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Full name Michael Andrew Gough
Born December 18, 1979, Hartlepool, Co Durham
Current age 28 years 336 days
Major teams Durham,England A
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
67
119
3
2952
123
25.44
2
15
57
0
List A
49
45
4
974
132
23.75
1
3
14
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
67
2486
1350
30
5/66
45.00
3.25
82.8
1
0
List A
49
1136
947
21
3/26
3/26
45.09
5.00
54.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1998 - 2003
List A span
1999 - 2003
Profile
A right-hand opening batsman, Michael Gough looked to have a promising career ahead of him. He captained the England Under-19 side and in 2002, aged 22, he averaged over 50 for Durham. But one season later and he had quit, for the simple reason he did not enjoy playing the game. "Each year I kept thinking: 'I'll give myself another season and I might enjoy myself more.' But it didn't happen. There would be times when I'd sit there thinking: 'Surely there's more to life than this.' I still enjoyed watching the game, though, so I thought that I might be able to give it a go as an umpire."
He sat his umpiring exams - in between working in his father's shop - and in 2006 he was appointed to the ECB's reserve list at the age of 27.
Martin Williamson March 2007
