1 WAV file, David Gower interviewed by Jonathan Rice. The file consists of 1 track.
Track 1: [0:00-3:05] Gower talks about playing school cricket, not being signed by Kent the county of his birth, but then signing for Leicestershire, [3:05-4:18] Gower talks about the time it took from playing schoolboy cricket to playing in the Leicestershire team, [4:18-6:00] Gower talks about Raymond Illingworth's captaincy, respecting the opinions of both him and Mike Brearley his first England captain, and his own captaincy style, [6:00-11:10] Gower talks about the captaincy of Illingworth and Brearley and their achievements, including Brearley's handling of Ian Botham during the 1981 Ashes Series.
[11:10-12:45] Gower talks about his own experience of captaining cricket teams and then captaining England for the first time against Pakistan in 1983-1984, [12:45-16:18] Gower talks about his own strengths and weaknesses while he was England captain, [16:18-17:35] Gower talks about consulting Phil Edmonds regarding his bowling form during the 1984-1985 England tour of India, [17:35-20:20] Gower talks about winning the Test Series in India in 1984-1985 despite the events of the tour including the shooting of the Deputy High Commissioner of Western India.
[20:20-22:20] Gower talks about the first time he played at Lord's for Leicestershire and his memories of Lord's, getting a 100 and batting with Brian Davison, [22:20-27:05] Gower talks about his statistics at Lord's which were higher than his career average, walking out to bat at Lord's, being proud of getting a century vs. Australia in 1989 and leaving a press conference early to go see the show 'Anything Goes', [27:05-30:40] Gower talks about his wish to have had more victories and centuries at Lord's, and his batting average at one day internationals at Lord's.
[30:40-36:40] Gower talks about captaining Hampshire (NatWest Trophy, 1991) and Leicestershire (Benson and Hedges Cup, 1985) to one day titles, and replacing Mark Nicholas as captain for Hampshire for the NatWest Trophy final, [36:40-38:35] Gower talks about playing for Hampshire and falling out with Graham Gooch and not being involved in the England team, [38:35-41:45] Gower talks about his decision to retire from cricket and not play a farewell season at county level.
[41:45-45:38] Gower talks about whether he would have enjoyed playing Twenty20 and Indian Premier League cricket had he been playing today, and his television work, [45:38-48:00] Gower talks about whether he would have wanted a central contract while he was playing.