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For the palaeontologist, see <a href="/wiki/David_J._Gower" title="David J. Gower">David J. Gower</a>. For the rugby league player, see <a href="/wiki/David_Gower_(rugby_league)" title="David Gower (rugby league)">David Gower (rugby league)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="font-size: 125%"><div class="fn" style="display: inline;">David Gower</div><br /><span class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Gower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Gower.jpg/220px-David_Gower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Gower.jpg/330px-David_Gower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Gower.jpg/440px-David_Gower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gower, photographed in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><div class="fn">David Ivon Gower</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-04-01</span>) </span>1 April 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span><br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Left-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right arm <a href="/wiki/Off_spin" title="Off spin">off break</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Role</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Batsman" class="mw-redirect" title="Batsman">Batsman</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">International information <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National side</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Test debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_Test_cricketers" title="List of England Test cricketers">479</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">1 June 1978 v <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team" title="Pakistan national cricket team">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last Test</th><td class="infobox-data">9 August 1992 v <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team" title="Pakistan national cricket team">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ODI debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_ODI_cricketers" title="List of England ODI cricketers">46</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">24 May 1978 v <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team" title="Pakistan national cricket team">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last ODI</th><td class="infobox-data">16 February 1991 v <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team" title="New Zealand national cricket team">New Zealand</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Domestic team information </th></tr><tr style="line-height: 9pt"> <th scope="col">Years</th><th scope="col">Team</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">1975–1989</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">1990–1993</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hampshire County Cricket Club">Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-1px; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">ODI</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">FC</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_A_cricket" title="List A cricket">LA</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>117</td> <td>114</td> <td>448</td> <td>430</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>8,231</td> <td>3,170</td> <td>26,339</td> <td>12,255</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>44.25</td> <td>30.77</td> <td>40.08</td> <td>33.30</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>18/39</td> <td>7/12</td> <td>53/136</td> <td>19/56</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>215</td> <td>158</td> <td>228</td> <td>158</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>36</td> <td>5</td> <td>260</td> <td>20</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>20.00</td> <td>–</td> <td>56.75</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>1/1</td> <td>–</td> <td>3/47</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>74/–</td> <td>44/–</td> <td>280/1</td> <td>162/–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;">ICC <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;background-color:silver"><b>Runner-up</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1979 Cricket World Cup">1979 England</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1564/1564.html">CricketArchive</a>, <span class="nowrap">1 September 2007</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Ivon Gower</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (born 1 April 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricketer</a> who was captain of the <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England cricket team</a> during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test matches</a> and 114 <a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">One Day Internationals</a> (ODI) scoring 8,231 and 3,170 <a href="/wiki/Run_(cricket)" title="Run (cricket)">runs</a>, respectively. He was one of the most <a href="/wiki/Capped" class="mw-redirect" title="Capped">capped</a> and high-scoring players for England during his period, and only <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hobbs" title="Jack Hobbs">Jack Hobbs</a> made more runs against Australia than Gower's 3,269. He was a part of the English squad which finished as <a href="/wiki/1979_Cricket_World_Cup_final" title="1979 Cricket World Cup final">runners-up</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1979_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1979 Cricket World Cup">1979 Cricket World Cup</a>. </p><p>Gower led England during the <a href="/wiki/1985_Ashes_series" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Ashes series">1985 Ashes</a>, and his team was victorious; however, two 5–0 <a href="/wiki/Whitewash_(sport)" title="Whitewash (sport)">whitewashes</a> against the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a> (in 1984 and 1985–86) reflected poorly on his captaincy, and Gower was replaced in 1986. He was briefly reinstated for the <a href="/wiki/1989_Ashes_series" title="1989 Ashes series">1989 Ashes series</a>, before being replaced as captain by <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Graham Gooch</a>. The strained relationship between the pair contributed to Gower retiring from international cricket in 1993. Nevertheless, he ended with an impressive record in <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricket</a>, accumulating 26,339 runs at an <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">average</a> of 40.08, and 53 centuries. As of February 2021, he held the record of 119 consecutive innings without registering a <a href="/wiki/Duck_(cricket)" title="Duck (cricket)">duck</a> in Test cricket.<sup id="cite_ref-Beard_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his retirement, Gower became a successful cricket commentator with <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>, and on 16 July 2009 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/ICC_Cricket_Hall_of_Fame" title="ICC Cricket Hall of Fame">ICC Cricket Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-icchalloffame_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icchalloffame-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018, he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the ECB.