Graham Gooch (1975-1995)

Born 23 July 1953 at Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, England
Graham Gooch was a prolific opening batsman for England. A big hard-hitting batsman he played for England for 20 years, and captained them in 34 Tests and 50 ODIs. He retired as England’s leading run-scorer in Tests. He was also a useful medium-pace bowler and fine fielder. In a Test against India at Lord’s in 1990 he scored 333 and 123 becoming the first player to score a triple-century and a century in the same first-class match.
His finest Test innings came when he carried his bat to score 154* out of 252 and lead England to a rare victory over West Indies at Leeds in 1991. He played county cricket for Essex for many years and scored over 44 000 first-class and 22 000 limited overs runs in total including 128 first-class centuries.
M Runs HS Avg 100 Ct Wkts Avg BB 5I
Tests 118 8900 333 42.58 20 103 23 46.47 3-39 0
ODIs 125 4290 142 36.98 8 45 36 42.11 3-19 0