Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v West Indies 5 10 0 347 81 34.70 - 3 5 Test match v Sri Lanka 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - Championship 11 15 1 444 90 31.71 - 4 2 Season 17 26 1 797 90 31.88 - 7 7 Career 250 387 26 11907 228 32.98 24 55 229 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v WI 163.2 30 667 19 8/103 35.10 2 - 51.57 68.06 Test match v SL 56 12 204 7 6/90 29.14 1 - 48.00 60.71 Championship 230.2 51 691 33 5/57 20.93 1 - 41.87 50.00 Season (6 ball) 449.4 93 1562 59 8/103 26.47 4 - 45.72 57.89 Career (6 ball) 6666.4 1546 } 21581 852 8/34 25.32 49 7 51.17 49.49 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1985 Botham had a good all-round series against Australia in 1985, scoring 250 runs at an average of 31.25 and taking thirty-one wickets at 27.58 to help England win the series by three Tests to one. In a brief cameo innings in the Edgbaston Test he hit the first and third balls he received from McDermott for straight sixes and hit the fourth ball for four. During the season he set a new record for sixes in a first-class season. For Somerset he averaged more than 100 with the bat and the first three of his five centuries came off 76, 76 and 50 balls respectively. Despite his exploits, Somerset had a dismal season finishing last in the Championship table. Botham hit ten 6s in an innings of 134 against Northamptonshire at Weston-super-Mare and batted just 47 balls in hitting 76 not out against both Lancashire and Gloucestershire. His innings of 138 not out against Warwickshire at Edgbaston included 12 sixes. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 251. Somerset v Oxford University, The Parks, April (20), 22, 23 (Match drawn) * did not bat - 351-1d 6 1 13 0 247-5d 1 252. Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Taunton, April 27, 28, 29 (Nottinghamshire won by nine wickets) * c B.N.French b R.A.Pick 90 314-8d 7 1 22 0 288 c R.T.Robinson b P.M.Such 50 133 - - - - 160-1 253. Somerset v Glamorgan, Taunton, May 1, 2, 3 (Glamorgan won by nine wickets) * c J.Derrick b J.F.Steele 112 237 18 4 45 1 J.G.Thomas c A.P.Jones 387-7d lbw b G.C.Holmes 3 191 2 1 4 0 43-1 254. Somerset v Australians, Taunton, May 8, 9, 10 (Australians won by 233 runs) * st sub (R.B.Phillips) b R.G.Holland 65 314 12 3 28 2 A.M.J.Hilditch c M.R.Davis 356-4d 2 D.M.Wellham c M.R.Davis c sub (R.B.Phillips) b J.R.Thomson 4 125 6 2 16 0 316-6d 1 255. Somerset v Hampshire, Taunton, May 22, 23, 24 (Hampshire won by five wickets) * b M.D.Marshall 149 298 15 2 69 1 C.G.Greenidge lbw 334-8d c C.A.Connor b C.L.Smith 19 358-5d 13 0 60 2 C.L.Smith b 325-5 1 D.R.Turner c M.R.Davis 256. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 25, (27), (28) (Match drawn) * c A.W.Stovold b D.V.Lawrence 5 211-9 257. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Bath, June 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) * not out 76 243 16 2 54 1 P.W.Romaines c N.A.Felton 332-9d 1 - - - - 84-4 1 258. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, June 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (England won by five wickets) b J.R.Thomson 60 533 29.1 8 86 3 G.M.Ritchie b 331 2 C.J.McDermott b S.P.O’Donnell lbw 37