Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

lbw b R.J.McCurdy 7 324-7d 7 1 18 0 122-4 1 210. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, December 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Australia won by eight wickets) c K.C.Wessels b J.R.Thomson 35 216 36.5 5 112 4 K.C.Wessels c R.W.Taylor 438 3 J.Dyson c R.W.Taylor B.Yardley c D.I.Gower J.R.Thomson c and b c J.Dyson b B.Yardley 58 304 10 2 45 1 K.C.Wessels c R.W.Taylor 83-2 211. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 (England won by 3 runs) c K.C.Wessels b B.Yardley 27 284 18 3 69 1 A.R.Border b 287 c G.S.Chappell b J.R.Thomson 46 294 25.1 4 80 2 J.Dyson c C.J.Tavaré 288 J.R.Thomson c G.Miller 212. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c K.C.Wessels b J.R.Thomson 5 237 30 8 75 4 K.C.Wessels c R.G.D.Willis 314 2 K.J.Hughes c N.G.Cowans G.F.Lawson c and b J.R.Thomson c A.J.Lamb lbw b J.R.Thomson 32 314-7 10 0 35 1 K.C.Wessels lbw 382 3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 10 0 270 58 27.00 - 1 9 Other matches 4 8 0 164 65 20.50 - 1 8 Tour 9 18 0 434 65 24.11 - 2 17 Career 212 330 25 9849 228 32.29 20 44 204 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 213.5 35 729 18 4/75 40.50 - - 71.27 56.81 Other matches 105.5 28 304 11 4/43 27.63 - - 57.72 47.87 Tour (6 ball) 319.4 63 1033 29 4/43 35.62 - - 66.13 53.85 Career (6 ball) 5790.5 1349 } 18702 755 8/34 24.77 43 7 50.78 48.77 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1983 This was a World Cup year and because of this Botham only played in fourteen first-class matches including four Tests against New Zealand. In the Tests he scored 282 runs at an average of 35.25 and took ten wickets at 34.00. At Trent Bridge he hit 103, reaching his century off 99 balls, the second fifty taking a mere twenty-six. He hit three 6’s and fourteen 4’s. His best bowling was four for 50 in the English victory at Lord’s. In the Championship he bowled only 119.3 overs and took only twelve wickets. Included in these figures were the five for 38 he took against Leicestershire at Leicester, a match in which he also hit 152 with five 6’s and eighteen 4’s. His other century for Somerset was against Worcestershire at Worcester. His 107 was compiled in 122 minutes with four 6’s and twelve 4’s. He took ten catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 213. Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, April 30, May (1), (2) (Match drawn) 13 4 37 1 S.B.Hassan c T.Gard 181-6 214. Somerset v Worcestershire, Taunton, May 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c J.A.Ormrod b A.P.Pridgeon 24 325-7d 7 3 11 0 253-7 1 215. Somerset v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c C.L.King b M.J.Weston 107 301-5d 11.3 5 28 1 P.Moores b 329-9d 216. Somerset v Sussex, Taunton, May 25, 26, 27 (Sussex won by ten wickets) c A.C.S.Pigott b C.E.Waller 27 224 6 0 25 0 408-6d 1 c A.P.Wells b A.C.S.Pigott 81 190 - - - - 8-0 32