Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in April 1957, Gower spent much of his upbringing in Tanzania.
He made his debut for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1975. He stayed with the club for 14 years until he joined Hampshire.
David Gower is England’s second highest ever runs scorer in Test Match history. His stylish play took him to 18 Test Match 100s and 32 Tests as Captain of England. He has a number of books to his credit, including a 1992 autobiography.
David was the correspondent for The Sunday Express for two years, has written columns for The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sun and The Sunday Times.
David extended his broadcast work to include the popular quiz show They Think It’s All Over, on which he was a resident team captain between 1995 and 2003.
Gower is now the main presenter of international cricket coverage for Sky Sports and regular commentator alongside David “Bumble” Lloyd, Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain and Ian Botham.
David enjoys collecting and drinking fine wine.
Other interests include photography, safaris, wildlife conservation, music and crosswords.
David Gower is in great demand as a witty and interesting motivational and after dinner speaker.
A number of guests have remarked on how much they enjoyed David Gower's speech - I thought it was perfectly pitched for our audience. I also appreciate the length of time he spent mingling with our guests after the dinner had finished.
Senior Partner, Allen & Overy
David's presence and willing involvement in all our activities enhanced very considerably the success of the evening. Furthermore, his speech was extremely well received
Head of Marketing, Bedfordshire TEC
David's after lunch speech was both interesting and very witty and held the attention of the whole audience, as evidenced by their laughter and enthusiastic applause. He then went on to MC the presentation of the various awards, which he did very professionally
Event Organiser, Timber Trader of the Year Awards
David was charming and never irritated by all the requests for autographs and photographs and I've heard nothing but compliments about the content of his presentation. The amusing anecdotes from his cricketing days together with snippets from his TV show meant that people with no cricket interest could still relate
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David Gower OBE is an England Cricket Legend, Commentator and After-Dinner Speaker.
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Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in April 1957, Gower spent much of his upbringing in Tanzania.
He made his debut for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1975. He stayed with the club for 14 years until he joined Hampshire.
David Gower is England’s second highest ever runs scorer in Test Match history. His stylish play took him to 18 Test Match 100s and 32 Tests as Captain of England. He has a number of books to his credit, including a 1992 autobiography.
David was the correspondent for The Sunday Express for two years, has written columns for The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sun and The Sunday Times.
David extended his broadcast work to include the popular quiz show They Think It’s All Over, on which he was a resident team captain between 1995 and 2003.
Gower is now the main presenter of international cricket coverage for Sky Sports and regular commentator alongside David “Bumble” Lloyd, Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain and Ian Botham.
David enjoys collecting and drinking fine wine.
Other interests include photography, safaris, wildlife conservation, music and crosswords.
David Gower is in great demand as a witty and interesting motivational and after dinner speaker.
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