Mike Gatting toured South Africa as captain of the rebel tour party in 1990.
19 Facts About Mike Gatting
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Mike Gatting replaced John Buchanan as the county coach, serving during 1999 and 2000.
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Mike Gatting has previously served as the ECB managing director of Cricket Partnerships and President of Marylebone Cricket Club.
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Mike Gatting scored 126 runs in that innings against the West Indies U19's.
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Mike Gatting went on an unfruitful trial with fellow Londoners Arsenal FC That being so, he turned to cricket for his sporting future and QPR signed the other trialist that day, Phil Parkes.
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In domestic cricket, Mike Gatting was one of the most prolific batsmen in England for most of his career, but it took him several years to establish himself in the England team.
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Mike Gatting initially had great difficulty converting fifties into centuries at Test match level and he did not achieve a Test century until his fifty-fourth Test innings; he went on to accumulate ten hundreds in all.
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In 1987, Mike Gatting gained notoriety in the "Shakoor Rana affair" when he argued with umpire Shakoor Rana in Faisalabad.
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Mike Gatting had been signalling to the long leg fielder to stop walking in, and the move was legal as it was not in the batsman's eyeline.
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An on-pitch argument ensued, during the course of which Rana accused Mike Gatting of breaking the rules and Mike Gatting shouted 'We made the rules'.
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Martin Williamson, editor of Cricinfo, subsequently commented of the incident, 'Whatever the provocation, Mike Gatting was in the wrong.
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Mike Gatting was sacked as England captain the following summer over an alleged encounter with a barmaid, triggering the "summer of four captains".
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Mike Gatting subsequently led a highly controversial rebel tour to South Africa.
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Mike Gatting hit the headlines during the tour for describing a protest outside the rebel team's hotel as "a few people singing and dancing".
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Mike Gatting's score helped England to their only win in the series.
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Mike Gatting averaged under thirty with the ball in both first-class and List A cricket, but he did not bowl with great frequency in International cricket.
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Mike Gatting was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1984.
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Mike Gatting retired from first-class cricket in 1998 and has since worked as a coach and commentator.
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Mike Gatting appeared as himself on The Archers on 9 September 2007 at the centre of a misunderstanding between Sid and Jolene Perks during the npower Village Cup Final at Lord's.