“Oh what a princely entry,” gushed John Arlott as David Gower’s lithe and lissom form stepped back with aeons to spare and pulled the first ball faced in Test cricket for four. “And if ...

Table Mountain, table cricket ... geddit? David Gower drives Jeremy Fredericks' deliveries while Mike Gatting patrols midwicket in a game of table cricket played atop Table Mountain. (Photo credit ...

The sun scarcely graced the English cricket scene with its presence in 1978, but when it did it seemed to adorn the blond head of David Gower. The young Leicestershire left-hander could do little ...