He stepped up a grade straight away and that's due to his temperament, the way he works at his game - he's very keen to learn.
"Graham Alan Gooch" Order of the British Empire/OBE Deputy Lieutenant/DL is a former English Cricket Team/English cricketer who Captain (cricket)/captained Essex County Cricket Club/Essex and England national cricket team/England. He was one of the most successful international batsman/batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time, with 67,057 runs across first-class and limited-overs games. His List A cricket talley of 22,211 runs is also a record. He is one of only twenty-five players to have List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket/scored over 100 first-class centuries.
More Graham Gooch on Wikipedia.He wasn't ruffled by the situation. I thought he handled it well, especially the Indian spinners. He's got a lot to learn; he's got to enhance his game in terms of options against spinners - but he did a good job for his country.
He played like I expected him to. He's got a lot of self-belief, he's very mature for his age, he's got a good temperament which will stand him in good stead for his career.
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