CRICKET - [START_ENT] GOOCH [END_ENT] TO PLAY ANOTHER SEASON FOR ESSEX .  LONDON 1996-08-27  Graham Gooch , the 43-year-old former England captain , is to continue playing county cricket for at least another season , his club Essex announced on Tuesday .  Opener Gooch 's decision comes towards the end of a season in which he has underlined his consistency by becoming the leading scorer in Essex 's history , beating Keith Fletcher 's aggregate of 29,434 .  Gooch , who retired from test cricket after the 1994-95 tour of Australia but is now an England selector , is seventh in this season 's first-class averages with 1,429 runs at 64.95 , having hit five centuries and one double century .  Essex secretary-general manager Peter Edwards said : " He is a remarkable batsman and still the best in this country .  No-one will argue with that .  You just have to look at his record to appreciate that fact . "
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TO PLAY ANOTHER SEASON FOR ESSEX .  LONDON 1996-08-27  Graham Gooch , the 43-year-old former England captain , is to continue playing county cricket for at least another season , his club Essex announced on Tuesday .  Opener Gooch 's decision comes towards the end of a season in which he has underlined his consistency by becoming the leading scorer in Essex 's history , beating Keith Fletcher 's aggregate of 29,434 .  Gooch , who retired from test cricket after the 1994-95 tour of Australia but is now an England selector , is seventh in this season 's first-class averages with 1,429 runs at 64.95 , having hit five centuries and one double century .  Essex secretary-general manager Peter Edwards said : " He is a remarkable batsman and still the best in this country .  No-one will argue with that .  You just have to look at his record to appreciate that fact . "
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