Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

217. Somerset v Essex, Taunton, June 4, 6, 7 (Essex won by 141 runs) st D.E.East b D.L.Acfield 34 250-7d 17 3 61 0 262 lbw b D.L.Acfield 19 113 18 6 49 4 B.R.Hardie c sub 242-9d D.E.East c T.Gard N.Phillip c P.W.Denning N.A.Foster c C.H.Dredge 218. Somerset v Leicestershire, Leicester, July 9, 11, 12 (Somerset won by an innings and 71 runs) c B.F.Davison b J.F.Steele 152 528 14 3 38 5 I.P.Butcher c T.Gard 180 B.F.Davison b N.E.Briers c B.C.Rose J.F.Steele c I.V.A.Richards A.M.E.Roberts lbw 3 2 9 0 277 1 219. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Kennington Oval, July 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 (England won by 189 runs) b R.J.Hadlee 15 209 16 2 62 4 R.J.Hadlee c and b 196 2 J.G.Bracewell c and b B.L.Cairns c A.J.Lamb E.J.Chatfield c R.G.D.Willis run out 26 446-6d 4 0 17 0 270 220. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Headingley, July 28, 29, 30, August 1 (New Zealand won by five wickets) c G.P.Howarth b B.L.Cairns 38 225 26 9 81 0 377 c G.P.Howarth b J.V.Coney 4 252 0.1 0 4 0 103-5 221. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Weston-super-Mare, August 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * b N.A.Mallender 40 267-7d 10 1 56 0 405-5d c P.Willey b N.A.Mallender 5 278-8 6 0 22 0 182-4d 1 222. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Lord’s, August 11, 12, 13, 15 (England won by 127 runs) lbw b B.L.Cairns 8 326 20.4 6 50 4 M.D.Crowe b 191 1 E.J.Gray c A.J.Lamb B.L.Cairns c A.J.Lamb I.D.S.Smith c A.J.Lamb c J.V.Coney b E.J.Chatfield 61 211 7 2 20 1 J.G.Wright c R.W.Taylor 219 223. Somerset v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 20, 22, 23 (Somerset won by 33 runs) * c N.F.Williams b J.E.Emburey 36 249 6 1 23 0 242 1 b P.H.Edmonds 10 119 1 0 2 0 93 1 224. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Trent Bridge, August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 (England won by 165 runs) lbw b M.C.Snedden 103 420 14 4 33 1 T.J.Franklin c C.L.Smith 207 c B.A.Edgar b E.J.Gray 27 297 25 4 73 0 345 225. Somerset v Kent, Taunton, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * run out 24 462 7 0 27 1 M.R.Benson c N.A.Felton 357-6d 1 did not bat - 54-0 226. Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, September 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) * c G.W.Humpage b N.Gifford11 219 300-9d did not bat - 117-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 8 0 282 103 35.25 1 1 3 Championship 10 13 0 570 152 43.84 2 1 7 Season 14 21 0 852 152 40.57 3 2 10 Career 226 351 25 10701 228 32.82 23 46 214 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 112.5 27 340 10 4/50 34.00 - - 67.70 50.22 Championship 119.3 28 388 12 5/38 32.33 1 - 59.75 54.11 Season (6 ball) 232.2 55 728 22 5/38 33.09 1 - 63.36 52.22 Career (6 ball) 6023.1 1404 } 19430 777 8/34 25 .00 44 7 51.14 48.89 (8 ball) 449.7 85 33