"If I had the chance to go to Pakistan, I would definitely go there" : Darren Gough

[giri26]

Darren Gough was my favorite non Indian cricketer and was a brilliant character on the field. Gave hundred percent on the field and played when England weren't a great side in the 90's. He was a good fielder and was good with a bat. He did not take his batting seriously but could pack a punch when in flow.

He has taken 229 wickets at an average of 28.39 and SR of 51. In ODI's he was brilliant and could bowl yorkers at will at the death. He has 235 ODI wickets at an impressive average of 26. He was not a great bowler but still a very good bowler. He hardly had a consistent bowling partner in 90's. I hardly hear his name mentioned by anyone when speaking about English bowlers. He was the only one who stood up to the Aussies in the early 90's when England was getting hammered all the time.

 

[Abdullah719]

He was always a very good ODI bowler, not sure about Tests, though. I like him because of this:

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[rooster]

A very good bowler in ODIs, especially at the death overs. I don't remember any English bowlers who could bowl Yorkers as consistent as him. He's like Siddle who will bowl his heart out for the team but not sure about tests as I wasn't really interested in tests when he was around.

 

[TestMatch]

Best English bowler of the 90s for me.

 

[Mamoon]

Pretty good bowler, but not a memorable one.

The 1999 World Cup logo was based on his bowling action btw.

 

[giri26]

Not sure why he does not get even a mention from the English fans or the experts alike. He was good bowler and bowled tirelessly without much support in a poor English team.

 

[sully3]

Not sure why he does not get even a mention from the English fans or the experts alike. He was good bowler and bowled tirelessly without much support in a poor English team.

Umm i think the answer for that is, Gough became a pundit for one of the worst daily talk shows on talk sports radio, he sits there talking absolute nonsense about all the sporting events for the day. And the funny thing is the sports show is mostly based on english football. You do the maths about why Darren Gough sits there taking about premier league football day in day out

 

[Robert]

Goughie was the best England quick bowler since the retirement of Bob Willis. He travelled better than Jimmy. It's a shame that he played in the era before central contracts and therefore was prone to breakdown though overwork.

 

[Sherlock]

Loved watching Goughie at his peak. His bowling action was fantastic and imitated unsuccessfully by my friends and myself.

 

[shaz619]

If he was playing in this era he'd have more wickets then Anderson. An absolute legend and a fighter in an era of English Cowards.

 

[Slog]

Surprised by his stats

Always had him as a Mathew Hoggard kind of bowler

As in gives it his all but ends up with mediocre record

 

[MarkCooper]

Imagine how much better he would have been if he wasn't fat?

Gough loves his burgers and chips and pizza and hot dogs and donner kebabs and he just couldn't modify his diet to look after himself during his playing days.

 

[shaz619]

Imagine how much better he would have been if he wasn't fat?

Gough loves his burgers and chips and pizza and hot dogs and donner kebabs and he just couldn't modify his diet to look after himself during his playing days.

That diet was good, it helped him ball 90mph+

 

[jeetu]

Gough had good bowling partner in Caddick. They were underrated as pair but still pretty effective.

 

[Vulcan]

Way better bowler than James Anderson.

 

[yeh cheez]

Poor man's Waqar Younis.

 

[WrexEverything]

Beautiful bowling action.

 

[Thivagar]

I remember him and Andrew Caddick bowling well during the late 90s-early 2000s. Due to Caddick's grey hair I thought he was in his 50-60s then lol.

 

[wrongun]

Goughie was the best England quick bowler since the retirement of Bob Willis. He travelled better than Jimmy. It's a shame that he played in the era before central contracts and therefore was prone to breakdown though overwork.

Better than Broad for sure. Much more useful in varied conditions than Jimmy & Harmy (but not quite as destructive as either at their best). Reminds me a bit of what Simon Jones might have been, were it not for injury.

 

[ramizq1]

Used to be a bowler I loved to watch whenever he came on. He regularly clocked in 145+ kph. And his pairing stint with Mulally was far more succesfully than with Caddick, however ultimately he couldn't find a settled partner to take wickets with. Could've made a great bowler had some circumstances been different.

 

[Random Aussie]

Very good bowler Gough

 

[Robert]

From side-on, he had the most beautiful bowling action I have ever seen. It was like watching cream pour.

