Mike Gatting
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Michael William Gatting (born June 6 1957) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also played for the English cricket team from 1977 to 1994, captaining it in 23 Test matches between 1986 and 1988. He scored 10 Test centuries, and was named the one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1984.
Sadly, he will principally be remembered for three events:
- He simultaneously received the first ball by, and was the first wicket of, Shane Warne in an Ashes series, at Old Trafford in June, 1993. Warne pitched the ball a foot outside leg stump, and spun the ball past Gatting's bat to clip the off bail. This is sometimes referred to as the Ball of the Century.
- The "Shakoor Rana affair" in 1987 at Faisalabad.
- Being caught by Australian wicketkeeper Greg Dyer after trying to play a reverse sweep off opposing captain Allan Border's first ball during the 1987 World Cup final.
| Preceded by: David Gower | English national cricket captain 1986-1988 | Succeeded by: John Emburey External links |