Mike Gatting interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/142

Date:

2007-02-15

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 59 minutes 56 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, Mike Gatting, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 10 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-2:35] Gatting talks about being playing for Brondesbury Cricket Club and catching the eye of Middlesex, [2:36-4:13] Gatting talks about playing other sports at school, football for Watford reserves and choosing cricket over football, [4:14-5:44] Gatting talks about his brother Steve Gatting and finding himself playing for Middlesex 2nd XI after being in the Cricket World Cup with England.

Track 2: [0:00-0:39] Gatting talks about respecting the game and keeping his feet on the ground, [0:40-1:03] Gatting says if he hadn't have been a cricketer he would have been a P.E teacher, [1:04-1:55] Gatting talks about how he and his brother could have been the last of the dual-internationals if born earlier, [1:56-3:19] Gatting talks about inheriting the Middlesex captaincy from Mike Brearley [phone rings at 3:16], [3:20-3:59] Gatting talks about captaining a good Middlesex team, [4:00-5:05] Gatting talks about how handled Phil Edmonds, [5:06-6:22] Gatting talks about friction between Mike Brearley and Phil Edmonds and Edmonds's character, [6:23-8:15] Gatting compares his captaincy style to Mike Brearley.

Track 3: [0:00-1:47] Gatting talks about being part of a Middlesex team which encouraged him to do better, [1:48-2:04] Gatting talks about how competition improved him and initially struggled in England side, [2:05-3:43] Gatting talks about the step up from county cricket to England and trying to establish himself in the England side, [3:44-4:57] Gatting talks about what the atmosphere was like when he first played for England and how young players were treated compared to present day.

Track 4: [0:00-0:43] Gatting talks about changes David Gower brought in as captain, [0:44-4:10] Gatting talks about inheriting the captaincy from David Gower and David Gower's personality and ability, [4:11-5:19] Gatting talks about how he could still be playing county cricket and his retirement.

Track 5: [0:00-0:41] Gatting talks about wanting to stop if he could no longer keep up with younger players, [0:42-3:07] Gatting talks about loving touring and nearly going on the 1982-1983 England tour to Australia, [3:08-5:26] Gatting talks about the time he had his nose broken by Malcom Marshall.

Track 6: [0:00-0:28] Gatting talks about the bowling of Malcom Marshall, [0:29-7:22] Mike Gatting talks about the incident with Pakistani Shakoor Rana, [7:23-8:29] Gatting refuses to be drawn in Pakistan controversies and praises their cricket.

Track 7: [0:00-4:00] Gatting talks about the 1987 Cricket World Cup and losing in the final, [4:01-5:27] Gatting talks about Chris Board not walking on England 1987-1988 tour in Pakistan.

Track 8 [0:00-2:19] Gatting talks about winning the Ashes as captain as his biggest high and the 1987-1988 tour to New Zealand as his low point, [2:20-3:53] Gatting talks about drawing a Test Match against West Indies in 1988 and the summer of the four captains, [3:54-5:16] Gatting talks about Ted Dexter selecting David Gower ahead of him against Australia in 1989, [5:17-7:52] Gatting talks about captaining a rebel tour to South Africa instead of an England tour to the West Indies, Ossie Wheatley Raman Subba Row being responsible for saddest time in his career and England needed rebuilding.

Track 9: [0:00-0:34] Gatting talks about England struggling in the 1990's and holds Ossie Wheatley and Raman Subba Row responsible, [0:35-1:51] Gatting talks about being stabbed in the back and criticises Raman Subba Row, [1:52-2:47] Gatting compares the press in his day to the present day.

Track 10: [0:00-1:46] Gatting talks about wives and girlfriends on tour, length of tours and amount of cricket played, [1:47-3:56] Gatting talks about organising tours, how a tour of Australia should be conducted and having family on tour, [3:57-4:47] Gatting talks about staying involved with cricket, [4:48-5:43] Gatting talks about not having any unrealised ambitions and the possibility of becoming MCC President.


A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Michael William Gatting
David Rayvern Allen
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Brondesbury Cricket Club
Stephen Paul Gatting
John Michael Brearley
Philippe-Henri Edmonds
Malcolm Denzil Marshall
David Ivon Gower
Shakoor Rana
Edward Ralph Dexter
Oswald Stephen Wheatley
Raman Subba Row
Graham Alan Gooch

Subject

football, captains, Middlesex cricketers, captaincy, England in Australia 1982-1983, injuries, umpires, England in Pakistan 1987-1988, Cricket World Cup 1987, England in New Zealand 1987-1988, West Indies in England 1988, Australia in England 1989, Rebel English XI in South Africa 1989-1990, press, tours of Australia

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 59 minutes 56 seconds

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