Broad urges England to observe speed limit in Lord's race for pace

By Angus Fraser, Cricket Correspondent Before maturing Darren Gough was obsessed with bowling fast. Every day the former England paceman wanted to bowl the fastest ball. In 1998, when England played South Africa, an advertising board with a digital box in it appeared at the side of the pitch, signifying the speed of the ball just bowled. Its presence dominated Gough's thoughts and there were times when he did not care if the ball he had just bowled had been hit for four. Gough's fixation produced several interesting scenes. On a couple of occasions a team-mate would be chasing the ball to the cover boundary but Gough would be looking at deep square leg, waiting for a figure to flash up on the digital box. If 90mph appeared he would punch the air, often at the same time as the umpire was signalling four. The vision did not... [read full story]