David Gower

This Podcast is the equivalent of a Sunday Roast. Carve the meat, prepare the trimmings, and don’t forget the Apple Pie. David Gower, one of England’s finest left-handers to emerge out of England, takes time out to talk to Dean du Plessis. He talks about the euphoria of regaining the Ashes in 1985 as captain, the disappointing tour of the West Indies in 1986, the joy of retaining the Ashes in 1987 which gave him a second opportunity to captain England, and the disappointment of losing the Ashes in 1989 which lost him the captaincy as well. He vividly relives the Tiger Moth incident in 1991, talks about the joys and blunders of the commentary box, and shares his experience of playing blind cricket- which appealed to Dean du Plessis’s sense of humour, as Dean is totally blind.