David Gower was bored ... There is no longer room in the world of moneyed cricket for romance. Of England's top seven in the famous 1981 Headingley Ashes Test, only Mike Brearley - virtually ...

The birth of David ... English cricket, in which — according to Gower — “Running around the block counted more than runs on the pitch.”Gower had scored 407 runs in five Ashes Tests in ...

No matter what is inside the urn, the ashes became a symbol for the rivalry between English and Australian cricket and was adopted as the name for the cricket series between the two nations.

The sun scarcely graced the English cricket scene with its presence in 1978, but when it did it seemed to adorn the blond head of David Gower. The young Leicestershire left-hander could do little ...