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Mike Gatting
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4,409
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10/21
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207
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3360
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29 June
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2005
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(born
Kingsbury June 6 1957 ), usually known as '''Mike''', was an
English Cricketer who played
First-class Cricket for
Middlesex County Cricket Club (1975–1998; County Captain 1983–1997). He also played for the
English Cricket Team from 1977 to 1995, captaining it in 23
Test Match es between 1986 and 1988.
Gatting was one of the most prolific batsmen in English domestic cricket virtually throughout his career, but it took him several years to establish himself in the England team, as he initially had great difficulty converting fifties into centuries at Test match level. His first Test century finally arrived after 54 Test innings and he eventually accumulated ten of them. His highest Test score of 207 was scored in
Madras (now Chennai); this was the second
Double Century by an English cricketer in India in the same innings as
Graeme Fowler , who scored the first double century: this was the first time that two English batsmen had made double centuries in the same Test innings.http://www.lordstaverners.org/about/90pres.asp
He captained England to an
Ashes series victory in Australia in 1986/87. Later that year came the "
Shakoor Rana affair" when Gatting argued with a Pakistani umpire in
Faisalabad . The England hierarchy supported him in Pakistan, but he was sacked as England captain the following summer over an alleged encounter with a barmaid, triggering the "
Summer Of Four Captains ". He subsequently led a highly controversial
Rebel Tour to
South Africa . Gatting hit the headlines during the tour for describing a protest outside the rebel team's hotel as "a few people singing and dancing".
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In June 1993 during England's first innings at
Old Trafford Gatting received
Shane Warne 's first delivery in an Ashes match. Warne pitched the ball a foot outside leg stump, and spun the ball past Gatting's bat to clip the off bail. This is sometimes referred to as the
Ball Of The Century . His dismissal in the second innings was also unusual in that he was bowled off the very last ball of the fourth day's play by
Merv Hughes , meaning he was unable to help England to bat out the last day (Australia eventually won in the last session on the 5th day).
Another mishap for which Gatting will be remembered is being caught by Australian wicketkeeper Greg Dyer after trying to play a reverse sweep off opposing captain
Allan Border 's first ball during the 1987 World Cup final.
His last Tests were played on tour in Australia in 1993/94.
Graham Gooch and himself were the only two members of the original touring party to be fit for all matches, although they were the two oldest in the squad. In the first innings of the Adelaide test he scored his final century (117), a battling effort where he spent a lot of time in the nineties, which helped England to the only win of the series.
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2
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5/34
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551
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14,476
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3374
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12/87
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143
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6,234
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175
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2752
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1
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6/26
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177/0
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29 June
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2005
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Gatting was a useful right arm medium pace bowler. He averaged under thirty with the ball in both first class and List A cricket, but he did not bowl with great frequency. Perhaps his finest bowling performance was against South Africa during the final "One Day International" of the 1989/90 rebel England tour to South Africa where his 6/26 helped England to a comfortable 134 run victory. http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/OTHERS+ICC/ENG-XI_IN_RSA/ENG-XI_RSA_REBEL-ODI4_22FEB1990.html
Gatting was named as one of
Wisden's five
Cricketers Of The Year in
1984 .
He retired from first class cricket in 1998 and has since worked as a coach and commentator, where, as throughout his career, his supposed prodigious appetite for food, and love of
Branston Pickle in particular, remain the subject of light hearted teasing. He was the President of the
Lord's Taverners for
2005 /
2006 and an elected member of the
M.C.C. Committee .
Mike Gatting is not the only member of his family to have been a professional sportsman; his brother,
Steve Gatting , was a professional
Football er for
Arsenal and
Brighton & Hove Albion . Steve's son,
Joe , plays for Brighton & Hove Albion, having progressed from their youth scheme.
He appeared as himself on
The Archers on
September 9 2007 at the centre of a misunderstanding between Sid and Jolene Perks during the npower Village Cup Final at
Lord's Cricket Ground http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/09_september/07/archers.shtml
