Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

115. Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, May 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c S.T.Clarke b R.D.Jackman 31 171-7 29.3 6 81 6 A.R.Butcher c K.F.Jennings 301-8d G.S.Clinton b G.P.Howarth c P.A.Slocombe R.D.V.Knight c D.J.S.Taylor G.R.J.Roope c B.C.Rose C.J.Richards c P.M.Roebuck 116. Somerset v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May (30), (31), June 1 (Match drawn) b A.M.Ferreira 7 214-7d 7 2 11 2 K.D.Smith c P.W.Denning 89-2 J.Whitehouse c K.F.Jennings 117. Somerset v Hampshire, Taunton, June (2), 4, 5 (Match drawn) not out 21 200-5d 12.1 2 47 1 K.Stevenson b 236 c sub b D.R.Turner 30 201-6 118. Somerset v Worcestershire, Taunton, June 27, 28, 29 (Somerset won by 208 runs) c P.A.Neale b J.Cumbes 70 392-8c 28 10 73 4 J.A.Ormrod lbw 217 3 J.Cumbes b J.D.Inchmore lbw G.G.Watson b did not bat - 228-3d 11 2 38 1 P.A.Neale c D.J.S.Taylor 195 119. Somerset v Yorkshire, Harrogate, June 30, July 1, 2 (Match drawn) c J.H.Hampshire b C.M.Old 26 313 24 3 111 0 305-1d c R.G.Lumb b J.P.Whiteley 14 308-6d 13 2 41 0 230-5 120. Somerset v Glamorgan, Swansea, July 7, 9, 10 (Somerset won by an innings and 8 runs) lbw b A.E.Cordle 120 340-9d 10.5 3 38 2 A.Jones c D.J.S.Taylor 152 3 A.E.Cordle c I.V.A.Richards 11 1 54 2 J.A.Hopkins c K.F.Jennings 180 1 R.C.Ontong lbw 121. ENGLAND v INDIA, Edgbaston, July 12, 13, 14, 16 (England won by an innings and 83 runs) b Kapil Dev 33 633-5d 26 4 86 2 C.P.S.Chauhan c G.A.Gooch 297 3 Kapil Dev lbw 29 8 70 5 G.R.Viswanath c R.W.Taylor 253 A.D.Gaekwad c G.A.Gooch M.Amarnath lbw Kapil Dev c M.Hendrick S.Venkataraghavan lbw 122. ENGLAND v INDIA, Lord’s, August 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) b S.Venkataraghavan 36 419-9d 19 9 35 5 C.P.S.Chauhan c D.W.Randall 96 1 A.D.Gaekwad c R.W.Taylor Yashpal Sharma c R.W.Taylor Kapil Dev c G.Miller B.Reddy lbw 35 13 80 1 S.M.Gavaskar c J.M.Brearley 318-4 123. Somerset v Sussex, Weston-super-Mare, August 11, 13, 14 (Somerset won by six wickets) b Imran Khan 17 150 18 6 40 2 A.C.S.Pigott b 154 A.Long c P.W.Denning run out 4 71-4 10 6 9 0 64 124. ENGLAND v INDIA, Headingley, August 16, (17), (18), 20, 21 (Match drawn) c K.D.Ghavri b S.Venkataraghavan 137 270 13 3 39 0 223-6 2 125. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Taunton, August (25), 27, 28 (Match drawn) c M.A.Garnham b M.D.Partridge 30 200-7d 13 4 51 2 B.C.Broad lbw 200-6d 1 M.J.Procter b did not bat - 263-2d 12 0 56 0 246-8 126. ENGLAND v INDIA, Kennington Oval, August 30, 31, September 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) st B.Reddy b S.Venkataraghavan 38 305 28 7 65 4 S.M.Gavaskar c D.L.Bairstow 202 2 G.R.Viswanath c J.M.Brearley K.D.Ghavri c D.L.Bairstow B.Reddy c D.L.Bairstow run out 0 334-8d 29 5 97 3 S.M.Gavaskar c D.I.Gower 429-8 2 Yashpal Sharma lbw Yajurvindra Singh lbw 20