1931) is a British Artist and one of the world's most outspoken Conservationists The World Land Trust (formerly the World Wide Land Conservation Trust) is a UK -based nonprofit Environmental He is also a director of an Internet wine company.
Its also worth mentioning that David Gower has been immortalised in cockney rhyming slang as the term "shower" - e. Rhyming slang is a form of Slang in which a word is replaced either by another word or phrase that rhymes with it or by the first word of such a phrase in which g. "I'm feeling a bit rank, I'm off for a david" He now resides in Hampshire with his wife who is half icelandic and two daughters
References
- ^ The golden years. The Observer (2007-04-01). The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Retrieved on 2007-09-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
- ^ Dropping the pilot ... from a great height, Martin Williamson, 2006-04-08, cricinfo (online, consulted 2007-02-04)
- ^ When Gower's tour took off, Martin Williamson, 2006-01-14, cricinfo (online, consulted 2007-02-04)
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| Preceded by Bob Willis Mike Gatting |
English national cricket captain 1983/4–1986 1989 |
Succeeded by Mike Gatting Graham Gooch |