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Gooch, with a side of chips

Feb 7, 2015: The most English of English batsmen turned an eight-year-old into a lifelong fan of the game

1990

Gower savours life in the last chance saloon

Jul 12, 2014: David Gower was on the verge of being dropped for good at The Oval in 1990 before he scored a charismatic 157 against India

England news

Gooch cut from England batting coach role

May 1, 2014: Graham Gooch has been removed as England batting coach, the ECB announced on Thursday morning

The Ashes 2013-14

Batsmen have to accept sledging - Gooch

Dec 2, 2013: Graham Gooch was up indecently early as usual. Once the media had been despatched, he had a chat planned with two England batsmen. It was just routine, he insisted, but he did not hide the fact that the art of dealing with a sledging fast bowler, banging

Australia A v England XI, Tour match, Hobart

Gooch prefers his beef wellington

Nov 8, 2013: Graham Gooch has been variously described over the years as a fitness freak and a bit of a trencherman, so he was well qualified to provide an official response to all the delighted gossip over their leaked Ashes cookbook

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 4th day

Faulkner criticises England tactics

Aug 24, 2013: James Faulkner was unimpressed by England's defensive approach and suggested the Oval crowd should have got a refund after a slow third day

'I don't coach batting, I coach run-making'

Aug 13, 2013: Graham Gooch on batting, Boycott, Barrington, "daddy-hundreds", and mentoring the current crop of record-breakers

The Investec Ashes 2013

T20 'chipping away' at Test skills - Gooch

Jul 22, 2013: Graham Gooch has spelled out something that no one at Cricket Australia is prepared to publicly say - Twenty20 is "chipping away" at the skills required of Test batsmen

Essex v England, LV= Challenge Match, Chelmsford, 1st day

Gooch refuses to excuse poor batting

Jun 30, 2013: Graham Gooch, the England batting coach, made no excuses for an underwhelming performance by England's top-order in the Ashes warm-up match against Essex at Chelmsford

England in India 2012-13

Gooch predicts Cook's best still to come

Dec 10, 2012: As far as Graham Gooch is concerned, the best of Alastair Cook is yet to come

England in India 2012

Confident England want series win - Gooch

Dec 9, 2012: Graham Gooch has hailed England's back-to-back Test wins in India as a "monumental achievement"

India v England, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 4th day

Cook plotting his path to greatness

Nov 18, 2012: The efforts of the England captain, with perhaps his finest innings, alongside Matt Prior may not save the opening Test but they will give the team belief for the rest of the series

England v SA, 1st Investec Test, The Oval, 4th day

England No. 1 status hanging by a thread

Jul 22, 2012: After another chastening day, the alarm bells that sounded for England in the UAE are now roaring in their ears as their fallibility on slow, low pitches becomes evident again

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, 1st day

There's life after Pietersen - Gooch

Jun 7, 2012: Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, admitted that Kevin Pietersen's retirement from international limited-overs cricket has opened up a big hole

The swap Samuels made

May 30, 2012: Older, wiser, more sober, Marlon Mark 3 has traded in some of the flash and impetuosity of his younger self to good effect. Might the captaincy be next?

Sri Lanka v England 2011-12

England batsmen: The replacements

Mar 30, 2012: With change in the air for England's batting line up, ESPNcricinfo runs the rule over the men waiting in the wings

Sri Lanka v England 2011-12

Gooch confident Strauss can arrest slump

Mar 30, 2012: Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, has jumped to the defence of his embattled captain Andrew Strauss as doubts intensify about his international future

England news

Gooch agrees full-time role

Feb 18, 2012: Graham Gooch has been appointed as England's full-time batting coach, after previously working with the team on a part-time basis

PCB XI v England XI, Tour match, Dubai, 1st day

Gooch downplays Ajmal's 'new' delivery

Jan 11, 2012: Saeed Ajmal's warning that he is about to unleash his new mystery delivery, Shane Warne style has not left England's batting coach, Graham Gooch

County news

Gooch leaves role at Essex

Dec 5, 2011: Graham Gooch, the former England batsman, has stepped down as Essex batting coach to focus on his England role