Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

1983/84 - England in New Zealand and Pakistan A short tour of New Zealand and Pakistan between January and March 1984 saw Botham take part in three Test matches against New Zealand and one against Pakistan. At Wellington, in the first New Zealand Test, he established a record by performing the match double of a century and five wickets in an innings for the fifth time. His 138 was made off 167 balls with two 6s and twenty-two 4s. On the tour Botham scored 409 runs at an average of 40.90 and took sixteen wickets at 36.81. England lost the New Zealand series one-nil and lost the only Test he played in Pakistan by three wickets in a low scoring game. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 227. England XI v Auckland, Auckland, January 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) lbw b G.B.Troup 0 220 283-8d c M.J.Greatbatch b A.T.R.Hellaby 44 321 58-1 228. England XI v Central Districts, Palmerston North, January 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c R.T.Hart b S.J.Gill 27 294-6d 13 4 21 0 168 c I.D.S.Smith b M.H.Toynbee 80 300-6d 8 2 31 0 163-2 229. England XI v Northern Districts, Hamilton, January 14, 15, 16 (England XI won by 77 runs) did not bat - 287-3d 12 4 21 3 L.M.Crocker c C.J.Tavaré 111 1 M.J.E.Wright c D.W.Randall J.M.Parker lbw did not bat - 194-2d 21.1 9 72 4 J.G.Wright c R.W.Taylor 293 D.J.White c R.W.Taylor C.M.Presland c C.J.Tavaré C.W.Dickeson hit wkt 230. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, January 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c J.J.Crowe b B.L.Cairns 138 463 27.4 8 59 5 J.G.Wright c N.G.B.Cook 219 B.A.Edgar c R.W.Taylor G.P.Howarth c D.I.Gower R.J.Hadlee c M.W.Gatting I.D.S.Smith lbw did not bat - 69-0 36 6 137 1 J.J.Crowe lbw 537 1 231. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, February 3, 4, 5 (New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs) c E.J.Chatfield b B.L.Cairns 18 82 17 1 88 1 M.D.Crowe c C.J.Tavaré 307 1 c M.D.Crowe b S.L.Boock 0 93 232. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, February 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) run out 70 439 29 10 70 0 496-9d 1 - - - - 16-0 233. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, National Stadium, Karachi, March 2, 3, 4, 6 (Pakistan won by three wickets) c Ramiz Raja b Abdul Qadir 22 182 30 5 90 2 Zaheer Abbas c A.J.Lamb 277 2 Abdul Qadir c A.J.Lamb b Tauseef Ahmed 10 159 - - - - 66-7 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v New Zealand 3 4 0 226 138 56.50 1 1 3 Test match v Pakistan 1 2 0 32 22 16.00 - - 4 Other matches 3 4 0 151 80 37.75 - 1 1 Tour 7 10 0 409 138 40.90 1 2 8 Career 233 361 25 11110 228 33.06 24 48 222 34