Relive the unforgettable performance by Darren Gough in the 2nd Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Kandy, played from March 7 to 11, 2001.
On a subcontinent pitch that usually favors spin, Gough turned the tide with pace and reverse swing, claiming 4 for 73 in the first innings and 4 for 50 in the second innings, totaling 8 wickets in the match. His aggressive line, relentless energy, and accurate bowling earned him the Man of the Match award and led England to a thrilling 3-wicket victory.
This video showcases Darren Gough's incredible spell from both innings β a true masterclass in fast bowling in Asian conditions. It remains one of the standout achievements of his Test career.
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π Match Info:
π Venue: Kandy, Sri Lanka
ποΈ Date: March 7β11, 2001
π Match: England vs Sri Lanka β 2nd Test
ποΈ Man of the Match: Darren Gough
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On a subcontinent pitch that usually favors spin, Gough turned the tide with pace and reverse swing, claiming 4 for 73 in the first innings and 4 for 50 in the second innings, totaling 8 wickets in the match. His aggressive line, relentless energy, and accurate bowling earned him the Man of the Match award and led England to a thrilling 3-wicket victory.
This video showcases Darren Gough's incredible spell from both innings β a true masterclass in fast bowling in Asian conditions. It remains one of the standout achievements of his Test career.
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π Match Info:
π Venue: Kandy, Sri Lanka
ποΈ Date: March 7β11, 2001
π Match: England vs Sri Lanka β 2nd Test
ποΈ Man of the Match: Darren Gough
π Share your favorite Gough moment in the comments below!
#DarrenGough #EnglandCricket #TestCricket #SriLankaVsEngland #CricketClassics #KandyTest2001 #FastBowling #ReverseSwing #ManOfTheMatch #CricketLegends #CricketHistory #GoughMagic #AshesEra #TestMatchHighlights
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00:00Cricket lovers get ready to roll back the years and witness a cracking performance from
00:05one of England's finest Pacers, Darren Gough.
00:08In the second Test Test Candy, played from March 7 to 11, 2001, Darren Gough bowled a
00:13spell that stamped his name into Test match folklore.
00:17On a dusty subcontinent pitch where fastballers usually have to dig deep, Darren Gough charged
00:22in with heart and hustle.
00:24In the first innings he backed 4 wickets for 73 runs in just 14 hours, including 4 mid-ins.
00:30He set the tone early, breaking through the top order and keeping the Sri Lankan bestman
00:35under pressure with sharp pace and late swing.
00:38Then came the second innings and Darren Gough turned up the heat once again.
00:42This time he bowled a marathon spell of 22-hours, 6 mid-ins and returned with another 4 wickets
00:48for 50 runs.
00:49It was a masterclass in control, reverse swing and pure determination.
00:54With 8 wickets in the match, Darren Gough was rightly named the man of the match.
00:58His spell was the turning point, helping England pull off a nail-biting win by just 3 wickets
01:03in one of the most thrilling tests on Sri Lankan soil.
01:06Let's tune and relive this golden spell, Darren Gough magic with the ball, where he breathed
01:11fire in Kandy and brought England home with sheer grit and pace.
01:18He's dragged it on, Gough's got it.
01:23So, Marvin Atapatu misses out for once at Kandy, who's scored for two double centuries here
01:30in Tess, but he's missed out today.
01:33Full marks to Darren Gough.
01:34Rungs over the slips for Atapatu, but not this time, a ball fuller in length, closer to
01:42the stumps, good line from Gough, and it's a nick on.
01:46Just a little bit of hesitancy and an angled bat, inside edge, the ball drops back onto the
01:52stumps.
01:52It's a first strike for England.
01:54It's one for Darren Gough.
01:55The Bales have gone, Atapatu's gone, and Sri Lanka, 21 for one.
02:06And England have taken the second new ball.
02:09It didn't take him long to establish.
02:10There was no reverse swing.
02:13I think he's probably been working on reverse swing for a long time now.
02:16Well, this will encourage him.
02:17It's always a nice feeling, get a brand new ball in your hands, nice and hard, and also
02:22just creates a little bit of doubt in the batsman's mind.
02:25And sometimes, if you bowl badly with it, it'll disappear all over the place.
02:31Gough.
02:33Oh, he's got it.
02:34Fastball caught Gully.
02:35Caught Gully.
02:36It's worked.
02:37The new ball has worked for England.
02:39That is a quickish delivery, just short of a length.
02:42A blazing cut shot played by Russell Arnold.
02:45And beautifully taken, actually, white again into the action.
02:49They take some catching.
02:51That was going really quickly to him.
02:53And, well, that'll lift him, won't it?
02:56He'll be as happy as a beer, madness.
02:59Lift everybody.
