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Graham Gooch was the most prolific run scorer top-class cricket has ever seen. After he retired in 1997, the statistician Robert Brooke calculated that he had scored 21,087 in one-day cricket at first-class level, this added to his 44,841 first-class runs, which put him ahead of Jack Hobbs. It was an amazing achievement. Graham Gooch was awarded an OBE for his services to cricket in 1991. With a wealth of stories and anecdotes, Graham is now in great demand as an after dinner speaker.
Graham's Cricket Career
In 1973 Graham made his first-class debut, he was soon in the runs, and he made his maiden ton a year later. 1975 was the breakthrough year. Playing for the MCC against the touring Australians and making 75, he was soon the name on everyone's lips. Gooch was subsequently picked for the Edgbaston test. Whether this was too early for him, or the pressure was too much, Gooch failed and made a pair. He was subsequently dropped and it was only in 1978 that he made his comeback. A year later Gooch was instrumental in Essex capturing their first trophy in 103 years of the club.
The most controversial aspect of Graham's career came in 1982 when he decided to lead the first England rebel tour of South Africa. He was subsequently banned from test cricket for three years.
1990 was a great year in Graham's career, he averaged over 100 with the test match at Lord's against India being the highlight. In this one match Graham hit the world record test run aggregate (456), he became holder of the highest score at Lord's (333), he was the first ever player to score a triple-century and a century in a match, he took the record for the highest test score against India and achieved the highest score by an England Captain. Of all his great test innings one stands out in particular, at Headingley, against the West Indies in 1991. Graham carried his bat for a score of 154 not out, out of a total of 252 on a green wicket which was regularly enlivened by the damp weather.
In all Graham led the England side 34 times and was captain in the 1992 World Cup final defeat by Pakistan. He played in England's two other World Cup finals in 1979 and 1987. Currently he is England's leading test run maker with a total of 8,900 runs and 20 centuries.
Life after cricket
In 1996 Graham was appointed an England selector and held that position for four seasons. Since 2002 he has been Essex County Cricket Club's Head Coach but as from 2005 he accepted a wider role within the club.
Graham Gooch has acquired a vast fund of stories which he delivers in his own style. He is articulate, well informed and can motivate, inspire, entertain and create an individual's awareness of self-achievement. He has an established reputation as a humorous after dinner speaker and is in demand at corporate, social and sporting events.
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Outside of appearing and speaking at live corporate and private events Graham Gooch has a number of retail products available that can be purchased through Speakers Corner. For upcoming new book and product launches related to Graham Gooch then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Graham Gooch Books
Gooch: My AutobiographyPrice: £15.99
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford Paperback Reference)Price: £10.99
CaptaincyPrice: £15.99
Graham Gooch DVDs
The Match Winners [VHS]Price: £10.99
The Film Of The 1992 English Cricket Season [VHS]Price: £10.99
Victory-W.Indies Vs England '90 [VHS]Price: £4.99
Other Graham Gooch Products
Graham Gooch England Cricket Legend - MontagePrice: £24.50
Graham Gooch News
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Top 20 sporting moments of the decade
16th December 2009The Telegraph is conducting an online poll to discover what its readers think was the greatest sporting moment of the last decade. Some of Speakers Corner's favourite speakers appear in the top 20 including Sir Steve Redgrave wining a fifth Olympic Gold medal at a fifth consecutive Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, and when Dame Kelly Holmes won the 800 metres and 1,500 metres gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. You can vote on the Telegraph's website.
16th December 2009The Telegraph is conducting an online poll to discover what its readers think was the greatest sporting moment of the last decade. Some of Speakers Corner's favourite speakers appear in the top 20 including Sir Steve Redgrave wining a fifth Olympic Gold medal at a fifth consecutive Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, and when Dame Kelly Holmes won the 800 metres and 1,500 metres gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. You can vote on the Telegraph's website.
1,000 celebrities, speakers, comedians and television presenters have been added to 2010 edition of Who's Who
8th December 2009Over 1,000 celebrities, comedians, speakers and television presenters have been added to the 2010 edition of Who's Who. David Walliams & Matt Lucas, Ant & Dec, Ricky Gervais, Bear Grylls, Martin Lewis and David Mitchell are all in the 162nd edition which now numbers 33,680 in total
8th December 2009Over 1,000 celebrities, comedians, speakers and television presenters have been added to the 2010 edition of Who's Who. David Walliams & Matt Lucas, Ant & Dec, Ricky Gervais, Bear Grylls, Martin Lewis and David Mitchell are all in the 162nd edition which now numbers 33,680 in total
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27th November 2009Tom Daley, Jodie Williams and Heather Watson will battle it out for the title of Young Sports Personality of the Year. World diving champion Tom Daley, double world youth sprint gold medallist Jodie Williams and girls' junior US Open winner Heather Watson were chosen from a shortlist of 10. The 2008 award was won by swimmer Eleanor Simmonds, who won two gold medals at the Paralympics in Beijing. The three finalists were chosen by a panel chaired by John Inverdale. The panel members included Jake Humphrey, Helen Skelton, Ore Oduba, and previous Young Sports Personality of the Year winners Kate Haywood and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. The winner will be announced live on the Sports Personality of the Year show on Sunday 13 December 2009.
David Beckham and other high profile athletes triumph over asthma
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Chrissie Wellington named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year
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4th November 2009Record-breaking triathlete and Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington has been named Sunday Times sportswoman of the year for 2009. The 32-year-old from Norfolk, who took her third straight Ironman world title last month, won the Sunday Times award after four weeks of online voting. Chrissie, a long-distance triathlon specialist who set a new world record time this year, beat Jessica Ennis, Britain's world heptathlon champion to the title. Cyclist Victoria Pendleton came third behind Chrissie and Jessica.
Chris Hoy Named Sports Personality of the Year
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Sports Personality of the Year Nominees Announced
3rd December 2008The top 10 contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award have been named.
3rd December 2008The top 10 contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award have been named.
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Blair opens sporting foundation
15th November 2007Former prime minister Tony Blair opens a sporting foundation suppored by former Olympic track star Steve Cram and rower James Cracknell.
15th November 2007Former prime minister Tony Blair opens a sporting foundation suppored by former Olympic track star Steve Cram and rower James Cracknell.
Graham Gooch Reviews
Graham Gooch has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Graham Gooch for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Graham Gooch for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
"Having heard Graham speak at Ashridge (European Centre for Management Training), I was asked by my own company if there would be anyone suitable from the sporting world to speak at our CPD (Continued Professional Development) seminar at the Belfry in January 2005, Graham was the natural choice and gave a highly relevant and cohesive speech outlining the similarities between sport and business and the general theme as written in our newsletter was of preparation, commitment and dedication. The delegates (Chartered Surveyors) were very impressed, the feedback was extremely positive. On the whole though I think they were highly entertained with intelligence, humour and by a glimpse into a world that most can only dream of.
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