Gooch's finest hour
On June 10, 1991 England completed their first Test win at home over West Indies in 22 years with a 115 run-win at Headingley
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
On June 10, 1991 England completed their first Test win at home over West Indies in 22 years with a 115 run-win at Headingley. Mike Selvey in the Guardian revisits that victory and looks at the performance of one of the chief architects of that victory, Graham Gooch, who made a heroic second-innings bat-carrying 154.
He was a giant of a batsman and 20 years ago on Thursday he completed a giant of an innings, an effort so monumental that it deserves to be ranked not just as the finest innings ever played by an England captain, or even the finest by an England batsman, but perhaps one of the truly great innings of all time
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo