Gooch flies out to help England
Graham Gooch has been recruited to the England coaching staff on a temporary basis to help the team prepare for the Test series against South Africa
View ArticlePietersen is a match-winner - Gooch
Graham Gooch, England's new batting coach, has no concerns about Kevin Pietersen's indifferent form and insists that Pietersen just needs more time after returning from injury.
View ArticlePietersen welcomes Gooch advice
Kevin Pietersen is thrilled to have Graham Gooch's help as he fights to regain form ahead of the opening Test against South Africa on December 16.
View ArticleCook's best years ahead of him - Gooch
England's latest Test captain, Alastair Cook, has his best years ahead of him, according Graham Gooch, England's most prolific Test run-scorer and Cook's batting mentor.
View ArticleGooch defends struggling batsmen
Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, has come to the defence of Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen, the two batsmen in the current line-up whose form is under the most scrutiny
View ArticleGooch backs Essex Olympic stadium plan
Graham Gooch has described the prospect of Essex playing some of their future home matches at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford as a 'win-win scenario', after their involvement in a joint bid with West...
View ArticleGooch has faith in England's competitive spirit
England's batting coach, Graham Gooch, believes that the leadership partnership of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower has instilled in the squad a competitive edge that has been lacking on previous tours...
View ArticleGooch believes title is within England's grasp
Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, believes that the current squad has the character and ability to go one better than the teams he was involved with during his playing days
View ArticleThe World Cup rain-rule farce
New rain rules for the 1992 World Cup were supposed to be fairer, but in the semi-final between England and South Africa they led to one of the most farcical finishes in the game's history
View ArticleFrom one-man bands to world-beating team
English cricket used to be about lone talents shining forth despite the chaos of the system. Now, though, it's all about the collective
View ArticleGooch credits hard-working England
It's not often that a team's challenge can be written off inside 26 overs, but India's performance on a rain-hit first day at The Oval was apathetic beyond compare
View ArticleGooch made full-time batting coach
Graham Gooch has been made England's permanent batting coach after the success of his consultancy role with the national side
View ArticleGooch leaves role at Essex
Graham Gooch, the former England batsman, has stepped down as Essex batting coach to focus on his England role
View ArticleGooch downplays Ajmal's 'new' delivery
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
View ArticleGooch agrees full-time role
Graham Gooch has been appointed as England's full-time batting coach, after previously working with the team on a part-time basis
View ArticleGooch confident Strauss can arrest slump
Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, has jumped to the defence of his embattled captain Andrew Strauss as doubts intensify about his international future
View ArticleEngland batsmen: The replacements
With change in the air for England's batting line up, ESPNcricinfo runs the rule over the men waiting in the wings
View ArticleThe swap Samuels made
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?
View ArticleThere's life after Pietersen - Gooch
Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, admitted that Kevin Pietersen's retirement from international limited-overs cricket has opened up a big hole
View ArticleEngland No. 1 status hanging by a thread
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
View ArticleCook plotting his path to greatness
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
View ArticleConfident England want series win - Gooch
Graham Gooch has hailed England's back-to-back Test wins in India as a "monumental achievement"
View ArticleGooch predicts Cook's best still to come
As far as Graham Gooch is concerned, the best of Alastair Cook is yet to come
View ArticleGooch refuses to excuse poor batting
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
View ArticleT20 'chipping away' at Test skills - Gooch
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
View Article'I don't coach batting, I coach run-making'
Graham Gooch on batting, Boycott, Barrington, "daddy-hundreds", and mentoring the current crop of record-breakers
View ArticleFaulkner criticises England tactics
James Faulkner was unimpressed by England's defensive approach and suggested the Oval crowd should have got a refund after a slow third day
View ArticleGooch prefers his beef wellington
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...
View ArticleBatsmen have to accept sledging - Gooch
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...
View ArticleGooch cut from England batting coach role
Graham Gooch has been removed as England batting coach, the ECB announced on Thursday morning
View ArticleGower savours life in the last chance saloon
David Gower was on the verge of being dropped for good at The Oval in 1990 before he scored a charismatic 157 against India
View ArticleGooch, with a side of chips
The most English of English batsmen turned an eight-year-old into a lifelong fan of the game
View ArticleCook hails hero Gooch as prepares to break record
England turned to Mark Ramprakash after the Ashes whitewash but Alastair Cook kept his long-term mentor Graham Gooch close. Now surpassing Gooch would be the perfect way, individually, to prepare to...
View ArticleCook does it his way to reach iconic landmark
It can be hard to remember individual strokes from Alastair Cook, but the accumulative effect over the years has been a reassuring presence at the top of England's order and there is still much more to...
View ArticleWhen Gooch tamed Pakistan
The England batsman's 142 in Karachi in 1987 was a lesson in mastering spin in the subcontinent
View ArticleThe XI worst debuts
Edward Craig reveals the players who weren't so quick off the blocks
View ArticleThe academy of cricket
Essex county have produced several England captains and batting giants, but they don't have silverware of their own to brag about and they'd like to change that
View ArticleEssex's ebullient '80s
From loveable pushovers to strutting county titans, Essex's self-made story through the '80s chimed perfectly with the times
View ArticleHussain, Gooch and other post-captaincy case studies
A closer look at the fates of Alastair Cook's predecessors who played on after stepping down
View ArticleGooch funds gambling awareness education for all counties
Former England captain Graham Gooch has committed £50,000 to funding PCA-run courses for all 18 English counties on gambling awareness education
View ArticleThe hills are alive with the sound of county cricket
April is here: time for cricket to signal a season of renewal amid the sunshine and the smell of fresh-mown grass
View ArticleRanking England's Australian nightmares
In eight completed Ashes tours since 1986-87, England have won one series and lost seven by thumping margins. But which have had saving graces, and which have been unmitigated shockers?
View ArticleFrom Bruce Reid to Mitchell Johnson: Five memorable Ashes collapses
ESPNcricinfo recalls five occasions in which England's batting malfunctioned after a seemingly serene start to an Ashes innings.
View ArticleExcellent at Edgbaston, dreadful in Dhaka
Leading up to England's 1000th Test, we look at their high and low points against each of their nine opponents in the format
View ArticleAlastair Cook is 'flat-lining' says concerned Graham Gooch
The man Cook overtook to become England's leading run-scorer keeps seeing him make the same mistakes
View Article'A great person as well as a great cricketer' - Graham Gooch pays tribute to...
Former coach and mentor pays tribute to fellow England legend as he prepares to play his last Test
View ArticleLara's twin epics, Richards' whirlwind ton and a miracle at Sabina Park
Vote for your memorable moments from England's past tours of the Caribbean
View ArticleAll-time England World Cup XI
Andrew Miller, ESPNcricinfo's UK editor, picks his all-time England World Cup XI
View ArticleCharlotte Edwards unveiled as first female president of Professional...
Former England captain and record run-scorer replaces Graham Gooch at helm
View ArticleHow many bowlers have taken 100 Test wickets or more at a single venue?
And which Test spinner was nicknamed "Muscles"?
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