Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v India 240.3 52 660 17 5/61 38.82 1 - 84.88 45.73 Test match v SL 24.5 2 65 3 3/28 21.66 - - 49.66 43.62 Other matches 52 10 203 5 2/30 40.60 - - 62.40 65.06 Tour (6 ball) 317.2 64 928 25 5/61 37.12 1 - 76.16 48.73 Career (6 ball) 4979.3 1173 } 16152 660 8/34 24.47 39 7 50.72 48.24 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1982 India and Pakistan were touring England in 1982. Botham had an outstanding series with the bat against India, hitting the highest Test score of his career, 208, at Kennington Oval and 128 in the Test at Old Trafford. He made 67 in the Lord’s Test against them and then took five wickets for 46 runs when India batted. He hit four 6s and nineteen 4s in his double century and two 6s and nineteen 4s at Old Trafford. He was not so successful with the bat against Pakistan but he did hit a valuable 57 in a close game at Headingley and 69 in a losing cause at Lord’s. His nine wickets for 144 at Headingley probably decided the match and the series in England’s favour. In the Championship he took thirty-nine wickets at 18.43 in only eleven appearances. His most astonishing innings came at Taunton against Warwickshire. Somerset needed 309 to win and had reached 149 for four needing a further 160 in 145 minutes. They only took 65 minutes as Botham hit 131 not out in that time with ten 6s and twelve 4s. It was the fastest hundred of the season, reached in 52 minutes off 56 balls. Altogether he scored 675 Championship runs at 35.52. He held seven catches during the season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 187. Somerset v Sussex, Taunton, May 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c C.P.Phillipson b Imran Khan 66 212 14 6 33 2 P.W.G.Parker lbw 192 G.S.le Roux c D.J.S.Taylor c P.W.G.Parker b A.C.S.Pigott 20 150-9d 15 2 47 2 P.W.G.Parker c D.J.S.Taylor 125-3 I.J.Gould c D.J.S.Taylor 188. Somerset v Derbyshire, Derby, May 12, 13, 14 (Derbyshire won by nine wickets) c G.Miller b S.Oldham 63 219 17 3 55 1 D.G.Moir c R.J.McCool 291 b G.Miller 26 177 6 1 15 0 108-1 1 189. Somerset v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 19, 20, 21 (Somerset won by five wickets) c S.P.Perryman b R.K.Illingworth 0 298 16 6 28 2 D.N.Patel c P.M.Roebuck 199 P.A.Neale c B.C.Rose c P.A.Neale b A.P.Pridgeon 6 101-5 11.5 3 36 2 J.A.Ormrod c P.A.Slocombe 198 D.J.Humphries c D.J.S.Taylor 190. Somerset v Kent, Taunton, May 29, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) c Asif Iqbal b D.L.Underwood 20 362-7d 14 6 27 0 302-7d c G.R.Dilley b N.R.Taylor 47 200-7d 4 0 42 0 192-5 191. Somerset v Essex, Chelmsford, June 5, 7, 8 (Essex won by 173 runs) c R.E.East b J.K.Lever 0 111 6 3 12 1 G.A.Gooch c D.J.S.Taylor 238 c S.Turner b D.L.Acfield 46 203 16.2 1 54 1 J.K.Lever b 249-9d 192. ENGLAND v INDIA, Lord’s, June 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (England won by seven wickets) c A.Malhotra b Madan Lal 67 433 19.4 3 46 5 S.M.Gavaskar b 128 G.A.Parkar lbw G.R.Viswanath b Madan Lal c C.J.Tavaré D.R.Doshi c R.W.Taylor did not bat - 67-3 31.5 7 103 1 Kapil Dev c G.Cook 369 193. Somerset v Hampshire, Bath, June 19, 21, (22) (Match drawn) c J.W.Southern b T.E.Jesty 66 248 23.3 7 48 5 M.C.J.Nicholas lbw 259 T.E.Jesty c D.J.S.Taylor N.E.J.Pocock c D.J.S.Taylor N.G.Cowley c D.J.S.Taylor K.StJ.D.Emery lbw 29