Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

c C.Maynard b D.P.Hughes 30 119 6.5 2 20 2 C.Maynard c P.A.Slocombe 275 P.J.W.Allott b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v India 3 3 0 403 208 134.33 2 1 1 Test matches v Pakistan 3 6 0 163 69 27.16 - 2 1 Championship 11 20 1 675 131* 35.52 1 4 5 Season 17 29 1 1241 208 44.32 3 7 7 Career 203 312 25 9415 228 32.80 20 42 187 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v India 93.3 16 320 9 5/46 35.55 1 - 62.33 57.04 Test matches v Pak 150.5 33 478 18 5/74 26.55 1 - 50.27 52.81 Championship 247.2 64 719 39 5/48 18.43 2 - 38.05 48.45 Season 491.4 113 1517 66 5/46 22.98 4 - 44.69 51.42 Career (6 ball) 5471.1 1286 } 17669 726 8/34 24.33 43 7 50.17 48.50 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1982/83 - England in Australia Botham’s third tour of Australia saw England lose the Test series by two matches to one with two games drawn. He had a moderate series, scoring 270 runs at an average of 27.00 and taking eighteen wickets at the high cost of 40.50. He scored one fifty, at Adelaide, and his best bowling figures were four for 75 in the final Test at Sydney. The highlight of the tour was the English victory at Melbourne by just three runs, the lowest winning runs margin in an “Ashes” Test in Australia. It was Botham who took the final Australian wicket in the second innings, Jeff Thomson being caught by Geoff Miller at slip. Botham took seventeen catches on the tour, nine of them in the Test matches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 204. England XI v Queensland, Brisbane, October 22, 23, 24, 25 (Queensland won by 171 runs) c R.B.Kerr b A.B.Henschell 32 372 18 7 46 1 R.B.Kerr c and b 297-9d 2 c R.B.Phillips b J.N.Maguire 0 189 14 3 44 1 G.S.Chappell b 435-5d 205. England XI v South Australia, Adelaide, October 31, November 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) * c R.C.Christensen b M.C.Dolman 18 492-9d 5 1 18 1 W.B.Phillips lbw 344 2 st K.J.Wright b C.L.Harms 24 226-8d 1 0 9 0 271-8 206. England XI v Western Australia, Perth, November 5, 6, 7, 8 (England XI won by one wicket) lbw b T.M.Alderman 65 156 18 5 48 2 R.W.Marsh c C.J.Tavaré 167 2 T.G.Hogan c R.G.D.Willis c T.G.Hogan b K.H.MacLeay 8 209-9 20 7 43 4 B.M.Laird c D.W.Randall 197 1 R.W.Marsh c R.G.D.Willis T.G.Hogan c D.I.Gower D.K.Lillee b 207. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, November 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c R.W.Marsh b G.F.Lawson 12 411 40 10 121 2 A.R.Border c R.W.Taylor 424-9d R.W.Marsh c G.Cook b G.F.Lawson 0 358 6 1 17 0 73-2 208. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 26, 27, 28, 30, December 1 (Australia won by seven wickets) c C.G.Rackemann b B.Yardley 40 219 22 1 105 3 J.Dyson b 341 K.J.Hughes c R.W.Taylor R.W.Marsh c R.W.Taylor c R.W.Marsh b J.R.Thomson15 309 15.5 1 70 0 190-3 1 209. England XI v Victoria, Melbourne, December 4, 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c G.F.Richardson b I.W.Callen 10 275 22.5 4 78 2 M.D.Taylor c I.J.Gould 295 R.J.McCurdy c V.J.Marks 31