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gower was born in <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a> in 1957. His father, Richard Gower <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">OBE</a>, was working for the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Service" title="Colonial Service">Colonial Service</a> in a position in <a href="/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" title="Dar es Salaam">Dar es Salaam</a>, capital of the then British-administered territory of <a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_Territory" title="Tanganyika Territory">Tanganyika Territory</a>, where Gower spent his early childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gower42_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower42-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family returned to England after <a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_(1961%E2%80%931964)" title="Tanganyika (1961–1964)">Tanganyika</a> was granted independence, when Gower was six years old, settling in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> and later moving to <a href="/wiki/Loughborough" title="Loughborough">Loughborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower42_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower42-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower attended <a href="/wiki/Preparatory_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Preparatory school (UK)">prep school</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marlborough_House_School" title="Marlborough House School">Marlborough House School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hawkhurst" title="Hawkhurst">Hawkhurst</a> from the age of 8 to that of 13, where he leaned towards cricket as his preferred sport.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower44_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower44-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was awarded a scholarship to attend <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_School_Canterbury" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's School Canterbury">The King's School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> – where his father had once been <a href="/wiki/Head_boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Head boy">head boy</a> – as a <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower44_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower44-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower made the school cricket <a href="/wiki/XI_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="XI (cricket)">First XI</a> aged 14, and was later made <a href="/wiki/Captain_(cricket)" title="Captain (cricket)">captain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played for the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby</a> First XV before being dropped from the team for "lack of effort".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at school, Gower played representative cricket for <a href="/wiki/Independent_school_(UK)#Public_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school (UK)">Public Schools</a> against <a href="/wiki/State_school#United_Kingdom" title="State school">English Schools</a> at under-16 level. </p><p>Gower finished school with eight <a href="/wiki/O_level" class="mw-redirect" title="O level">O levels</a>, three <a href="/wiki/A_level" class="mw-redirect" title="A level">A levels</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Scholarship_level" title="Scholarship level">S level</a> in history. He sat the History exam for <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> and was offered an interview at <a href="/wiki/St_Edmund_Hall,_Oxford" title="St Edmund Hall, Oxford">St Edmund Hall</a>, but missed a place.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower49_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower49-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spurning a place at <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a>, Gower returned to school in an attempt to gain two more A levels but lost interest partway through the year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having played some matches for the <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire</a> Second XI the previous summer, Gower tried his luck at the club as a professional for the remainder of the year, for £25 per week.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower49_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gower49-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer, Gower returned to University College, where he studied law, but after six months he returned to professional cricket.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gower is nicknamed "Lord Gower" by his Sky Sports colleagues, in allusion to his aristocratic ancestry and <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (UK)">public school</a> education. As a member of the Gower family formerly of Glandovan, he is a distant cousin of the <a href="/wiki/Leveson-Gower" class="mw-redirect" title="Leveson-Gower">Leveson-Gower</a> family, <a href="/wiki/Dukes_of_Sutherland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes of Sutherland">Dukes of Sutherland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per Gower's autobiography, <i>An Endangered Species</i>, "there was reckoned to be land in the family in Pembrokeshire two or three generations earlier, which an errant ancestor gambled away in a moment of boredom, and a connection with a place called Castell Malgwyn, now a country house hotel, in Cardigan."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gower enjoyed one of the most prolific first-class cricket careers in English history, in both domestic and international competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower's career run total in test matches of 8,231 is the fifth-highest by an English player, behind only <a href="/wiki/Alec_Stewart" title="Alec Stewart">Alec Stewart</a> with 8,463, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Graham Gooch</a> with 8,900, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Root" title="Joe Root">Joe Root</a> (still active) with 12,131, and Sir <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Cook" title="Alastair Cook">Alastair Cook</a> with 12,472.<sup id="cite_ref-mostmatches_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mostmatches-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played domestic cricket from 1975 until 1993, largely with <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire</a> until 1989, when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hampshire County Cricket Club">Hampshire</a>. He was a stalwart batsman at both clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_career">Domestic career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Domestic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gower made his debut for Leicestershire on 30 July 1975, during that season's County Championship, against <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lancashire County Cricket Club">Lancashire</a> at Stanley Park, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool">Blackpool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fcmatches_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcmatches-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Winning the toss, Lancashire chose to bat first and amassed 259, thanks largely to a century by <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(cricketer)" title="David Lloyd (cricketer)">David Lloyd</a>, who would later become Gower's co-commentator. Gower, batting at number seven, scored 32 before he was dismissed by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shuttleworth_(cricketer)" title="Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)">Ken Shuttleworth</a>, Leicestershire making 321 and taking a first-innings lead. Lloyd made 90 in the second innings as Lancashire declared on 305, with Gower taking one catch to dismiss <a href="/wiki/Jack_Simmons_(cricketer)" title="Jack Simmons (cricketer)">Jack Simmons</a> for 17. The match, lasting only three days with 100 overs as a maximum limit imposed on both teams for each innings, ended in a draw, with Leicestershire reaching 90 without Gower getting to bat again.<sup id="cite_ref-sc1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower continued to make little impression during the rest of the 1975 season, playing in only two more matches and ending the season with 65 runs at 13.00.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He enjoyed greater success in his debut <a href="/wiki/List_A" class="mw-redirect" title="List A">List A</a> season, playing in eight matches, scoring 175 runs at 25.00 with two fifties.<sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gower was retained for the 1976 season, however, playing in a total of seven first-class matches. He enjoyed greater success, with 323 runs at 35.88 including a maiden century, 102<a href="/wiki/Not_out" title="Not out">*</a>, and a second fifty.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one-day cricket he played another eight matches, scoring 188 runs at 23.50 with a season–high score of 48.<sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1977 season saw Gower play 25 matches, with another career-best of 144*, his only century of the season. He amassed 745 runs at 23.28, with three other half-centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the one-day format he was far more prolific, playing 24 matches and scoring 867 with a best of 135*, one of two hundreds that year, along with four fifties, all at 48.16.<sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two first-class matches against <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team" title="Sri Lanka national cricket team">Sri Lankan</a> domestic teams over the winter of 1977–78, in which he scored 76 runs at 38.00 in first-class and a score of 22 in the only one-day fixture,<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower topped 1,000 runs in a season for the first time in his career, scoring 1098 runs at 37.86 including two hundreds, five fifties and a call-up to the national team.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gower returned to England in 1978 from an international tour with a career-best 200*, forming part of his 957 runs for the season at 41.60, with eight fifties to go with that one hundred.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his efforts that season, Gower was awarded <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisden Cricketer of the Year">Wisden Cricketer of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5ofyear_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5ofyear-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wisden</i> recorded that "The sun scarcely graced the English cricket scene with its presence in 1978, but when it did it seemed to adorn the blond head of David Gower. The young Leicestershire left-hander could do little wrong. He typified a new, precocious breed of stroke-players, imperious and exciting, who added colour and glamour to an otherwise bedraggled English summer."<sup id="cite_ref-wisdenreport_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wisdenreport-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1980 season in England saw Gower again top 1,000 runs, with 1142 at 48.89, including five hundreds and a career-best 156*. This was, thus far, the most prolific first-class season of Gower's career.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played 21 one-day matches, with 616 runs including another century.<sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He followed up the winter international tour with a prolific performance during the 1981 season, which included the <a href="/wiki/1981_Ashes_series" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Ashes series">1981 Ashes series</a>. During this season Gower played 19 matches, scoring a career-best 1,418 runs at 48.89, including one knock of 156*.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Against Essex at Grace Road he shared an unbroken county record second-wicket stand of 289 with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Balderstone" title="Chris Balderstone">Chris Balderstone</a>. </p><p>After another successful international tour, Gower returned to England to breach 1,000 runs again with a career-best 1,530 at 46.36, with two hundreds, and scored five further hundreds for only the second time in 1983, when he again topped 1,000 runs, 1,253 this time at 46.40.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He narrowly failed to reach 1,000 runs in the 1984 season, ending with 999 at 35.67, and then scored 1,000 runs, including a then career-best of 215, at 54.70, in 1985. Gower scored one century in England and Australia in the next two seasons, before topping 1,000 runs for three consecutive series, in 1987, 1988 and 1989, with a total of seven centuries including his career-best 228.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989 he moved to Hampshire, and upon returning from the 1989–90 tour of the West Indies, where he scored only four in one match, he scored 1,263 runs for his new club at 46.77, and he scored 1,142, 1,225 and 1,136 in his final three seasons, ending his last, 1993, with four centuries at 42.07.<sup id="cite_ref-famatchseason_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famatchseason-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was despite Gower being, at times, so out-of-form that Brian Mason, a personal counsellor, was asked to work with him on his poor form.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final three seasons had seen poorer returns in one-day cricket, with his last century coming in 1992, and with his final season returning 347 runs at 26.69.<sup id="cite_ref-lamatchesseason_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamatchesseason-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his final first-class match,<sup id="cite_ref-fcmatches_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcmatches-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower faced <a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Essex County Cricket Club">Essex</a> at <a href="/wiki/County_Cricket_Ground,_Chelmsford" title="County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> on 16 September 1993. Batting at number four, he made a farewell century of 134 before he was stumped in the first innings, and with future captain <a href="/wiki/Nasser_Hussain" title="Nasser Hussain">Nasser Hussain</a> and then captain Graham Gooch both making centuries as Essex fell short of Hampshire's 347 with their own innings of 268, Gower came out to bat for the final time in Hampshire's second innings. He made 25. Gooch, at that time the England captain, having succeeded Gower, came back onto the field for Essex to score his second century of the match.<sup id="cite_ref-sclast_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sclast-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_career">International career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg/250px-WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg/375px-WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg/500px-WCAM_Tiger_Moth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Despite a prolific scoring career, Gower is often best remembered for his languid, laid-back approach both on and off the field.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991 he buzzed an England warm-up match with a biplane, an action for which he was reprimanded.<sup id="cite_ref-Gibbs,_p._133-134_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gibbs,_p._133-134-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Gower was selected to play for the England Young Cricketers in 1976 against the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a> equivalent team. Gower played one match, on 27 August, at the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_Oval" title="Queen's Park Oval">Queen's Park Oval</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Spain" title="Port of Spain">Port of Spain</a>. Opening the batting, Gower made only 10 runs in the first innings as England were bowled out for 164; after the West Indies had made 201, he scored 49 in the second innings, stumped off a spin bowler. England were dismissed for 202, and bowled the West Indies out for 143 to take a 22-run victory.