I think we'll always be friends now - not in the sense of remembering each other's birthdays, because we don't - but knowing the other is there. Gower is also a Patron of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, and he is Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust,. it was one of those grounds where you can only see from the side. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post [28] On 27 July, Gower played against New Zealand, scoring his maiden Test hundred, 111 off of 253 deliveries in the first innings, and making 11 in the second. His languid style was often misinterpreted as indifference and a lack of seriousness, an air he bolstered with a variety of "misdemeanours" from apparently "lazy" shots, to practical jokes, even to his preference for blue (not white) socks. Handed the ball by captain Mike Gatting with New Zealand requiring only one run to win, Gower deliberately threw his first ball to Martin Crowe. For me, books are all about escape and he had this uncanny gift of transporting his readers to a crazy but very funny parallel universe and once I get there I am always reluctant to leave. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. try again, the name must be unique, Please A battling 98* at Sydney was again followed by another duck and 11 as Gower's form deserted him. He subsequently married his Anglo/Icelandic wife Thorunn Nash at Winchester Cathedral in 1992, with Chris Cowdrey as his best man. In 1989, Gower joined Gerald Durrell and his wife Lee, along with David Attenborough in helping to launch the World Land Trust (then the World Wide Land Conservation Trust). He was a stalwart batsman at both clubs. 'active' : ''"> Gower and Marge Champion appeared as the Mystery Guests on the May 15, 1955 airing of What's My Line. After 16 against India in February 1980, and 20 and one against the West Indies, Gower's form picked up marginally with scores of 45, 35 and 48 against Australia and the West Indies. Following this, he scored 47 at Old Trafford, and then at Edgbaston on 15 August, scored 215 from 314 balls, his career best score, and immediately followed this with 157 at The Oval. I was 21, nervous and silent, and although it didn't take long to get assimilated, it made me realise the importance of making people welcome, and that's what I tried to do for Allan. David Ivon Gower OBE (born 1 April 1957) is a former English cricketer who became the captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Touring can really get you down, seeing the same faces all the time, so sharing the same outlook with Allan on many things has helped. [33] For this, Gower was fined £1000, a penalty that could have been steeper had he released the water bombs he had also prepared. I was captain at the time, so I wouldn't have been able to give him permission to do it - and anyway I didn't believe him when he asked to borrow some money to hire a plane. In 1985, however, after low scores at Leeds, Gower enjoyed a "golden season" in the 1985 Ashes. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when Enter your email to follow new comments on this article. The best in film, music, TV & radio straight to your inbox, Register with your social account or click here to log in. Independent Premium. That's it. He marries Thorunn Nash in Winchester in September. Gower also spent time commentating on several cricket series in Australia in the 1990s. His love of children has never been of the highest order - I can't wait to see him when he's got one of his own. He subsequently married his Anglo/Icelandic wife Thorunn Nash at Winchester Cathedral in 1992, with Chris Cowdrey as his best man. We don't see each other as often as we did when I played for Leicestershire, because then it was only a half hour drive to his home in Northamptonshire.

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