03:00It's not the best delivery he's ever caught down.
03:02But what about that for a catch?
03:03Craig White.
03:04It's knocked him backwards.
03:05He's held on.
03:07Just back of a length.
03:08Goff.
03:08Russell Arnold flashes away.
03:10Backward of point.
03:11Craig White is absolutely in the right place there.
03:15It's knocked him backwards.
03:16He's held on, though.
03:17It's a new ball.
03:19England have taken another wicket.
03:22That of Russell Arnold.
03:2365 has played well.
03:25After the innings, Sri Lanka, 277 for six.
03:28Right, so Kumar Dharmasina is the new batsman.
03:36He's a right-hander.
03:37He can be a nuisance, Dharmasina.
03:40He and Voss have both made a few runs in test-match cricket.
03:43But he's confronted with a new ball here.
03:44In the air.
03:49Oh, what a catch!
03:50What a catch!
03:51What a catch!
03:53Wonderfully taken.
03:55Well, it's opportunities like this that can change test-matches.
04:00Dharmasina, who's played pretty solidly, hasn't been there for too long.
04:04That one bounced a little bit.
04:06It hit the shoulder of the bat.
04:07It was in the air just long enough for a magnificent catch to be taken by Thorpe.
04:13Watch this.
04:13You could sense it.
04:15You can taste it.
04:16He takes off.
04:17It's never coming out, isn't that?
04:19As soon as he's airborne, that's sticking.
04:21Goff again with pace, with fire.
04:24Back end of this first day.
04:26Good reward for England.
04:28Scintillating, stunning catch from Graham Thorpe.
04:31Right-handed, flying through the air.
04:33Seventh wicket has gone down for Sri Lanka.
04:36279 for seven.
04:43Taminda Vaas is in there at the moment, and he's in there because of a magnificent catch taken by Thorpe.
04:53Just watch this.
04:53It hits the shoulder of the bat.
04:55Perhaps even a little bit of glove in that one.
04:57Thorpe suspended in the air.
04:58Catches it one-handed.
04:59Well, that's superb.
05:01He's a left-hander as well.
05:02Caught in his right hand.
05:03And that does make a difference.
05:05And that wicket could, just could end up in a situation where England bowl out the Sri Lankans tonight.
05:11Right-o.
05:12Vaas on strike now.
05:13Oh, and that's a good bouncer.
05:16What a good bouncer.
05:20Vaas couldn't get out of the way there.
05:22Boy, is he pumped up.
05:25Goff is rearing to go here.
05:28This new ball's made such a difference.
05:30He's taken wickets.
05:31I've seen it time and time again from Darren Goff.
05:34If he just gets a sniff, look at his eyes.
05:38Racing in.
05:40Vaas taken on the shoulder.
05:43Momentarily thinking that it was a wicket to England, but he's plainly off the shoulder.
05:47Now, just watch this.
05:47He keeps his eye on the ball.
05:49Then, right at the last minute, realizes he has to get his head out of the way.
05:52He's being shoved back onto the boundary there.
05:56In the air.
05:57That's it.
05:57Two.
05:58He's got it.
05:58Court slip.
05:59That's by the Satherton.
06:01England are finding the outside edge this evening in candy.
06:05And what's more, they really are ripping through the tail here of the Sri Lankan side.
06:10Sri Lanka look really well placed.
06:13England have taken the new ball and, boy, they're amongst the wickets.
06:17Don't know who said it first, but it certainly is absolutely right for this situation.
06:23England on fire.
06:24Goff again.
06:25Brand new cricket ball.
06:27Thank you very much.
06:28Give it to me.
06:29Full of length.
06:30Safe catching.
06:31Good hands by England.
06:33Atherton this time.
06:34Dilsham looking to drive.
06:37He's only left with 10 and 11.
06:39He was looking to score runs.
06:42The wickets are falling.
06:42286 for nine.
06:51Mathia Murali-Durren.
06:53Will they try and get him out or will they try and smash his fingers?
06:55I know what I'd try and do.
07:00I've read the script.
07:02Borth.
07:03That's not in that order.
07:07Right, here we go.
07:08He's on strike now.
07:09Goff to him.
07:10Oh, he's having a go.
07:12Have a look at that.
07:13Straight over Glock's head for four.
07:15Well, now they will try and smash his fingers.
07:19He's absolutely stepped back and he's slogged that one.
07:22Straight over Glock's head for four.
07:25Step effective.
07:28It's not textbook.
07:29It's not pretty.
07:30It's effective.
07:32There it goes.
07:33Straight over the fastballer's head.
07:36Look at the eyes.
07:37Wide open.
07:38And another chap bit.
07:40Oh, where's that gone?