<sup id="cite_ref-youthtest_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youthtest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his debut in Test cricket in 1978 at <a href="/wiki/Edgbaston_Cricket_Ground" title="Edgbaston Cricket Ground">Edgbaston</a>, scoring a boundary via a <a href="/wiki/Pull_shot" class="mw-redirect" title="Pull shot">pull shot</a> off his first delivery, bowled by Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Liaqat_Ali_(cricketer,_born_1955)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liaqat Ali (cricketer, born 1955)">Liaqat Ali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to make 58 in England's only innings, followed by 56 at <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s" title="Lord's">Lord's</a> and 39 at <a href="/wiki/Headingley_Cricket_Ground" title="Headingley Cricket Ground">Headingley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinn_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinn-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 July, Gower played against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team" title="New Zealand national cricket team">New Zealand</a>, scoring his maiden Test hundred, 111 off of 253 deliveries in the first innings, and making 11 in the second. He made scores of 46, 71 and 46 in the rest of the series, the latter including his first Test six, earning him selection for the following Ashes Tests in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinn_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinn-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Gower might have been more at home in the 1920s or 1930s, cracking a dashing hundred for MCC, the darling of the crowds, before speeding away in a Bugatti and cravat for a night on the town.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Scyld Berry on Gower, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i>, 1984</cite></p> </div> <p>Gower made his Ashes début at <a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">the Gabba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, on 1 December 1978. He made 44 and 48* in the first Test, before making his maiden Ashes hundred, 102 from 221 balls at <a href="/wiki/WACA_Ground" title="WACA Ground">Perth</a>. These were to be his only significant contributions, however, and he saw out the rest of the series with scores of 29, 49, 7, 34, 9 and 21, until a meticulous 65 in the final Test at <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinn_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinn-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then faced four Test matches against India over the summer of 1979, beginning the series with a fast-paced 200* at Edgbaston, followed by an 82 at Lord's. Ducks at Leeds and <a href="/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">The Oval</a> followed, however, and he struggled against Australia in the winter of 1979 with 17, 23 and three. A battling 98* at Sydney was again followed by another duck and 11 as Gower's form deserted him. After 16 against India in February 1980, and 20 and one against the West Indies, his form picked up marginally with scores of 45, 35 and 48 against Australia and the West Indies. One more fifty followed at <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Oval" title="Kensington Oval">Bridgetown</a>; however, he eventually broke the run of poor form with a hard-fought 154* from 403 deliveries at <a href="/wiki/Sabina_Park" title="Sabina Park">Kingston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinn_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinn-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trent_Bridge_Test_Match,_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_(geograph_2489133).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg/250px-Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg/375px-Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg/500px-Trent_Bridge_Test_Match%2C_1981-_Alderman_to_Gower_%28geograph_2489133%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>Gower batting for England in a Test match at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Trent Bridge</a> in 1981. <a href="/wiki/Terry_Alderman" title="Terry Alderman">Terry Alderman</a> is bowling, with <a href="/wiki/Ian_Botham" title="Ian Botham">Ian Botham</a> at the bowler's end. There are four slips and two gulleys fielding to the left of <a href="/wiki/Rod_Marsh" title="Rod Marsh">Rod Marsh</a>. Despite one score of 89 during the series, Gower had failed to consistently perform, and thus the Australian team set this very attacking field.</figcaption></figure> <p>Gower's timely revival of form ensured his selection for the <a href="/wiki/1981_Ashes_series" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Ashes series">1981 Ashes series</a>; however, apart from an 89 at Lord's, Gower failed to convert the success he was having in the domestic game to the Test matches, with many scores in the twenties or lower.<sup id="cite_ref-youthtest_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youthtest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two scores in the eighties against India, one against Sri Lanka and two seventies against Pakistan over the winter of 1981/82 kept in him contention for an international place, but centuries were lacking in his game. In August 1982, however, Australia received the England touring team at Perth, where Gower made 72 and 28. He followed this with 18, 34 and 60 at Brisbane and <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide</a> before a compact 114 in the second innings of the Adelaide match revived his hundred count.<sup id="cite_ref-youthtest_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youthtest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two more hundreds in the summer of 1983 against New Zealand, and knocks of 152 and 173* against Pakistan in 1984 ensured his place in the side.<sup id="cite_ref-youthtest_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youthtest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following his 173* in the last Test against Pakistan, Gower suffered another drop in form, managing only three fifties in the next 18 Test innings against the West Indies, Sri Lanka and India. In 1985, however, after low scores at Leeds, Gower enjoyed a "golden season" in the <a href="/wiki/1985_Ashes" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Ashes">1985 Ashes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mh36_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mh36-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He scored 86 and 22 at Lord's against Australia, and 166 at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Trent Bridge</a>. Following this, he scored 47 at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford_Cricket_Ground" title="Old Trafford Cricket Ground">Old Trafford</a>, and then at Edgbaston on 15 August, scored 215 from 314 balls, his career-best score, and immediately followed this with 157 at The Oval.<sup id="cite_ref-youthtest_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youthtest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he forged two partnerships over 300 runs, with 331 scored with <a href="/wiki/Tim_Robinson_(English_cricketer)" title="Tim Robinson (English cricketer)">Tim Robinson</a> (148) during Gower's own double-century, and 351 with Gooch's 196 at The Oval.