David Gower Quotes

• As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

  David Gower

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• He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game.

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• It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

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• Nasser Hussain is brilliant. I am very impressed with him. With no disrespect to the current players, he has had to work with material which is not of the highest quality.

  David Gower

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• People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade.

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• So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes.

  David Gower

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• The double hundred Fowler hit in the Madras Test was an absolute beauty.

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• The one major disappointment I have is that I didn’t get a hundred against India in India. I got lots of runs against India in England including a double hundred I am very proud of.

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• The team pulled together very well, whatever we tried worked.

  David Gower

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• The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see.

  David Gower

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• They have an understanding regime; they work hard and get results, they are a happy team.

  David Gower

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• You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

  David Gower

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David Gower (12)

Birth:	1st April, 1957
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Cricketer

About

David Ivon Gower was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. He is a former English cricketer who became the captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals scoring 8,231 and 3170 runs, respectively. Following his retirement, Gower became a successful cricket commentator, with Sky Sports and on 16 July 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

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