Darren Gough: Reunited with his ex wife Anna - VIDEO
CRICKET superstar Darren Gough has been bowled over again by the maiden who first won his heart.
The retired England and Yorkshire fast bowling legend is back with his ex-wife, Anna.
VIDEO: Click the green play button to watch our exclusive video of Darren Gough - happy spending more time with his family.
The couple, who have two children, divorced after eight years of marriage in 2002.
They remained friends and she supported him when he went on to win Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Sheffield's Lilia Kopylova, four years ago.
Now they are reconciled and South Yorkshire born Gough says he's happy again. But they are not in a rush.
The couple are together full time in a village near Milton Keynes with their two boys, Liam, 14, and Brennan, 11.
It was distance that broke his marriage - the hundreds of miles between them during a busy county season, and the thousands when he was on winter tours with England.
That's all behind them now. Gough says there won't be a cricket comeback.
The 38-year-old says is now a TalkSport radio presenter, endorsing products, coaching school kids, playing golf, helping charities and, most important of all, spending more time with his children.
He's even got a special phone line fitted at home so he can occasionally do his popular TalkSport drivetime radio show on Fridays from there.
Asked whether wedding bells might be ringing again, he is cautious.
"I'm not in a rush,'' he said, in a video interview with The Star.
"At the minute I'm really happy with my life. I've got two great kids and I'm spending lots of time with them. That's what life is about."
He added: "I had a great career. But being a cricketer – it's a lonely life. You're travelling the world.
"I'm just glad now to have put my stint in for Yorkshire, Essex and England. I think I'll be remembered as someone who played with a smile on their face and gave crowds the enjoyment they deserved when they paid their money."
He was speaking ahead of what he hopes will be an annual Darren Gough celebrity golf day, at SIV's Beauchief course, and dinner, at Sheffield City Hall Ballroom, for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity, on Wednesday, June 24.
It is a rare opportunity for fans to meet the all time great who agrees to very few dinner engagements – in this case to help Barnsley pal Darren Hayes, who battled testicular cancer.
For tickets to the event, sponsored by Barnsley based SW Installations, windows, doors and conservatories company, call Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity on Sheffield 0114-226 5370 or Darren Hayes on 0776 4939354. Visit www.wphcancercharity.org.uk
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