07:41Well, you won't be doing that again.
07:44He's still smiling, Darren Goff.
07:48He'll give it a run.
07:50Vice-captain Marvin Atapattu will take the first ball.
07:53He's the right-hander.
07:57Three slips and a gully and a backward point.
08:00Dussain will station himself at wide mid-off.
08:08For the start of the Sri Lankan second inks, they tie by 90 runs.
08:16Off the mark.
08:16And Atapattu will look for two here.
08:24Mop-up the tail-enders.
08:25Goffin to Atapattu.
08:29Goffin to Atapattu.
08:33Atapattu's on his way.
08:35Doesn't wait for a little corpse in spring.
08:37He misses out twice here at Camden.
08:39It's a great start for England.
08:42Darren Goff gets the first record.
08:44Shalakos still 88 behind.
08:46And Atapattu's on his way back to the dressing room.
08:49Fine start by England.
08:51Atapattu just floating out for Yorkstam.
08:53In the corridor, just a little bit of bat and a simple catch to the wicket-keeper.
09:01So this really is a big wicket for England.
09:04Atapattu's gone.
09:06And Goff has struck.
09:09Let's see the elation, the celebration.
09:13So Atapattu's out.
09:15England two for one.
09:18Did it.
09:18Well, here's Aravinda De Silva.
09:30There's Graham Thorpe, who took that catch goalkeeper style.
09:36Have a look at the bat.
09:38Bottom of that bat.
09:39Ball hit straight into the ground.
09:44Fries to Graham Thorpe.
09:48The bat and the ball hitting the ground.
09:50There you are.
09:51The puff of dust coming up twice.
09:53It was so obvious.
09:54And there you are again.
09:56One might have to have a look at that.
09:57The catch itself for Thorpe, as soon as he came down, did the ball hit the ground there as well?
10:06That's interesting.
10:07Well, I think the ball was safely in Graham Thorpe's hand.
10:15He takes the dive.
10:17And it's here that Ranjit's...
10:19Short delivery from Goff.
10:22De Silva getting behind the line.
10:24A lot of wagging of fingers here.
10:29And this seems to be a ridiculous situation.
10:32What's Atapattu trying to tell Rudy Kirsten?
10:34The wagging of fingers, as you say.
10:38Well, there's no place for this in the game.
10:40We saw it in Faisalabad back in 1987-1988.
10:46Gatting and Shakur Rana.
10:48There is never a place on the cricket field for a player to be wagging his finger at the umpire.
10:55Feelings running high.
10:56Sri Lanka a three for three.
11:01It's questioning.
11:02De Silva is out.
11:04And this is how he went.
11:08First impression looks like the glove.
11:10Craig White running in from Gully.
11:12Takes the catch.
11:16Definitely hits the glove.
11:20There's any doubt about that one.
11:22But no need for Atherton's reaction after the decision.
11:26Atherton.
11:29Or when the De Silva.
11:30One really couldn't see quite right there as to where it hit.
11:35There you are.
11:35There you are.
11:41Now, that's where Atherton has got his finger wagging.
11:50Rough end.
11:51Rough end.
11:53There are the two players.
11:54It's nothing to do with you, I would think.
11:57The decisions.
11:57Now, let's have a look at what exactly happened here.
12:04It looks like the glove.
12:05It looks like the glove.
12:08White takes the catch.
12:09Puts and puts the finger up.
12:13England are celebrating.
12:15Sangakara clearly says something.
12:18Sri Lankan captain, Jaya Saria, after he was given out erroneously by B.C. Kure, the umpire.
12:27You can clearly see there him hitting the ball into the ground as it flies to Graham Fork.
12:33The England team appealed.
12:36Kure went over to his colleague, Rudy Kurtzen, to confirm that the ball went cleanly off the bat.
12:43I don't think he'd have got a lot of help from Kurtzen, but Jaya Saria, understandably, absolutely livid, but he threw his helmet around, stood out in the middle, and the match referee, Hanuman Singh, decided he had to take some action about this.
13:02Everything had gone Sri Lanka's way in the first test, but yesterday, everything went England's way.
13:07Tempers were frayed out in the middle.
13:10Atherton had an altercation with Sangakara, who always seems to have plenty to say, but in his own words, Atherton lost it for a few overs there, and we could have well done without the finger wagging that we saw out on the field.
13:24Oh, now, was that pad first?
13:32I don't think it was.
13:33I don't think Rudy Kurtzen would be able to give that out.
13:36He would never know.
13:37I think it was actually bat then onto pad, but there was a little bit of reverse.
13:41Once again, Gough posing problems to Darmusena.
13:50Pad, bat, or whatever it is, it's very difficult around that area.
13:59Squeezed, is the way I would describe it.
