[6][7] As a fourteen-year-old goalkeeper on trial at Queen's Park Rangers, Gatting was told that he was too short and overweight to make the grade.

During a one-day match in 1986, Gatting's nose was shattered by a ferocious delivery from West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall.

The incident set the tone for the series as the West Indies' fearsome pace attack spearheaded England's thrashing 5–0.

[8] Another mishap for which Gatting will be remembered is being caught by Australian wicketkeeper Greg Dyer, after trying to play a reverse sweep off opposing captain Allan Border's first ball during the 1987 World Cup final.

In fact, Gatting had been signalling to the long leg fielder to stop walking in, and the move was legal as it was not in the batsman's eyeline.

The England hierarchy supported him, flying officials out to mediate with the board and deal with press relations.

[9] Martin Williamson, editor of Cricinfo, subsequently commented of the incident, 'Whatever the provocation, Gatting was in the wrong.'

[1] Gatting hit the headlines during the tour for describing a protest outside the rebel team's hotel as "a few people singing and dancing".

In June 1993, during England's first innings at Old Trafford, Gatting received Shane Warne's first delivery – now known as the "Ball of the Century" – in an Ashes match.

Graham Gooch and he were the only two members of the original touring party to be fit for all matches, although they were the two oldest in the squad.

In the first innings of the Adelaide Test he scored his final century (117), a battling effort where he spent a lot of time in the nineties.

He appeared as himself on The Archers on 9 September 2007 at the centre of a misunderstanding between Sid and Jolene Perks during the npower Village Cup Final at Lord's.

[15] In May 2013, it was announced that he would be the President of Marylebone Cricket Club and helm it during bicentenary of Lord's and also Middlesex will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its formation.