Topic: Graham Gooch

Gooch urges England on to greater heights

Graham Gooch wants the present England side to break his batting records as they bid to cement their status as the world's number one Test side.England climbed to the summit of world cricket with a mammoth innings and 242 run win over ...

Gooch gets ringing endorsement from Bell

England's Ian Bell has hailed the influence of batting coach Graham Gooch, saying he'd wished he'd worked with the former Test opener earlier in his career.Bell, who made a composed 69 during England's thrilling World Cup tie with India here on Sunday ...
As captain of England, he insisted that his players be as fit as he was, no small task considering Gooch's devotion to training workouts. Gooch's England career began in the worst possible way, with nought in both innings in a disastrous defeat ...
Kevin Pietersen has admitted his morale has been "hammered" by his failure to score a Test century in the last year-and-a-half.Pietersen has not reached three figures at Test level since March 2009 during a run spree against the West Indies that led ...

Gooch says Essex's Olympic plan "makes sense"

Former Essex and England captain Graham Gooch has backed the county cricket club's plan to share London's Olympic Stadium with West Ham football club and Newham Council after the 2012 Games are over.Essex chief executive David East has held talks with the ...

England centurions salute Gooch

Essex duo Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cook both paid tribute to watching mentor Graham Gooch after they each scored centuries on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies.Left-handed opener Cook (126 not out) and No 3 Bopara (108) ...
Ravi Bopara will seek help from Graham Gooch as he aims to cement his place as England's first-choice No3 for The Ashes. Bopara was chosen in the squad for next week's First Test against West Indies ahead of Owais Shah, Ian Bell ...

Special effect

Mention of the late Brian Johnston in last week's column about his Down Your Way programmes reminded me of the loss his death was to Test Match Special on Radio Four long wave, or at least what I then feared would be ...

Gooch calls for big scores

Former captain Graham Gooch has called for England's batsmen to "place a higher price on their wickets" after losing a six-year unbeaten home record against India.. ". Opener Andrew Strauss, who has struggled to find his best form in the last 12 ...

Mail online's exclusive World Cup podcasts

Throughout the tournament the Mail online will feature exclusive podcasts featuring a number of Sport Asylum legends including England captains Graham Gooch, Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart. In the third Rod looked at England's defeat to New Zealand with Graham Gooch and ...
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