Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

148. Somerset v Leicestershire, Taunton, August 16, 18, 19 (Leicestershire won by 157 runs) * c J.C.Balderstone b P.B.Clift 41 295 - - - - 267 c P.B.Clift b N.G.B.Cook 24 144 2 0 25 0 329-4d 149. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) * c J.H.Childs b A.H.Wilkins 18 426 14 5 55 1 M.D.Partridge c M.Olive 309 2 c sub b D.A.Graveney 13 200-7 - - - - 317 1 150. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Lord’s, August 28, 29, (30), September 1, 2 (Match drawn) * c G.M.Wood b L.S.Pascoe 0 205 22 2 89 0 385-5d did not bat - 244-3 9.2 1 43 1 K.J.Hughes lbw 189-4d 151. Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, September 3, 4, 5 (Warwickshire won by ten wickets) * b T.A.Lloyd 70 301 6 0 21 0 378 b D.R.Doshi 21 180 5 2 10 0 106-0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v West Indies 5 9 0 169 57 18.77 - 1 2 Test match v Australia 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - - Championship 10 14 0 875 228 62.50 2 4 18 Other Somerset match 1 1 0 53 53 53.00 - 1 3 Other match 1 2 0 52 34 26.00 - - 1 Season 18 27 0 1149 228 42.55 2 6 24 Career 151 230 21 6292 228 30.10 12 26 146 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v WI 131 41 385 13 3/50 29.61 - - 60.46 48.98 Test match v Aus 31.2 3 132 1 1/43 132.00 - - 188.00 70.21 Championship 224 55 736 18 3/34 40.88 - - 74.66 54.76 Other Som match 39.1 13 74 7 4/38 10.57 - - 33.57 31.48 Other match 28 10 60 1 1/51 60.00 - - 168.00 35.71 Season (6 ball) 453.3 122 1387 40 4/38 34.67 - - 68.02 50.97 Career (6 ball) 3863.3 910 } 12722 545 8/34 23.34 34 6 49.13 47.50 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1980/81 - England in West Indies Botham led England on their tour of West Indies in the winter of 1980/81. It was not a happy tour. Apart from losing the series two-nil, the second Test match, scheduled for Guyana, had to be cancelled because the Guyanese government would not accept the presence as a member of the team of Robin Jackman, who had links with South Africa. On top of this there was the death of assistant manager, Ken Barrington, in Barbados whilst the third Test was in progress. Botham had a poor series scoring only 73 runs in seven innings at an average of 10.42. His highest Test score was no higher than 26. As a bowler he took fifteen wickets at 32.80. Admittedly England were playing the most powerful team in the world away from home but one has to ask whether too much was asked of Botham to be captain and leading all-rounder against such a strong team. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 152. England XI v West Indies Board President’s XI, Pointe-à-Pierre, January 23, 24, 25, 26 (England XI won by 190 runs) * b R.A.Harper 11 483-6d 12 0 43 3 R.A.Austin c G.Miller 320 M.D.Marshall c C.M.Old R.A.Harper lbw c T.R.O.Payne b H.L.Alleyne 33 208-5d 4 0 21 0 181 1 153. England XI v Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain, February 7, 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) * c D.L.Murray b A.T.Daniel 0 355 16 4 44 2 R.S.Gabriel lbw 392-8 K.R.Bainey b 24