Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

26. Somerset v Leicestershire, Leicester, June 18, 19, 20 (Leicestershire won by 116 runs) c R.W.Tolchard b K.Higgs 0 197 21 2 68 2 B.Dudleston c B.C.Rose 316-5c J.C.Balderstone b c R.W.Tolchard b N.M.McVicker 27 231 27 7 76 2 B.F.Davison c D.J.S.Taylor 228-7d R.Illingworth b 27. Somerset v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 21, 23, 24 (Warwickshire won by one wicket) did not bat - 308-4c 14 2 45 2 G.W.Humpage c D.J.S.Taylor 277 E.E.Hemmings c D.J.S.Taylor b W.A.Bourne 16 218 15.1 4 29 2 G.W.Humpage lbw 252-9 P.J.Lewington lbw 28. Somerset v Yorkshire, Harrogate, June 28, 30, July 1 (Match drawn) c and b G.B.Stevenson 5 423-7c 13 1 55 0 387-9c c D.L.Bairstow b P.Carrick 0 116-9 15 6 46 1 G.Boycott c D.J.S.Taylor 335-7d 29. Somerset v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 5, 7 (Lancashire won by an innings and 145 runs) c F.M.Engineer b P.G.Lee 0 61 27 8 69 5 A.Kennedy c I.V.A.Richards 346-8d F.M.Engineer c D.J.S.Taylor F.C.Hayes lbw J.Abrahams c D.J.S.Taylor D.P.Hughes c I.V.A.Richards lbw b P.G.Lee 8 140 30. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Taunton, July (12), 14, 15 (Northamptonshire won by six wickets) c R.M.H.Cottam b Sarfraz Nawaz 45 278 14 3 41 2 Mushtaq Mohammad c A.A.Jones 200-4d P.Willey lbw c Sarfraz Nawaz b Mushtaq Mohammad 12 113-6d 11 1 57 2 R.T.Virgin c D.J.S.Taylor 192-4 G.Cook c I.V.A.Richards 31. Somerset v Worcestershire, Weston-super-Mare, July 23, 24, 25 (Worcestershire won by 115 runs) c K.W.Wilkinson b Imran Khan 1 157 23.2 6 59 4 G.M.Turner c D.J.S.Taylor 289 1 K.W.Wilkinson b J.D.Inchmore b V.A.Holder c I.V.A.Richards c J.A.Ormrod b V.A.Holder 1 206 10 2 53 2 J.A.Ormrod lbw 189-9d 1 T.J.Yardley c I.V.A.Richards 32. Somerset v Hampshire, Weston-super-Mare, July 26, 28, 29 (Hampshire won by 101 runs) c G.R.Stephenson b A.M.E.Roberts 14 259 17 3 46 3 D.R.Turner b 267 T.E.Jesty c D.J.S.Taylor R.M.C.Gilliat lbw run out 9 163 9 0 33 1 J.M.Rice b 256 33. Somerset v Australians, Taunton, August 6, 7, 8 (Australians won by nine wickets) b G.J.Gilmour 8 106 21 4 66 0 331-7d c R.D.Robinson b J.D.Higgs 0 281 1.1 1 4 0 57-1 34. Somerset v Essex, Leyton, August 9, 11, 12 (Somerset won by three wickets) not out 23 144 9 2 33 1 K.S.McEwan c D.J.S.Taylor 251 2 lbw b J.K.Lever 11 299-7 9 1 30 0 191 35. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Taunton, August 16, 18, (19) (Match drawn) c J.C.Foat b J.Davey 11 356-7d 21 5 55 2 A.W.Stovold b 196 J.C.Foat c A.A.Jones 4 0 14 0 89-0 36. Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Taunton, August 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) did not bat - 304-4d 9 1 55 0 431-9c 1 did not bat - 377-3 37. Somerset v Kent, Folkestone, August 27, 28, 29 (Kent won by 155 runs) b K.B.S.Jarvis 6 265 14 1 51 0 365-6c 2 c J.N.Shepherd b B.D.Julien 54 202 7 1 34 1 M.H.Denness c D.J.S.Taylor 257-5d 38. Somerset v Glamorgan, Cardiff, August 30, 31, September 1 (Somerset won by four wickets) b G.D.Armstrong 23 159 16 7 27 1 J.W.Solanky c D.J.S.Taylor 191 1 c and b A.E.Cordle 25 245-6 22 6 51 3 R.C.Davis lbw 209 1 E.W.Jones c B.C.Rose M.A.Nash b 8