Mike Gatting

Mike Gatting

OBE
Personal information
Full name
Michael William Gatting
Born (1957-06-06) 6 June 1957 (age 67)
Kingsbury, London
NicknameGatt
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsSteve Gatting (brother)
Joe Gatting (nephew)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 477)18 January 1978 v Pakistan
Last Test7 February 1995 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 43)23 December 1977 v Pakistan
Last ODI20 March 1993 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1998Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 79 92 551 551
Runs scored 4,409 2,095 36,549 14,476
Batting average 35.55 29.50 49.52 33.74
100s/50s 10/21 1/9 94/181 12/87
Top score 207 115* 258 143*
Balls bowled 752 392 10,061 6,234
Wickets 4 10 158 175
Bowling average 79.25 33.60 29.76 27.52
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/14 3/32 5/34 6/26
Catches/stumpings 59/– 22/– 493/– 177/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1979 England
Runner-up 1987 India and Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 March 2017

Michael William Gatting OBE (born 6 June 1957)[1] is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975–1998; captain 1983–1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988. He toured South Africa as captain of the rebel tour party in 1990. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup and captain of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 1987 Cricket World Cup.

He replaced John Buchanan as the county coach, serving during 1999 and 2000.

He is currently an elected member of the Middlesex C.C.C. Executive Board and the M.C.C. Committee. He has previously served as the ECB managing director of Cricket Partnerships and President of Marylebone Cricket Club[2]

Cricket writer Colin Bateman has stated that "talk of Gatting the batsman always evokes adjectives such as pugnacious, bold, brave and belligerent".[1]

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 74–75. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ "Gatting to be next MCC president". Wisden India. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2013.