14:06Big appeal for LBW, I think there may be some bat on that.
14:11Darren Goff, the main appealer.
14:17Look at the shape.
14:19The ball comes back into Chimindivas, big inside edge, onto the top roll of the pad.
14:30Well, I wonder whether there was any bat on that.
14:35The last ball before drinks parries the ball towards Finlay.
14:41Yep, just off the face of the bat, and Stuart spills the chance.
14:46Difficult one.
14:46The end of Darmusena, Darren Goff has got the break through.
14:58Ryan Hicks takes the catch, and that's the wicket that England wanted.
15:02Darren Goff has tried his heart out for England, and finally got the wicket.
15:06He's been doing this so very often, the ball, roaring at Darmusena, because not very much he could have done.
15:18On the shoulder, the back, and a good catch.
15:20So, big wicket for England, the wicket of Darmusena, who's battled with a great deal of grit.
15:28There you are, Darmusena once again.
15:31See that brilliant catch as well.
15:35Darmusena's going for 54th, excellent, and the wicket is down for 234.
15:39Nguyen Zoysa is the number 10 batsman for Sri Lanka, replacing Darmusena.
15:49He made a very, very good 54th, undone finally by a beauty from Darren Goff.
15:54The bounce left him, couldn't do much about it, just gloved it.
15:57And Graham Hick takes a good catch, left-handed above his head, jumping in the air.
16:02He really is a quality cricket from England to end a fine innings from Darmusena.
16:08Giles just loosening up.
16:16Edged, dunk, caught, safely by Graham Hick.
16:19At second slip, two catches in two overs for Graham Hick, two wickets in two overs for Darren Goff.
16:26He's doing the job again, Darren Goff.
16:29Sri Lanka, 2.42 for nine now, that lead is 1.52.
16:36That's everybody right in the right area.
16:38Forcing the left-handed into the shot, and a simple catch to Hick, who gleefully grabs it.
16:45So, another good wicket for England, now making inroads after the dismissal of Darmusena.
16:53The ninth wicket, down for 2.42, Sri Lanka.
16:58It's the number 11, he's got three balls of this Darren Goff over to face.
17:11And England are desperate to wrap this innings up before tee, which is in 15 minutes' time.
17:16And those are marvellous figures for Darren Goff.
17:1921.5 overs, 4.44.
17:22Chance of 5.
17:24Goal in to Murilitha.
17:25Oh, whisper away, and Stewart's missed it.
17:30He's gonna go to four, is it no?
17:33Robert Croft tidies up.
17:38Two buys.
17:40Beautiful runs for Sri Lanka, where they're not the most stylish batsman around.
17:45It certainly can put bat to ball, but on that occasion missing it completely.
17:50I always wonder why the keeper doesn't come up for this slower ball of Darren Goff's.
17:55It's the first ball, it must have been premeditated.
17:58Test match century, and the tail did well as well.
18:02Darmusena, 54, Vars, 36, have meant that this game is anything but over.
18:09It's a challenging total for England to Jace.
18:12The England bowlers, the star for them, really, Darren Goff, 4 for 50, bowled his heart out.
18:16But good performances, too, from Craig White, 2 for 42, and Robert Croft, 3 for 40, with his offspin.
18:24Andy Carrick got a wicket, 1 for 55, and Ashley Giles, not quite at his best.
18:29None for 58, from 15.
18:33State of the game, then.
18:34Sri Lanka, 297 and...
18:36Darren Goff was one of the England's most passionate and lively fastballers,
18:41known not just for his fierce pace and swing,
18:44but also for his infectious energy on and off the field.
18:48Born on September 18, 1970, in Yorkshire,
18:51Darren Goff was a genuine match-winner who led England's pace attack through the 1990s and early 2000s.
18:58Shot in stature for a fastballer, he made up for it with a big heart,
19:02a powerful run-up, and a bustling action that made him a constant threat to best men around the world.
19:08Darren Goff had a natural ability to reverse-wing the old ball,
19:12an art that brought him great success, especially on the dry and abrasive pitches of the subcontinent.
19:18His career was filled with memorable moments,
19:21including his heroic spells against the West Indies, Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
19:27He was particularly effective in test matches,
19:29but also a vital cog in England's ODS side,
19:32where he finished as one of the country's leading wicket-takers.
19:36Darren Goff's charisma extends beyond his calling.
19:38He was a team man, a motivator, and someone who brought fighting spirit to the dressing room.
19:44After retiring from international cricket,
19:46he remained a beloved figure in the sports through commentary and media work.
19:50With 229 test wickets and 235 ODI wickets,
19:55Darren Goff's legacy is that of a warrior who gave everything for his country
20:00every time he stepped onto the field.
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