Keith Fletcher on the tour of India 1972-73 but totally overlooked his magnificent 97 not out in Chennai. This sector of the tour was especially memorable for me as it provided my maiden Test hundred — a tremendous relief after a wretched start which saw me score only 23 runs in my first four Test innings of the trip.
I made only one score of less than 50 in the rest of the series, and finished it with 113 in Bombay out of a stand worth 254 with Tony Greig, who was also passing 100 for England for the first time. It is not difficult to imagine my feelings, particularly as the selectors had made no attempt to disguise their view that this tour represented my ‘last chance’ to establish myself as an England batsman. Read More – David Gower – Majestic Left-Hander and Great Entertainer
