Graham Gooch

Personal information

Full name

Graham Alan Gooch

Born

23 July 1953 (age 63)
Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, England

Nickname

Zap, Goochie

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Batsman, Batting coach

International information

National side

England

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

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	118	125	581	614
Runs scored	8,900	4,290	44,846	22,211
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	2,655	2,066	18,785	14,314
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/–

Source: Cricinfo, 7 December 2007

Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL (born 23 July 1953) is a former English cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time, with 67,057 runs across first-class and limited-overs games. His List A cricket tally of 22,211 runs is also a record. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over 100 first-class centuries.

Internationally, despite being banned for three years following a rebel tour to ostracized South Africa, Gooch is the second highest Test run scorer for England. His playing years spanned much of the period of domination by the West Indies, against whom his mid-forties batting average is regarded as extremely creditable. His score of 154 against them at Headingley in 1991 is regarded as one of the greatest centuries of all time by many critics and former players. His career-best score of 333 – added to his second innings century – remains the highest match aggregate at Lord's. He is the first to make 20 Test appearances at Lord’s. As captain, Matthew Engel noted, "his fanatical fitness and work-ethic gave the team more purpose than it had shown in a decade."

After 118 Tests, aged forty-two, he retired into coaching and as team selector, before becoming a commentator. In 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He returned to coach Essex, before becoming England batting coach in 2012.

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