 

[fringe playa]

Ryan Harris reminds me of him physique wise.
He was a workhorse unlike barbie and jimmy.

Hated Caddick though.Glad taught him a lesson

 

[Robert]

Hated Caddick though.Glad taught him a lesson

Sachin taught Caddy how to bottle out under pressure? Darn. That hurt England.

 

[fringe playa]

Sachin taught Caddy how to bottle out under pressure? Darn. That hurt England.

No.He learnt that from Gatting

taught him to shut up

 

[Justcrazy]

Steady ODI bowler , bowled within limitations , was no mug with the bat .

 

[Kroll]

As we are seeing some nostalgic threads lately, does anyone remember this lad? Was one of the main characters of the mediocre English sides of the 90s. I do remember that he was able to bowl a good yorker at times.

 

[bujhee kom]

Excellent bowler. Today he would be top draw. 90s just had deep stocks.

 

[Robert]

Fraser, Gough, Caddick and Cork should have played and won a lot more tests.

 

[Hasan123]

No he isn't.

 

[TQ89]

When i was growing up, he was the only english player i admired. I liked his bowling action very much.

 

[Big Mac]

Way better bowler than James Anderson.

Fact.

 

[shaz619]

One of my all time favourites, loved watching him bowl growing up

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fraser, Gough, Caddick and Cork should have played and won a lot more tests.

Fraser and Cork were bowling 75-78 mph and were hardly a threat without swing/seam on offer. I think England won as much as they could have with the lineups they played in the 90's and early noughties .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Back in the day he was the only bowler from England who could clock 140+ and could reverse the ball as well. Until around 2001, England's ODI bowling attack was Gough /Mullally/Ealham/Cork etc. In the 2001 NatWest triseries While the other were barely 130 kph at best ,Gough was the only one bowling at a pace that was comparable to the OZ and Pakistani bowlers.

 

[Robert]

Fraser and Cork were bowling 75-78 mph and were hardly a threat without swing/seam on offer. I think England won as much as they could have with the lineups they played in the 90's and early noughties .

No swing and seam in WI, and Fraser got two eightfers there. Got a fivefer in Australia too. He was extremely accurate and got disconcerting lift. Never swung it an inch but could cut it about on any surface.

Cork at times looked more threatening than Gough, even under bright sun - he bowled with a lot of zip early on in his career. Later on, he needed the new ball to be effective.

Sadly both were worn down by injuries. It was impossible for an English quick bowler to play many tests in those days.

 

[PakWarrior]

Darren Gough was a fantastic bowler. Definitely underrated. Excellent pace, excellent yorkers and handy with the bat.

For me he was one of the best bowlers in the world during the 90's.

 

[barah_admi]

Underrated how? That is the question. He is talked about as one of England's finest, which he is. Is he a great across the board at an international level? No. Really simple as that.

But a fine cricketer and very entertaining at his best, plus the best reverse swing bowler England ever had.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darren Gough "it's great to see Test cricket returning to Pakistan. I was in Pakistan in 2000, the hotels and the people were great and the cricket was excellent" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1204461093004939267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darren Gough "if I had the chance to go to Pakistan to do some media work or coaching, I would definitely go there" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1204463205726216192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[SLcric123]

Excellent bowler for England, in my all-time ODI XI.

 

[emranabbas]

Excellent bowler absolutely enjoyed watching him in county cricket

Those were the days when cricket was on free TV

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darren Gough "it's great to see Test cricket returning to Pakistan. I was in Pakistan in 2000, the hotels and the people were great and the cricket was excellent" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1204461093004939267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darren Gough "if I had the chance to go to Pakistan to do some media work or coaching, I would definitely go there" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1204463205726216192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Important for PCB to make sure former players like him come to Pakistan as it helps build goodwill for Pakistan.

 

[sshakir411]

Pretty good bowler, but not a memorable one.

The 1999 World Cup logo was based on his bowling action btw.

Always tried to copy his and Wasim’s bowling action as a kid.

 

[leatherface58]

Pretty good bowler, but not a memorable one.

The 1999 World Cup logo was based on his bowling action btw.

He and Caddick are both having much better stats than you would expect but they never stood out because of them playing in a very weak team.