Darren Gough retired at the end of the 2008 cricket season with Justin Langer as his final first-class wicket.
40 Facts About Darren Gough
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Darren Gough was offered a contract by Yorkshire cricket and Rotherham United but chose cricket.
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Darren Gough made his first class debut in 1989 against Middlesex at Lord's taking five wickets.
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Darren Gough retained his place for his first full home series against South Africa.
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Darren Gough started well with a pair of four wickets in the first Test and would pick up another 3 to be leading English wicket taker in the series.
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Darren Gough played in his first Test victory in the third Test.
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Darren Gough returned for this series playing in the first three of the six Test series.
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Darren Gough was wicketless in the first two Tests of the series.
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Darren Gough played in both tests of the two Test series, the first of which was the first match in the history of Test cricket to finish in a draw with the scores level.
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Darren Gough played in the first four Tests of the series.
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Darren Gough took six wickets in the first Test and would take 10 in the next four.
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Once again injury prevented Darren Gough from playing as an inflamed knee caused him to miss the final two tests.
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Darren Gough was back for the South African series and played in the four of the five tests.
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Darren Gough took his 100th career wicket when he had Jonty Rhodes caught.
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Darren Gough batted for 133 balls and 145 minutes in resisting but was Murali Muralithran's 9th wicket of the innings.
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Darren Gough took 10 wickets in the first three Tests but would secure cricketing immortality in the final two Tests.
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Darren Gough bowled MacGill with a searing yorker that hit the base of middle stump and two balls later had Glenn McGrath lbw to give England a 12 run win.
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Wicketless until then, Darren Gough had Ian Healy caught behind, next ball he ripped out MacGill's middle stump and with his final ball of the over bowled Colin Miller.
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Darren Gough was the leading English wicket taker for the series with 21.
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Darren Gough hit the winning runs to give England the 2 wicket victory.
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Darren Gough played both Tests in the 2 match series against Zimbabwe taking 9 wickets.
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Darren Gough joined Dominic Cork with 28 still needed for victory.
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Darren Gough was still there when Cork hit the winning runs.
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Darren Gough took 14 wickets for the series, the most by an English player.
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Darren Gough played in all 5 Tests and took 17 wickets, the most by an Englishman.
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Darren Gough played in all six of England's matches in the 1996 World Cup.
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Darren Gough played Australia 17 times and was only on the winning side 3 times.
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Darren Gough played 146 first-class matches for Yorkshire, taking 453 wickets at 27.56.
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Darren Gough took 290 wickets in 212 List A games at 23.34 and 16 wickets in 17 Twenty20 appearances at 26.00.
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Darren Gough was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2001 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel while launching a NatWest competition for junior cricketers at Lord's Cricket Ground.
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In 2006, Darren Gough was awarded an honorary degree by Huddersfield University in Barnsley.
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Darren Gough was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to cricket and charity.
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In October 2019, Darren Gough was appointed as a fast bowling consultant for England cricket team for test matches against New Zealand.
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In December 2021, Darren Gough was appointed the director of cricket for Yorkshire.
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In 2005, Darren Gough took part in the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with British National champion Lilia Kopylova.
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Darren Gough was the first cricketer to win the show, a feat former teammate Mark Ramprakash would emulate the following year.
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Darren Gough went on to win both the main series and the 2005 Christmas Special.
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In 2009, Darren Gough became the face of UK convenience store chain Costcutter, featuring in their TV adverts until 2011.
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Darren Gough was Kevin Pietersen's best man at his wedding.
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Darren Gough supports Barnsley FC Gough is a supporter of the Conservative Party, and was approached by Prime Minister David Cameron to stand as an MP, an offer that Gough declined.