<sup id="cite_ref-mh36_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mh36-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ended the series with 732 runs at 81.33, leading England to a 3–1 victory. </p><p>Gower struggled in 1986. His mother had died a week before he left to captain the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_the_West_Indies_in_1985%E2%80%9386" title="English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985–86">England tour to the West Indies</a> which ended in a 5–0 defeat (Gower's second at their hands). Back in England against India, Gower lost the captaincy after two Tests both of which were lost. Retained as a senior player for the New Zealand series and the subsequent Ashes tour, his fortunes began to turn in December with 136 against Australia at Perth. </p><p>In 1987 Gower declined to play in that year's <a href="/wiki/1987_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1987 Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a> for he did not wish to travel, having been on nine successive winter tours since his debut. He never again declined an opportunity to play for England; yet, in 1989, rumours that Gower lacked serious commitment gained currency when, as England captain, he walked out of a press conference claiming he had tickets for the theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-mw_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More controversially, during the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Ashes_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1990–91 Ashes Tour">1990–91 Ashes Tour</a> in Australia, England were playing a warm up match in <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> when Gower, together with batsman <a href="/wiki/John_Morris_(cricketer,_born_1964)" title="John Morris (cricketer, born 1964)">John Morris</a>, chose to go for a joy-ride in two <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">Tiger Moth</a> biplanes without telling the England team management.<sup id="cite_ref-mw2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both had been dismissed earlier that day, and they decided not to remain at the ground to "watch <a href="/wiki/Allan_Lamb" title="Allan Lamb">Allan Lamb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robin_Smith_(cricketer)" title="Robin Smith (cricketer)">Robin Smith</a> flat the Queensland attack before a small crowd".<sup id="cite_ref-g130_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g130-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this Gower was fined £1000, a penalty that could have been steeper had he released the water bombs he had also prepared.<sup id="cite_ref-g132_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g132-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also posed for press photographs with the plane the next day. </p><p>Gooch was enraged, as he was by Gower's mode of dismissal at a crucial stage of one of the Test matches. During the fourth Test at Adelaide, Gower walked out to the crease to the tune of <i><a href="/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_their_Flying_Machines" class="mw-redirect" title="Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines">Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gibbs,_p._133-134_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gibbs,_p._133-134-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 and was caught at leg-slip. According to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Atherton" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Atherton">Mike Atherton</a> in his autobiography, "Gooch was at the other end and as he walked off his face was thunderous". This was another example of the strained relationship between the two. His score of nought in the second innings at Melbourne in 1991, when England were chasing quick runs for victory, ended his world record, unbroken sequence, of 119 Test innings without registering a duck.<sup id="cite_ref-Beard_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower scored 73 and 31* in the following matches against Pakistan; however, on 9 August 1992 he was dismissed for one by <a href="/wiki/Waqar_Younis" title="Waqar Younis">Waqar Younis</a> in what would be his last Test match, at The Oval.<sup id="cite_ref-august9_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-august9-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is often thought that Gooch was instrumental in Gower being omitted from the subsequent tour of India.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gibbs,_p._133-134_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gibbs,_p._133-134-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The selection decision prompted a vote of no confidence in the selectors at the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a> (MCC), but it was to no avail as Gower was not included.<sup id="cite_ref-g135_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g135-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to Gooch's perceived regime of hard work over talent, Gower retired from international cricket in early 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gibbs,_p._133-134_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gibbs,_p._133-134-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playing_style">Playing style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Playing style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg/300px-CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg/450px-CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg/600px-CampbellBothamWillisErskineGower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Gower (far right) with fellow commentators Willis and Botham, politicians <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Campbell" title="Alastair Campbell">Alastair Campbell</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Erskine,_14th_Earl_of_Mar" class="mw-redirect" title="James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar">James Erskine</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Gower, a left-handed batsmen, played with a dominant top hand and a "most graceful" style of batting<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-grace_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grace-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he had a reputation for being aloof. His languid 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.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers%27_Almanack" title="Wisden Cricketers' Almanack">Wisden</a></i> described him as "fluffy-haired, ethereal-looking" who played "beautifully, until the moment he made a mistake. Sometimes, the mistake was put off long enough for him to play an innings of unforgettable brilliance."<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:20%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>At times Gower's habit of getting out just when he ought to have been settling in may have frustrated fans and selectors, but in half-hour highlight-package terms he was worth a dozen <a href="/wiki/Allan_Border" title="Allan Border">Allan Borders</a> and a hundred <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Boycott" title="Geoffrey Boycott">Geoffrey Boycotts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><i>The Guardian</i> on Gower.</cite></p> </div> <p>Gower was repeatedly lambasted by the media as being "laid back" or "nonchalant"<sup id="cite_ref-euro_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a "devil-may-care" approach some found infuriating, as <i>Wisden</i> records, "the difference between an exquisite stroke and a nick was little more than an inch" in his style of batting.<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Roebuck" title="Peter Roebuck">Peter Roebuck</a> recorded that "Gower never moves, he drifts", while <a href="/wiki/Frances_Edmonds" title="Frances Edmonds">Frances Edmonds</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i> spoke of Gower in 1985: "Difficult to be more laid back without being actually comatose."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower himself commented in 1995 in an interview in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>: "I was never destined to be on the ball 100 per cent of the time. I don't have the same ability that Graham Gooch has, to produce something very close to his best every time he plays. There were Test matches where I suddenly felt, at the end of it, 'Well, I wish I'd really been at that one.'"