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David Ivon Gower OBE (born 1 April 1957) is a former English cricketer who became the captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals (ODI) scoring 8,231 and 3170 runs, respectively. He was one of the most capped and high scoring players for England during his period. Gower led England during the 1985 Ashes, and his team was victorious; however, two 5–0 whitewashes against the West Indies (in 1984 and 1985–86) reflected poorly on his captaincy, and Gower was replaced in 1986. He was briefly reinstated for the 1989 Ashes series, before being replaced as captain by Graham Gooch. The strained relationship between the pair contributed to Gower retiring from international cricket in 1993. Nevertheless, he ended with an impressive record in First-class cricket, accumulating 26,339 runs at an average of 40.08, and 53 centuries. As of February 2013, he holds the record of 119 consecutive innings without registering a duck in Test cricket.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/india/content/records/284075.html )〕 Following his retirement, Gower became a successful cricket commentator, with Sky Sports and on 16 July 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.〔〔 ==Early life== Gower was born in Tunbridge Wells in 1957. His father, Richard Gower OBE, was working for the Colonial Service in a position in Dar es Salaam, capital of the then British administered territory of Tanganyika Territory, where Gower spent his early childhood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: David Gower )〕〔Gower, pp. 42–43.〕 The family returned to England after Tanganyika was granted independence, when Gower was six years old, settling in Kent and later moving to Loughborough.〔 Gower attended prep school at Marlborough House School in Hawkhurst from the age of 8 to 13, where he started to lean towards cricket as his preferred sport.〔Gower, p. 44〕 He was awarded a scholarship to attend The King's School in Canterbury—where his father was an earlier head boy—as a boarder.〔 Gower made the school cricket First XI aged 14 and he was later to be made captain.〔Gower, p. 45.〕 He also played for the rugby First XV before being dropped from the team for "lack of effort".〔Gower, p. 46.〕 While at school, Gower played representative cricket for Public Schools against English Schools at under-16 level. Gower finished school with eight O levels, three A levels and one S level in history. He sat the History exam for Oxford University and was offered an interview at St Edmund Hall, but missed a place.〔Gower, pp. 49–50.〕 Spurning a place at University College, London, Gower returned to school in an attempt to gain two more A levels but lost interest partway through the year.〔Meher-Homji, p. 35.〕 Having played some matches for the Leicestershire Second XI the previous summer, Gower tried his luck at the club as a professional for the remainder of the year, for £25 per week.〔 In the summer, Gower returned to University College, where he studied law, but after six months he returned to professional cricket.〔Gower, p. 51.〕 Gower is nicknamed "Lord Gower" by his Sky Sports colleagues, in allusion to his aristocratic ancestry and public school education. He is a distant descendant of the Leveson-Gower family, Dukes of Sutherland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Gower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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