Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

with 123 not out in 137 minutes with three 6s and eighteen 4s. He only played in nine Championship matches and averaged 47.81 whilst scoring 526 runs. He took thirty-one wickets at 31.48. He held twelve catches in the Test matches and nineteen overall. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 160. Somerset v Hampshire, Southampton, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c R.J.Parks b M.D.Marshall 5 255 26 6 71 1 D.R.Turner b 299-8d 1 - - - - 7-0 161. Somerset v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 13, 14, 15 (Somerset won by 33 runs) did not bat - 309-3d 24 7 77 2 D.Lloyd b 244 1 B.W.Reidy b c G.Fowler b M.A.Holding 0 89 17 3 62 4 A.Kennedy c B.C.Rose 121 1 B.W.Reidy c D.J.S.Taylor D.P.Hughes c I.V.A.Richards M.A.Holding lbw 162. Somerset v Australians, Taunton, May 23, 24, (25) (Match drawn) did not bat - 25-0 22 9 36 2 G.M.Wood c D.J.S.Taylor 232-8d 1 T.M.Chappell c D.J.S.Taylor 163. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Bath, June 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c A.W.Stovold b P.Bainbridge 41 316 25 7 99 2 B.C.Broad lbw 361-4d Sadiq Mohammad lbw b P.Bainbridge 1 245-9 9 1 45 0 303-4d 164. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Trent Bridge, June 18, 19, 20, 21 (Australia won by four wickets) * b T.M.Alderman 1 185 16.5 6 34 2 A.R.Border c and b 179 1 G.F.Lawson c D.I.Gower c A.R.Border b D.K.Lillee 33 125 10 1 34 1 G.N.Yallop c M.W.Gatting 132-6 165. Somerset v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) not out 123 303-9d 16 0 81 0 301-4d did not bat - 46-2 15 3 61 0 247-5d 1 166. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Lord’s, July 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) * lbw b G.F.Lawson 0 311 26 8 71 2 J.Dyson c D.I.Gower 345 A.R.Border c M.W.Gatting b R.J.Bright 0 265-8d 8 3 10 1 T.M.Chappell c R.W.Taylor 90-4 1 167. Somerset v Sussex, Taunton, July 11, 13, 14 (Sussex won by six wickets) b I.A.Greig 15 104 34.5 10 90 6 G.D.Mendis c C.H.Dredge 233 T.D.Booth Jones c I.V.A.Richards C.M.Wells c D.J.S.Taylor I.A.Greig c D.J.S.Taylor C.P.Phillipson b C.E.Waller c D.J.S.Taylor c I.A.Greig b G.S.le Roux 72 367 17 5 39 0 242-4 168. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, July 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 (England won by 18 runs) c R.W.Marsh b D.K.Lillee 50 174 39.2 11 95 6 G.M.Wood lbw 401-9d 1 K.J.Hughes c and b G.N.Yallop c R.W.Taylor A.R.Border lbw R.W.Marsh b G.F.Lawson c R.W.Taylor not out 149 356 7 3 14 1 G.M.Wood c R.W.Taylor 111 1 169. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Edgbaston, July 30, 31, August 1, 2 (England won by 29 runs) b T.M.Alderman 26 189 20 1 64 1 R.J.Bright lbw 258 c R.W.Marsh b D.K.Lillee 3 219 14 9 11 5 M.F.Kent b 121 1 R.W.Marsh b R.J.Bright lbw D.K.Lillee c R.W.Taylor T.M.Alderman b 170. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Weston-super-Mare, August 8, 10, 11 (Northamptonshire won by two wickets) st G.Sharp b T.M.Lamb 42 169 22 8 81 3 W.Larkins c B.C.Rose 201 R.G.Williams c sub T.J.Yardley c I.V.A.Richards lbw b T.M.Lamb 49 236 12 0 50 3 G.Cook lbw 205-8 1 Sarfraz Nawaz c I.V.A.Richards P.Willey c H.R.Moseley 26