<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gower was also a right-arm <a href="/wiki/Off_break" class="mw-redirect" title="Off break">off break</a> spin bowler despite batting left-handed, who took one Test wicket at 20.00 out of the six overs he sent down on the rare occasions when he was called upon to bowl. His domestic cricket added another three wickets to give him an overall average of 56.75;<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Martin Williamson, the managing editor of <a href="/wiki/ESPNcricinfo" title="ESPNcricinfo">ESPNcricinfo</a>, records Gower and <a href="/wiki/James_Whitaker_(cricketer)" title="James Whitaker (cricketer)">James Whitaker</a> as "probably two of the worst bowlers in the country" in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-recordthat_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-recordthat-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On one occasion, during <a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Shaughnessy_(cricketer)" title="Steve O'Shaughnessy (cricketer)">Steve O'Shaughnessy</a>'s 35-minute century for <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lancashire County Cricket Club">Lancashire</a>, Gower conceded 102 for 0 from nine overs.<sup id="cite_ref-recordthat_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-recordthat-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1986 Test against New Zealand at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Trent Bridge</a>, Gower became the only England bowler to be called for <a href="/wiki/Throwing_(cricket)" title="Throwing (cricket)">throwing</a> in a Test in England. Handed the ball by captain <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gatting" title="Mike Gatting">Mike Gatting</a> with New Zealand requiring only one run to win, Gower deliberately threw his first ball to <a href="/wiki/Martin_Crowe" title="Martin Crowe">Martin Crowe</a>. Technically the game ended with the no-ball call, but Crowe hit a four off the ball which was permitted to stand, leaving Gower with the unusual match bowling figures of 0-0-4-0 (1nb).<sup id="cite_ref-gowernb_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gowernb-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the field, Gower is noted by biographer <a href="/wiki/Kersi_Meher-Homji" title="Kersi Meher-Homji">Kersi Meher-Homji</a> as being a "magnificent outfielder who took amazing catches and threw with accuracy and power to run out the blasé batsman." <a href="/wiki/Ambidextrous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambidextrous">Ambidextrous</a> in the field and when bowling, Gower also plays both golf and hockey, writes and kicks right-handed.<sup id="cite_ref-mh36_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mh36-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he was far less effective as a fielder late in his career, especially in one-day matches, since a chronic shoulder injury – usually described as the shoulder being "thrown out" – meant that he usually bowled the ball in when fielding, rather than throwing it in, significantly reducing the speed of the return and allowing batsmen easy runs.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commentating">Commentating</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commentating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>It's the old'uns versus the young'uns, Ian and myself versus Nasser and Mike. There's a lot of cross-generational banter as well as pure dressing-room banter. It helps pass the time of day, really.<sup id="cite_ref-skylife_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skylife-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Gower on Sky commentary</cite></p> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_Team_(David_Gower_cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg/220px-Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg/330px-Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg/440px-Sky_Team_%28David_Gower_cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1173" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption>Gower working for Sky Sports during the 2013 Ashes series</figcaption></figure> <p>After leaving the game, Gower enjoyed a new career as a cricket broadcaster and television personality, including being one of the team captains on the popular <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> comedy sports quiz <i><a href="/wiki/They_Think_It%27s_All_Over_(TV_series)" title="They Think It's All Over (TV series)">They Think It's All Over</a></i> from 1995 to 2003. He also presented four series of the <a href="/wiki/BBC2" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC2">BBC2</a> cricket magazine show, <i>Gower's Cricket Monthly</i>, from 1995 to 1998, and, at the same time was one of the BBC's main cricket commentators. Gower also spent time commentating on several cricket series in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> in the 1990s. His commentary for <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Channel Nine</a>, with his trademark relaxed calls of play and generous attitude to the players and fellow commentators, proved extremely popular with Australian cricket viewing audiences. </p><p>Gower was the main presenter of international cricket coverage for <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> and a regular commentator for many years until 2019 when Sky decided not to renew his contract. Matthew Engel of <a href="/wiki/ESPNcricinfo" title="ESPNcricinfo">ESPNcricinfo</a> wrote that Gower's commentating career has been "so successful that his cricket seemed mere preparation".<sup id="cite_ref-cricpro_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricpro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower returned to commentary for <a href="/wiki/BT_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Sport">BT Sport</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Ashes_series" title="2021–22 Ashes series">2021–22 Ashes series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alan Tyers of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> wrote that it had been "excellent having Lord Gower back on the cricket commentary: assured, amusing, urbane. And always a steelier character than his insouciance suggested [...] perhaps he might even be enjoying reminding his former employers at Sky that he is still a quality broadcaster."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_interests">Later life and interests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Gower&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later life and interests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gower is interested in conservation. In 1989, he joined <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Durrell" title="Gerald Durrell">Gerald Durrell</a> and his wife Lee, along with <a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">David Attenborough</a>, in helping to launch the <a href="/wiki/World_Land_Trust" title="World Land Trust">World Land Trust</a> (then the World Wide Land Conservation Trust). The initial goal of the trust was to purchase rainforest land in <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a> as part of the Programme for Belize. Gower is also a Patron of the <a href="/wiki/David_Shepherd_(artist)" title="David Shepherd (artist)">David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation</a>, and he is vice-president of the <a href="/wiki/Nature_in_Art" title="Nature in Art">Nature in Art</a> Trust,.<sup id="cite_ref-NatureInArt_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NatureInArt-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, he was named an Officer of the Most Excellent <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE). In 1994, he received an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">Honorary Master of Arts</a> award from <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_University" title="Loughborough University">Loughborough University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gower is also a director of an Internet wine company.