Biography

Mike Gatting was one of England's finest cricketers during the 1980s and 1990s. A powerful middle-order batsman, excellent fielder and useful medium-pace bowler, he began his career with Middlesex in 1975 and remained with them until his retirement in 1998. He went on to represent his country 79 times in test cricket between 1977 and 1995, captaining his country 23 times. He played in 92 limited overs internationals. He scored a total of 36549 runs across 551 first-class matches, making 493 catches and taking 158 wickets. His crowning glory was to lead England to victory in the Ashes series in Australia in 1986-87.
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Awards received: - Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year, 1981 - One of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack's Five Cricketers of the Year, 1983 - OBE, 1987

On the 1986 cricket tour of the West Indies, Gatting, playing for England, suffered a broken nose when he was hit by a very quick bowl by West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall. The TV footage of Mike breaking his nose and returning back home was used in a Sunday Times TV commercial in 2001.

He has been a fan of the television series Doctor Who (1963) since he was a boy.