He's looking forward to correcting that, Meet the former Bangladesh cricketer who is also a rock star, It rains on everyone's parade but Jimmy Anderson's. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan team. He played there in 21 of his final 46 innings, without scoring a century, and, despite continuing to average well in his favoured slot, was finished as a Test player at the age of 28. [44]. By contrast, of the 27 batsmen to have batted at 2 in 50 or more Test innings, Boycott has the third-best average, behind Herbert Sutcliffe and Hayden. There are, I think, some unexpected members of what would undoubtedly be a highly competitive team. [47] Gower and his wife, Thorunn, are Patrons of Southampton-based charity Leukaemia Busters. [23] The 1980 season in England saw Gower again top 1,000 runs, with 1142 at 48.89, including five hundreds and a career best 156*. He was also awarded the "Oldie of the Year" award in 1993 by The Oldie magazine. Domestically, he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as well as playing in South Africa and New Zealand. England v Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham - 1, 2, 3, 5 June 1978 (five-day match), England v Pakistan at Kennington Oval, London - 6, 7, 8, 9 August 1992 (five-day match), England v Pakistan at Old Trafford, Manchester - 25 May 1978, New Zealand v England at Eden Park, Auckland - 16 February 1991, 1 April 1957 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, lbw (36), bowled (28), run out (3), caught & bowled (2), stumped (1), caught behind (26), caught (89), Geoff Lawson 14, Kapil Dev 10, Dennis Lillee 9, Craig McDermott 7, Ravi Shastri 6, Joel Garner 6, Terry Alderman 6, Imran Khan 6, Rodney Hogg 5, Malcolm Marshall 5, bowled (26), run out (7), lbw (5), caught & bowled (4), caught behind (9), caught (52), Mudassar Nazar 7, Sir Richard Hadlee 5, Malcolm Marshall 5, Ewen Chatfield 4, Dennis Lillee 4, Roger Binny 4, Jeremy Coney 3, Terry Alderman 3, Andy Roberts 3, Michael Holding 3. Pataudi batted at 5 in well over half of his Test innings, but scored only one of his six centuries there, and sits a lowly 90th on the table of 94 batsmen who have batted No. His mother had died a week before he left to captain the England tour to the West Indies which ended in a 5–0 defeat (Gower's second at their hands).
Honourable mention: In 2020, it was announced that the trophy would be replaced by the Richards–Botham Trophy named after Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Ian Botham. However, his average as a No. [3] [26] The selection decision prompted a vote of no confidence in the selectors at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), but it was to no avail as Gower was not included.
Ashraful was no great shakes as a Test No.