Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v NZ 109.4 25 354 7 5/59 50.57 1 - 94.00 53.79 Test match v Pak 30 5 90 2 2/90 45.00 - - 90.00 50.00 Other matches 54.1 19 145 7 4/72 20.71 - - 46.42 44.61 Tour (6 ball) 193.5 49 589 16 5/59 36.81 1 - 72.68 50.64 Career (6 ball) 6217 1453 } 20019 793 8/34 25.24 45 7 51.57 48.94 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1984 Botham played in six Test matches in 1984, five of them during the “blackwash” series when England were defeated five-nil by West Indies. In the other Test, England drew with Sri Lanka after conceding a first innings score of 491 for seven declared. Botham took six for 90 in the Sri Lankan second innings. Against West Indies he made three half centuries and twice took five wickets in an innings including eight for 103 in the West Indies’ first innings at Lord’s. In the Championship he scored 444 runs at an average of 31.71 and took thirty-three wickets at 20.93. His top score was the 90 he hit against Derbyshire at Taunton, “hit” being the operative word as it took him just 56 balls with five 6’s and eleven 4’s. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 234. Somerset v Yorkshire, Taunton, April 28, 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by three wickets) * c J.D.Love b S.J.Dennis 12 298-5d 13 4 23 2 G.Boycott c M.R.Davis 242 P.Carrick lbw b P.Carrick 3 249-5d 11.1 1 43 2 K.Sharp c B.C.Rose 309-7 J.D.Love c J.W.Lloyds 235. Somerset v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 19, 21, (22) (Match drawn) * lbw b P.Willey 30 338 19 5 58 3 I.P.Butcher c and b 318 1 N.E.Briers c N.F.M.Popplewell M.D.Haysman c T.Gard 1 0 3 1 I.P.Butcher c N.F.M.Popplewell 57-3 236. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Taunton, May (26), 28, 29 (Somerset won by 130 runs) * c P.W.Romaines b P.Bainbridge 0 150-7d 2.5 0 23 0 103-6d c A.W.Stovold b G.E.Sainsbury 20 155-6d 7.5 2 14 4 A.J.Wright c sub 72 D.A.Graveney c T.Gard R.C.Russell b G.E.Sainsbury c J.G.Wyatt 237. Somerset v Middlesex, Bath, June 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) * absent ill - 516 16 1 57 1 P.H.Edmonds b 473-7d - - - - 88-2 238. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Edgbaston, June 14, 15, 16, 18 (West Indies won by an innings and 180 runs) c J.Garner b R.A.Harper 64 191 34 7 127 1 C.H.Lloyd c D.R.Pringle 606 lbw b J.Garner 38 235 239. Somerset v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 23, 25, 26 (Somerset won by 116 runs) * c C.M.Old b N.Gifford 15 354-8d 11 3 29 0 301-5d b A.M.Ferreira 38 315-5d 14.1 2 64 4 R.I.H.B.Dyer b 252 A.M.Ferreira lbw G.C.Small c J.G.Wyatt R.G.D.Willis c T.Gard 240. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Lord’s, June 28, 29, 30, July 2, 3 (West Indies won by nine wickets) c I.V.A.Richards b E.A.E.Baptiste 30 286 27.4 6 103 8 C.G.Greenidge c G.Miller 245 D.L.Haynes lbw H.A.Gomes c M.W.Gatting I.V.A.Richards lbw C.H.Lloyd lbw P.J.L.Dujon c G.Fowler R.A.Harper c M.W.Gatting J.Garner c P.R.Downton lbw b J.Garner 81 300-9d 20.1 2 117 0 344-1 35