Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988. He toured South Africa as captain of the rebel tour party in 1990. The Guardian describes this a 'morally reprehensible' tour, with the fees of the players being paid by the Apartheid Government. Gatting himself said after the tour “the blacks should have the vote, but black majority rule would be difficult. A lot of them are not well educated, and there should be some form of compromise.” Despite this he is currently the ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships and President designate of Marylebone Cricket Club Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, "talk of Gatting the batsman always evokes adjectives such as pugnacious, bold, brave and belligerent". Wikipedia [ - ]

Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket... [ + ]