<sup id="cite_ref-old81_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-old81-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gower and his wife, Thorunn, are Patrons of Southampton-based charity Leukaemia Busters. He was also awarded the "Oldie of the Year" award in 1993 by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oldie" title="The Oldie">The Oldie</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-oldieoftheyear_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldieoftheyear-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the author of a number of written works on cricket, including <i>Gower: The Autobiography</i> with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> journalist Martin Johnson in 1992, <i>David Gower: With Time to Spare</i> with Alan Lee in 1995 and <i>Can't Bat, Can't Bowl, Can't Field</i> also with Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-amazon_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amazon-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Gower was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/ICC_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="ICC Hall of Fame">ICC Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-icchalloffame_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icchalloffame-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2014, Gower was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> opposing <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> in the run-up to September's <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">referendum on that issue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The Sports Campus. 17 July 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090822094105/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907161402/test-cricket/hof-inductees">Archived</a> from the original on 22 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Charles Mosley, 2006, p. 157</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.burkespeerage.com">"burkespeerage.com"</a>. burkespeerage.com. 30 April 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070715215802/http://www.burkespeerage.com/">Archived</a> from the original on 15 July 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Observer&rft.atitle=The+golden+years&rft.date=2007-04-01&rft.aulast=Wheen&rft.aufirst=Francis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2F2007%2Fapr%2F01%2Fcricket.features&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-euro-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-euro_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-euro_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2004" class="citation news cs1">Pearson, Harry (19 June 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/19/euro2004.sport16">"Why David Gower is the Euro 2004 style icon"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 March</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Why+David+Gower+is+the+Euro+2004+style+icon&rft.date=2004-06-19&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Harry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2F2004%2Fjun%2F19%2Feuro2004.sport16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopps, p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1995" class="citation news cs1">Smith, Giles (28 August 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/brilliant-but-fallible-swashbuckling-but-reserved-david-gower-is-the-sort-of-hero-that-sport-no-longer-admits-and-mores-the-pity-1598329.html">"Brilliant but fallible, swashbuckling but reserved: David Gower is the sort of hero that sport no longer admits"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110106180511/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/brilliant-but-fallible-swashbuckling-but-reserved-david-gower-is-the-sort-of-hero-that-sport-no-longer-admits-and-mores-the-pity-1598329.html">Archived</a> from the original on 6 January 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Brilliant+but+fallible%2C+swashbuckling+but+reserved%3A+David+Gower+is+the+sort+of+hero+that+sport+no+longer+admits&rft.date=1995-08-28&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Giles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Flife-style%2Fbrilliant-but-fallible-swashbuckling-but-reserved-david-gower-is-the-sort-of-hero-that-sport-no-longer-admits-and-mores-the-pity-1598329.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-recordthat-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-recordthat_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-recordthat_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliamson2006" class="citation web cs1">Williamson, Martin (20 May 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120105013602/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/247910.html">"The record that never was"</a>. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/247910.html">the original</a> on 5 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+record+that+never+was&rft.pub=ESPNcricinfo&rft.date=2006-05-20&rft.aulast=Williamson&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcontent%2Fstory%2F247910.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gowernb-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gowernb_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrindall2007" class="citation web cs1">Frindall, Bill (31 January 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/tms/6317311.stm">"Stump the Bearded Wonder No. 139"</a>. BBC News. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160327000545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/tms/6317311.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 27 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Stump+the+Bearded+Wonder+No.+139&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft.date=2007-01-31&rft.aulast=Frindall&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Fcricket%2Ftms%2F6317311.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discussing fielding with Sir Ian Botham on Sky TV during the Australia-England ODI on 1 July 2012, Gower said "... in my pomp, I had a decent arm. Only when my shoulder went it was much restricted. ... The underarm in tended to be embarrassing."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-skylife-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-skylife_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson2006" class="citation web cs1">Thompson, Jenny (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/249482.html">"Living the Sky Life"</a>. ESPNcricinfo. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121113202523/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/249482.html">Archived</a> from the original on 13 November 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Living+the+Sky+Life&rft.pub=ESPNcricinfo&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Jenny&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fci%2Fcontent%2Fstory%2F249482.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmmon" class="citation web cs1">Ammon, Elizabeth. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ashes-bt-sign-up-david-gower-to-fill-in-the-gaps-when-michael-vaughan-is-commentating-gv06b6g2v">"The Ashes: BT sign up David Gower to fill in the gaps when Michael Vaughan is commentating"</a>. <i>The Times</i>. London.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Ashes%3A+BT+sign+up+David+Gower+to+fill+in+the+gaps+when+Michael+Vaughan+is+commentating&rft.aulast=Ammon&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fthe-ashes-bt-sign-up-david-gower-to-fill-in-the-gaps-when-michael-vaughan-is-commentating-gv06b6g2v&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller2021-12-17T10:39:00+00:00" class="citation web cs1">Miller2021-12-17T10:39:00+00:00, Max. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/bt-sport-flying-in-david-gower-to-replace-michael-vaughan-ashes-commentary/5166108.article">"BT Sport flying in David Gower to replace Michael Vaughan Ashes commentary"</a>. <i>Broadcast</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Broadcast&rft.atitle=BT+Sport+flying+in+David+Gower+to+replace+Michael+Vaughan+Ashes+commentary&rft.aulast=Miller2021-12-17T10%3A39%3A00%2B00%3A00&rft.aufirst=Max&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcastnow.co.uk%2Fbroadcasting%2Fbt-sport-flying-in-david-gower-to-replace-michael-vaughan-ashes-commentary%2F5166108.article&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWigmore2021" class="citation web cs1">Wigmore, Tim (16 December 2021). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/12/16/david-gower-join-bt-sport-commentary-team-final-three-ashes/">"David Gower to join BT Sport commentary team for final three Ashes Tests as Michael Vaughan replacement"</a></span>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/12/16/david-gower-join-bt-sport-commentary-team-final-three-ashes/">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=David+Gower+to+join+BT+Sport+commentary+team+for+final+three+Ashes+Tests+as+Michael+Vaughan+replacement&rft.date=2021-12-16&rft.aulast=Wigmore&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcricket%2F2021%2F12%2F16%2Fdavid-gower-join-bt-sport-commentary-team-final-three-ashes%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTyers2021" class="citation web cs1">Tyers, Alan (26 December 2021). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/12/26/bt-sports-cricket-coverage-lands-feet-ditching-fox-sports-ear/">"BT Sport's cricket coverage lands on its feet after ditching Fox Sports' ear assault"</a></span>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/12/26/bt-sports-cricket-coverage-lands-feet-ditching-fox-sports-ear/">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=BT+Sport%27s+cricket+coverage+lands+on+its+feet+after+ditching+Fox+Sports%27+ear+assault&rft.date=2021-12-26&rft.aulast=Tyers&rft.aufirst=Alan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcricket%2F2021%2F12%2F26%2Fbt-sports-cricket-coverage-lands-feet-ditching-fox-sports-ear%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NatureInArt-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NatureInArt_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100509223727/http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/trust.html">"Nature in Art – Trust"</a>. 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BBC News. 14 August 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030404162728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/the_ashes/1482336.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 4 April 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BBC News. 5 February 2002. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030920164851/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1802157.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 20 September 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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London: Fontana. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-637964-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-637964-8"><bdi>0-00-637964-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gower%3A+The+Autobiography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Fontana&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-00-637964-8&rft.aulast=Gower&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=Johnson%2C+Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Gower" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Hopps, David. <i>A century of great cricket quotes'</i> (Robson, 2000) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86105-346-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-86105-346-0">1-86105-346-0</a></li> <li>Meher-Homji, Kersi. <i>Heroes of 100 Tests</i> (Rosenburg 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E. Foster">Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1907/08; 1909/10: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Fane" title="Frederick Fane">Fane</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907/08: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Jones_(English_cricketer)" title="Arthur Jones (English cricketer)">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909/10: <a href="/wiki/H._D._G._Leveson_Gower" title="H. D. G. Leveson Gower">Leveson Gower</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911/12–1921; <i>1924</i>: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Douglas" title="Johnny Douglas">Douglas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/C._B._Fry" title="C. B. Fry">Fry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Tennyson,_3rd_Baron_Tennyson" title="Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson">Tennyson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922/23: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mann_(cricketer)" title="Frank Mann (cricketer)">F. T. 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Gilligan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929/30: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Calthorpe" title="Freddie Calthorpe">Calthorpe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1930; 1932/33; 1933</i>; 1934–1935: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wyatt" title="Bob Wyatt">Wyatt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931–1933/34: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Jardine" title="Douglas Jardine">Jardine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1934: <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Walters" title="Cyril Walters">Walters</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936–1947/48: <a href="/wiki/Gubby_Allen" title="Gubby Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Robins" title="Walter Robins">Robins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938–1946/47: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Hammond" title="Wally Hammond">Hammond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1946/47</i>; 1947–1950: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Yardley" title="Norman Yardley">Yardley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1947/48: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Cranston" title="Ken Cranston">Cranston</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948/49–1949: <a href="/wiki/George_Mann_(cricketer)" title="George Mann (cricketer)">F. G. Mann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1949; 1950</i>; 1950/51–1951: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Brown_(cricketer)" title="Freddie Brown (cricketer)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951/52: <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Howard" title="Nigel Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1951/52: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Carr" title="Donald Carr">D. B. Carr</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952–1954/55: <a href="/wiki/Len_Hutton" title="Len Hutton">Hutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1954: <a href="/wiki/David_Sheppard" title="David Sheppard">Sheppard</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955–1961: <a href="/wiki/Peter_May_(cricketer)" title="Peter May (cricketer)">May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1959; 1959/60</i>; 1960; <i>1961; 1962</i>; 1966–1968/69: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">M. C. 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S. Cowdrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1988</i>; 1988–1993: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1989/90; 1990/91: <a href="/wiki/Allan_Lamb" title="Allan Lamb">Lamb</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1992/93</i>; 1992/93–1998/99; <i>2000; 2001</i>: <a href="/wiki/Alec_Stewart" title="Alec Stewart">Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993; 1993/94–1997/98; <i>2001</i>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Atherton" title="Michael Atherton">Atherton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999–2003: <a href="/wiki/Nasser_Hussain" title="Nasser Hussain">Hussain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1999: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Butcher" title="Mark Butcher">Butcher</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003–2008: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vaughan" title="Michael Vaughan">Vaughan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>2004; 2005/06: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Trescothick" title="Marcus 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