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Personal dory beckons Gooch
LONDON, Dec 25: Graham Gooch leads England into India on Monday with personal glory beckoning and
yet with nothing farther from hts mind, reports AFP.
The 39-year-old iron man captain has played 99 Tests and hit 99 first-class hundreds. Icaving'him with two great landmarks to hopefully celebrate this winter.
But Gooch dismisses such thoughts from conversation. In his eyes. It simply Irrelevant to the task ahead.
1 The Essex opener has become as unrivalled an England captain as any in history. He is even giving himself an early (light home froirn the iour. on March 6. leaving Alec Stewart In charge for the' final Shri Lanka fortnight, to prepare himself physically and mentally for the coming summer Ashes battle against Australia.
That tn itself is the remarkable Gooch's only recent concession to his advancing years but his form and fitness are as formidable as ever.
In his last 26 Tests, since taking over the captaincy full-time in September 1989, he has enjoyed the most prolific years of an England career which began with a pair against Dennis Mice and Jeff Thomson in 1975.
In 47 Innings, Gooch has hit 2849 runs at a staggering average of 63.31 — including nine hundreds and 12 fifties. His overall Test average has been lifted from 36.90 to 43.77. And the stock of English cricket has risen with him.
Last year England won 16 and drew four of their 26 international matches, thumping New Zealand, reaching the World Cup final but then finally losing an exciting Test series against Pakistan 2-1.
Defeat is a dirty word to Gooch and he still hurts inside' at the way England were trounced by Australia in early 1991. It was the one real low point In his three- year term of office.
. Hie regaining of the Ashes England lost in 1989 is Gooch's real target this year and the main reason why he changed his mind about going to India as preparation for perhaps his last great challenge.
England chairman Ted Dexter makes no secret of the fact that he wants Gooch to carry on for some time yet, saying: We have to be patient with him. like we were with persuading him to go to India. But so far. so good."
Gooch confirms: "I have got no plans to pack up from cricket and I get a lot of satisfaction from playing well at my age. It's motivation enough for me lo keep proving I can do as well as the younger.guys — leading England and scoring as many runs as possible is all the incentive I need.
"As for the personal milestones, if they come along then that's gre^t. But I will only start thinking about the 100th
hundred If I'm lucky enough to get to 90-odd In the first place."
Gooch and the eligiblc-again Mike Gatttng will provide the experienced backbone of the baiting. Stewart Is likely to bat al six, leaving Mike Atherton lo open and Robin Smith at four. That will mean Neil Fairbrother and Graeme Hick scrapping It out for the last batting place.
In the Tests, which start in Calcutta on January 29, England's use of Stewart as wicketkeeper could well make room for five specialist bowlers.
Left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell Is the likeliest matchwinner as he has already been in three of his 10 Tests —, while Seamers Paul Jarvis. Devon Malcolm, Chris Lewis and new boy Paul Taylor have it all still to prove in support of the steady Phillip DeFreitas.
Leg-spinner Ian Salisbury, one of the country's most exciting young talents, is accompanying the party for the first month. He is then due lo link up with the England A tour of Australia, but it is not inconceivable that he could yet come into the picture for the Test series agninst India.