Darren Gough - Definition and Overview

Darren Gough (born September 18 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. He was arguably England's best pace bowler since Bob Willis.

Gough is a right arm fast medium bowler and right handed batsman. He played county cricket for Yorkshire for 15 years before moving to Essex in 2004. He was first selected for the England cricket team in 1994, playing both Test and one-day international cricket. Memorable highlights of his Test career included taking the the 23rd hat-trick in Test cricket against Australia at Sydney in 1999.

He retired from Test cricket in 2003 after a knee injury threatened to end his career, having taken 229 wickets with a bowling average of 28.39. He has continued playing one-day international cricket, and became the first Englishman to take 200 wickets in one-day cricket in September 2004. In January 2005, he played for the World XI in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal one-day international versus the Asian XI.

External link

• Player Profile: Darren Gough (http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/PLAYERS/ENG/G/GOUGH_D_01002160/) from Cricinfo

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