Original sentence: Gooch had a further hiatus in his career when he went on the controversial 1982 rebel tour of South Africa, which resulted in all of the players concerned being banned from Test cricket for three years
Edited sentence: Geoffrey Boycott was generally perceived as the key player organising the tour party but it was Graham Gooch who captained the team who gained the most media attention and in some cases vilification.Gooch had a further hiatus in his career when he went on the controversial 1982 rebel tour of South Africa, which resulted in all of the players concerned, including Geoff Boycott, Alan Knott and Bob Woolmer, being banned from Test cricket for three years.Gooch was not handed the captaincy until the team arrived in South Africa at the beginning of March.It could be argued that more attention was on Gooch however as he was reaching his peak as a Test Player, others were in their twilight years as Cricket Professionals and so the ban was arguably felt more acutely by the captain