Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

171. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Old Trafford, August 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (England won by 103 runs) c R.J.Bright b D.K.Lillee 0 231 6.2 1 28 3 A.R.Border c D.I.Gower 130 3 R.J.Bright c A.P.E.Knott D.K.Lillee c G.A.Gooch c R.W.Marsh b M.R.Whitney 118 404 36 16 86 2 K.J.Hughes lbw 402 1 T.M.Alderman lbw 172. Somerset v Hampshire, Taunton, August 22, 24 (Somerset won by nine wickets) c J.M.Rice b T.E.Jesty 34 287 12.2 2 34 3 D.R.Turner lbw 184 R.E.Hayward c N.F.M.Popplewell M.D.Marshall c J.Garner did not bat - 21-1 6 1 46 1 T.E.Jesty c J.Garner 120 1 173. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 27, 28, 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c G.N.Yallop b D.K.Lillee 3 314 47 13 125 6 G.M.Wood c J.M.Brearley 352 2 M.F.Kent c M.W.Gatting K.J.Hughes hit wkt R.J.Bright c J.M.Brearley T.M.Alderman b M.R.Whitney b lbw b T.M.Alderman 16 261-7 42 9 128 4 M.F.Kent c J.M.Brearley 344-9d 1 D.M.Wellham lbw R.W.Marsh c M.W.Gatting R.J.Bright b 174. Somerset v Essex, Taunton, September 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c A.W.Lilley b J.K.Lever 88 408 16 6 53 3 B.R.Hardie c I.V.A.Richards 211 K.R.Pont c N.F.M.Popplewell D.E.East c H.R.Moseley 16 5 46 2 G.A.Gooch c D.J,S.Taylor 240-6 K.S.McEwan c P.M.Roebuck 175. Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, September 12, (14), 15 (Somerset won by four wickets) innings forfeit 11.4 2 41 1 A.I.Kallicharran c V.J.Marks 375-6d run out 56 378-6 innings forfeit SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 6 12 1 399 149* 36.27 2 1 12 Championship 9 12 1 526 123* 47.81 1 3 6 Other Somerset match 1 - - - - - - - 1 Season 16 24 2 925 149* 42.04 3 4 19 Career 175 268 23 7414 228 30.26 15 30 173 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 272.3 81 700 34 6/95 20.58 3 1 48.08 42.81 Championship 279.5 66 976 31 6/90 31.48 1 - 54.16 58.12 Other Som match 22 9 36 2 2/36 18.00 - - 66.00 27.27 Season (6 ball) 574.2 156 1712 67 6/90 25.55 4 1 51.43 49.68 Career (6 ball) 4662.1 1109 } 15224 635 8/34 23.97 38 7 49.71 48.21 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1981/82 - England in India and Sri Lanka The six Test series in India in 1981/82 yielded only one positive result, a win for India by 138 runs at Bombay. In the Tests at New Delhi and Kanpur only one innings per side was completed. Botham scored 440 runs in the series at an average of 55.00 and took seventeen wickets at 38.82 in a high scoring series. He hit 142 in the Kanpur Test and took five for 61 at Bombay. England won the only Test match played against Sri Lanka by seven wickets. Botham hit another century in the match against Central Zone at Indore hitting 122 in just 55 minutes off 55 balls with seven 6s and sixteen 4s. He topped the Test batting averages but in a series generally dominated by the bat he took only eight wickets at an average of 65 in the last five Indian Tests. 27