From The Ashes: David Gower on 'nightmare' 1989 series
David Gower recalls a "nightmare" Ashes series which saw him walk out of a press conference, end up on News at 10 and responsible for a hefty wine bill.
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David Gower recalls a "nightmare" Ashes series which saw him walk out of a press conference, end up on News at 10 and responsible for a hefty wine bill.
A Test series in Pakistan is always an experience. I’ve been present for three of the previous four tours so I’m conditioned for the odd surprise
Back in the late 50s and early 60s the family holiday for three successive years were spent in London.
30 years ago, England’s two most important players, Graham Gooch and Ian Botham, walked out of the World Cup cricket final dinner held at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne in protest against a comedy sketch that lampooned the Queen.
Robin Jackman, Surrey and England bowler held back by links with South Africa – obituary He played in four Tests but was served with a deportation order in Guyana during England’s 1980-81 tour of West Indies Robin Jackman Credit: ITN/Shutterstock Robin Jackman, who has died aged 75, was an accurate and bustling fast-medium bowler who was unlucky not to play in more than four Test matches; he had a lengthy and consistent career with Surrey, helping them to win the County Championship in 1971. When, a decade later, he finally joined an England tour party, he became embroiled in a row with...