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England's Darren Gough slams critics
Gough proved sceptics wrong who were critical of his playing top-flight cricket as he became first Englishman to take 200 ODI wickets.
Fast bowler Darren Gough has rounded on all those who queried whether he should still be playing top-flight cricket after becoming the first Englishman to take 200 one-day international wickets.
Gough, 34, a Yorkshire hero but now in his first season with Essex, became the 19th bowler in history on Sunday to reach the 200-mark when he had India's Harbhajan Singh caught by England captain Michael Vaughan.
That match was Gough's 134th one-day international, making him easily the most experienced member of hosts England's attack in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy which starts later this week.
But when he retired from Test match cricket last year, having taken 229 wickets in 58 matches, because of persistent knee trouble, many believed his desire to keep playing one-day internationals was simply holding up the progress of younger England bowlers.
And they also questioned whether his fitness would allow him to fulfill his dream of playing at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
