Graham Gooch, celebrating his 60th Birthday on 23rd July 2013, is one of the finest batsman England ever produced. He made his Test debut in 1975 went on to become a legend in all formats of the game. He played international cricket till age of 41
Format | Mat | Inn | Runs | Avg | 100s | 50s | Best |
Tests | 118 | 215 | 8900 | 42.58 | 20 | 46 | 333 |
ODIs | 125 | 122 | 4290 | 36.98 | 8 | 23 | 142 |
First Class | 581 | 990 | 44846 | 49.01 | 128 | 217 | 333 |
List A | 613 | 601 | 22211 | 40.16 | 44 | 139 | 198* |
Some Records of Graham Gooch
Test & First Class Records
# Gooch is the leading run getter for England in Tests with 8900 runs. (He was dismissed for a pair on test debut). He overcame David Gower’s 8231.
# Other than Gooch no batsman has managed even 6000 Test Runs after being dismissed for a Pair on Test Debut. Marvan Atapattu scored 5502 and Saeed Anwar scored 4052 after getting a pair on test debut.
# Gooch was the only player to score a Triple Century in Tests at Lord’s. He scored 333 vs India in 1990.
# Gooch was the first player to score a Triple Century in Tests against India.
# Gooch holds the record for most runs in a Test Match. He scored 456 runs (333 & 123) vs India at Lord’s in 1990. He overcame Greg Chappell’s 380 (247* & 133) vs NZ at Wellington in 1974.
# Gooch is the only England player to aggregate over 2000 runs on a single ground. He scored 2015 runs at Lord’s.
# Gooch along with Michael Vaughan are the only England players to score 6 Test 100s on any single ground. Both did it at Lord’s.
# Gooch was the second captain after Bob Simpson to score a triple century in Tests. At present 5 more players have did it after Gooch.
# Gooch’s 11 Test 100s as captain for England are a record. He overcame Peter May’s 10 100s to achieve the feat.
# Gooch’s batting average of 58.72 as England’s Test Captain is bettered only by Alastair Cook for a minimum qualification of 10 matches as captain.
# No player scored more than 94 First Class centuries for Essex by Gooch. Second on the list is Jack O’Connor with 71 100s.
# Gooch is also the leading scorer of 50+ scores for Essex in First Class matches. He scored 237 50+ scores for Essex in FC.
# Gooch’s 21 50+ scores in FC in 1984 are a record for Essex.
# Gooch is the only player to score over 30000 First Class Runs for Essex.
# Gooch is the leading run getter in an season for Essex. He scored 2559 runs in 1984.
ODIs & List A Records
# Gooch’s 8 ODI 100s are the 3rd most ODI 100s for England behind Trescothick’s 12 and Pietersen’s 9.
# Gooch was the first player to captain England in 50 ODIs.
# Gooch’s tally of 22211 List A runs is the most by any batsman. Only 2 other batsmen have managed 20000+ List A runs – Greame Hick (22059) and Sachin Tendulkar (21999).
# Gooch’s 44 List A 100s are bettered only by Sachin Tendulkar who has 60 List A centuries.
# Gooch has 44 100s and 139 50s in List A career. His 183 50+ scores are a record in List A. Followed by Hick’s 179 and Tendulkar’s 174.
# Gooch (613) along with Hick (651) are the only players to have played over 600 List A matches. Gooch played 456 List A matches for Essex – A record.
# Gooch was the first player to be stranded in 190s in a List A match. He scored unbeaten 198 for Essex vs Sussex at Hove on 25 May 1982.
# Gooch is the only player to score 10000+ runs and score 15+ centuries in List A for Essex. He scored 16536 runs and 34 100s.
# Gooch’s aggregate of 67057 runs in First Class and List A combined are the most by any batsman in Cricket History.
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