Gough's quick-step to the future

It would be easy to forget that Darren Gough is still a professional cricketer, and Yorkshire's captain at that. He is now more famous than at any time in his career after taking the reality TV world by storm with his success on Strictly Come Dancing. He has one more year left on his Yorkshire contract, then the TV life will beckon full time. As he takes part in a UK tour of Strictly, Gough chats to John Westerby in the Times about what he might do, and one thing he certainly won't do, after cricket.

His preferred next step would be a move on to the small screen, possibly as Ally McCoist’s replacement as a captain on A Question of Sport. “When I was younger I wanted to present a Saturday-night quiz show, something like The Price is Right,” Gough says. “But Question of Sport would be great. I’m quite similar to Ally and my personality would come across the same in front of a camera.”

He will not, however, be looking to enhance his profile by appearing in any jungle-based reality shows. “That just isn’t me,” he says. “I’m always up for a challenge, but eating a kangaroo’s bits is no way to prove yourself.”