Graham Gooch
England
Personal information
Full name	Graham Alan Gooch
Nickname	Zap, Goochie
Born	23 July 1953 (1953-07-23) (age 54)
	Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
Test debut (cap 461)	10 July 1975: v Australia
Last Test	3 February 1995: v Australia
ODI debut (cap 34)	26 August 1976: v West Indies
Last ODI	10 January 1995: v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973 – 1997	Essex
1975 – 2000	MCC
1982/3 – 1983/4	Western Province
Career statistics
	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	118	125	581	614
Runs scored	8900	4290	44846	22211
Batting average	42.58	36.98	49.01	40.16
100s/50s	20/46	8/23	128/217	44/139
Top score	333	142	333	198*
Balls bowled	2655	2066	18785	14314
Wickets	23	36	246	310
Bowling average	46.47	42.11	34.37	31.15
5 wickets in innings	0	0	3	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/39	3/19	7/14	5/8
Catches/stumpings	103/–	45/–	555/–	261/–
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Graham Alan Gooch, OBE (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the sport. ... The captain of a cricket team is a player who, during the course of a match, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player. ... Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ...

Gooch was born in Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, in East London. He was educated at Norlington School for Boys, in London. Whipps Cross University Hospital is an NHS-run University Hospital in Leytonstone, North-east London, which housed Londons first Hyperbaric Unit. ... , Leytonstone is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, in East London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Norlington School For Boys is a single-sex school located in the borough of Waltham Forest in East London, England. ...

Gooch played first-class cricket regularly between 1973 and 1997. His debut in Test cricket came in 1975 against Australia, and was marked with a 'pair' ^[1]. He scored 6 and 31 in the next game of the series, and was dropped from the side. He was not selected again until 1978. He had a further hiatus in his career when he went on the controversial 1982 rebel tour of South Africa, which resulted in all of the players concerned being banned from Test cricket for three years. A first-class cricket match is one of three or more days duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word pair, derived via the French words pair/paire from the Latin par equal, can mean: the French equivalent of peer, holder of a French Pairie, French high title roughly equivalent to a member of the British peerage 2 (number), two of something Couple, various senses for two joined...

Upon the expiration of the ban, Gooch played for England for many years, but blossomed late in his career after being appointed captain at the end of the "summer of four captains" in 1988. He scored a record 456 runs in the Lord's Test against India in 1990, 333 in the first innings and 123 in the second. As of 2006, this is the only instance in any first-class cricket of a batsman scoring 300 and 100 in two innings of the same match,^[2] and his aggregate of 456 for the match remains a world record for a Test match.^[3] In the following year against West Indies he scored a match-winning 154 not out, carrying his bat throughout England's second innings against a highly rated pace attack, while only two of his colleagues reached double figures. The veteran sportswriter Frank Keating rated this as the finest Test innings he had ever seen in England (see external link below), This opinion was vindicated by the ICC rankings, which confirmed it as the highest-ranking innings of all time at any venue. The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. ... This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English cricket team for at least one Test match. ... The summer of four captains is how the cricket media commonly refers to the England Test cricket season of 1988,[1] during which the England cricket team used four different captains in the five-match Test series against West Indies. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rated among the best batsmen in the world for most of the early 1990s, his skills started to fade as his Test match career went on past the age of 40. After the fourth Test match of the 1993 Ashes series fellow opening batsman, Michael Atherton, was appointed his successor as captain. In 1995, at the age of 41, Gooch retired from Test match cricket as England's all-time highest run scorer. Over his 118 Test career, Gooch played with a record 113 different team mates. He scored 44,846 runs in all first-class cricket at an average of 49.01, including 128 centuries. Although a number of players have scored more first class runs, if List A matches are also considered — in which he scored a further 22,211 runs, itself a world record^[4] — Gooch lays claim to the title of most prolific top flight batsman of all time. Gooch also bowled occasional medium pace, and took over 200 first-class wickets. He could be a prodigious swinger of the ball if conditions suited. In dead matches he could sometimes be seen doing impressions of fellow professionals' bowling styles, most famously against India in 1979. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Medium bowling, or medium pace bowling, is a style of bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

Gooch had a public falling-out with David Gower, the contemporaneous England batsman, particularly after Gower hired a vintage aircraft and 'buzzed' the ground where England was playing during the unsuccessful tour of Australia in 1990/91. Gooch contributed to the decision to omit Gower from England's tour of India in 1993, which proved so controversial that an extraordinary vote of no confidence in the selectors was passed at the MCC.^[5] Gower never played another Test, lending an ironic edge to Gooch's surpassing him as England's leading run scorer in the 1993 Ashes series. David Ivon Gower (born April 1, 1957) is a retired cricket player and current cricket broadcaster. ...

Gooch's ruthless approach to physical training also courted controversy during England's 1992 World Cup campaign, especially with Ian Botham. Hints were dropped that Gooch's unrelenting regime had led to burn-out within the team^{[citation needed]}, culminating in their losing the final to Pakistan, whom they had been on course to defeat easily in a rain-affected match earlier in the tournament. Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE, (born 24 November 1955) is a retired England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. ...

For Essex, Gooch scored 120 in the 1979 Benson and Hedges Cup final against Surrey, a match which saw Essex win a major domestic trophy for the first time in their history. This heralded a highly successful period for the county, with Gooch a key member of a team that won the county championship six times in the years 1979-1992, and also won every other major domestic trophy at least once in the same period. Gooch holds numerous Essex batting records: in particular he scored the most first-class runs in a season (2559, scored in 1984 while banned from playing for England), and made more first-class centuries (94) for the county than any other player. Essex record partnerships for both the first and second wicket were set by Gooch and Paul Prichard.

Upon his retirement, Christopher Martin-Jenkins wrote an article in Wisden Cricketers Almanack arguing that Gooch was the all-time highest run scorer in top level cricket, if one day matches were taken into account. Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, known as CMJ (born 20 January 1945), is a cricket journalist and commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio 4. ...

In the mid-1990s, faced with a receding hairline, Gooch began promoting hair transplants for a London-based clinic, as well as the Australian-based Advanced Hair Studio. Two licensed computer games were made by Audiogenic, Graham Gooch's Test Cricket in 1985 and Graham Gooch World Class Cricket in 1993. Hair transplantation involves relocating (transplanting) bald resistant hair follicles from the back and sides of the head (the donor areas) to a person’s bald or thinning areas. ... The Audiogenic logo Audiogenic Software is one of the oldest United Kingdom game development companies, starting in 1985 out of the ashes of an earlier Audiogenic company that had been founded in the late 1970s, and finally publishing its last new title in 1997, after the core of the... Graham Goochs Cricket is a 1985 cricket game released for the Commodore 64. ... Graham Gooch World Class Cricket is a cricket video game developed and published by Audiogenic in 1993. ...

He made a one-off return to first-class cricket in July 2000, just a few days before his 47th birthday, when he captained MCC against New Zealand A at The Parks. It was not a successful comeback: Gooch made only 0 and 5 in the game. 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. ... The New Zealand A cricket team is a cricket team representing New Zealand, and is the second tier of international New Zealand cricket below the full New Zealand cricket team. ... The Oxford University Parks, or simply the University Parks to members of the community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford town centre. ...

In October 2001, he returned to Essex in the capacity of head coach, taking over from Keith Fletcher. Gooch held this role until stepping down in March 2005, although he remains at the club, continuing as the squad's specialist batting coach whilst also assuming commercial duties for the county. 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ... Keith William Robert Fletcher (nickname: The Gnome of Essex) is a former English cricketer who played for Essex and England. ... ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F...

In 2007 he announced his intention to compete in a beach cricket competition against Courtney Walsh's Team and Allan Border's team. Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Graham Gooch's test career performance graph.

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References

1. ^ Cricinfo - 1st Test: England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 10-14, 1975
2. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2006, pages 275–276
3. ^ Tests — Most Runs in Match from Cricinfo
4. ^ 10,000 or More Runs in ListA Matches, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2006
5. ^ When Gower's tour took off. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2006-11-06.

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External links

• Player Profile: Graham Gooch from Cricinfo
• Graham Gooch at CricketArchive
• 'Essex turn to Gooch', BBC Sport
• 'Gooch switches to ambassador role', BBC Sport
• Frank Keating reviews his career in sports journalism and nominates Gooch as having played the greatest Test innings in England

v • d • e England squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup (runners-up) 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 - 1987 Cricket World Cup 1 Gatting (c) • 2 Athey • 3 Broad • 4 DeFreitas • 5 Downton (wk) • 6 Emburey • 7 Foster • 8 Gooch • 9 Hemmings • 10 Lamb • 11 Pringle • 12 Robinson • 13 Small

v • d • e England squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup (runners-up) 1 Gooch (c) • 2 Botham • 3 DeFreitas • 4 Fairbrother • 5 Hick • 6 Illingworth • 7 Lamb • 8 Lewis • 9 Pringle • 10 Reeve • 11 Small • 12 Smith • 13 Stewart (wk) • 14 Tufnell