David Gower
England
Personal information
Full name	David Ivon Gower
Nickname	Lubo, Lu, Stoat
Born	April 1, 1957 (1957-04-01) (age 50)
	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 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	44.25	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	20.00	-	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 (born April 1, 1957) is a retired cricket player and current cricket broadcaster. He is best known as a former captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

Gower was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 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.^{[citation needed]} , Royal Tunbridge Wells (often called simply Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ... The Kent coat of arms For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... The Kings School is a British independent school situated in Canterbury, Kent. ...

In 1975 he made his debut for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, for whom he played until 1989. From 1990 until 1993 he was with Hampshire. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... 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 of Hampshire. ...

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. The Ashes series of 1985 was a highlight of his career, with his own batting including three scores in excess of 150. Gower occasionally opened the innings, but was mainly a middle-order batsman. Liaqat Ali Khan (born May 21, 1955, Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1975 to 1978. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international crickets most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. ...

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. 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.^[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. ^[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. During the fourth Test at Adelaide, Gower walked out to the crease to the tune of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. 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". 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. 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. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  4,164,590 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth was a 1930s biplane designed by de Havilland and operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... 1963 Replica of the Bristol Boxkite, now hanging in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. ... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ...

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. High praise indeed, and a recognition of a genuine match winner with the bat. Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

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. 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. David was awarded the "Oldie Of The Year" award in 1993. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... They Think Its All Over (1995-2006) is the name of a British satirical game show with a sporting theme produced by TalkbackTHAMES and shown on BBC One. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopaedia entry. ...

Its also worth mentioning that David Gower has been immortalised in cockney rhyming slang as the term "shower" - e.g. "I'm feeling a bit rank, i'm off for a david" Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ...

David Gower's career performance graph.

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External links

• Player Profile: David Gower from Cricinfo
• Player Profile: David Gower from CricketArchive

David Gower at the Cricket World Cup
v • d • e England squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup 1 Brearley (c) • 2 Botham • 3 Boycott • 4 Edmonds • 5 Gooch • 6 Gower • 7 Hendrick • 8 Larkins • 9 Miller • 10 Old • 11 Randall • 12 Taylor (wk) • 13 Willis
v • d • e England squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup 1 Willis (c) • 2 Allott • 3 Botham • 4 Cowans • 5 Dilley • 6 Fowler • 7 Gatting • 8 Gould • 9 Gower • 10 Lamb • 11 Marks • 12 Tavaré