Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

b P.J.Newport 17 341-5 8 1 55 0 247-2d 1 283. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Wellingborough, August 9, (11), 12 (Match drawn) b R.A.Harper 16 210 12 1 73 0 185-5d 1 b D.J.Capel 0 195-6d 3 1 7 0 80-2 284. Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, August 16, (18), 19 (Surrey won by 178 runs) did not bat - 83-0d 14 2 58 1 D.J.Thomas c T.Gard 427-9d c G.S.Clinton b M.A.Feltham 34 166 innings forfeit 285. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Kennington Oval, August 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 59 388-5d 25 4 75 3 B.A.Edgar c G.A.Gooch 287 J.J.Crowe lbw J.V.Coney c G.A.Gooch 1 0 7 0 7-0 286. Somerset v Essex, Taunton, August 27, 28, 29 (Essex won by 9 runs) c N.A.Foster b J.K.Lever 67 200 21 5 77 3 G.A.Gooch c I.V.A.Richards 129 2 K.W.R.Fletcher c P.M.Roebuck D.R.Pringle lbw c J.P.Stephenson b J.H.Childs 41 263 7 2 32 0 343-7d 287. Somerset v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 30, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c P.Whitticase b P.A.J.DeFreitas 10 113 43 12 125 6 J.C.Balderstone c T.Gard 293 1 R.A.Cobb lbw P.Willey c T.Gard J.J.Whitaker b P.D.Bowler lbw K.Higgs c T.Gard b L.B.Taylor 74 416-9d 2 2 0 0 70-1 288. Somerset v Worcestershire, Worcester, September 3, 4 (Worcestershire won by an innings and 9 runs) b N.V.Radford 0 127 22.1 4 65 2 D.B.D’Oliveira lbw 345-5d D.N.Patel b b D.N.Patel 17 209 289. Somerset v Lancashire, Old Trafford, September 10, 11, 12 (Lancashire won by 26 runs) c B.P.Patterson b J.Simmons 139 408 21 8 43 3 G.D.Mendis c R.J.Bartlett 171 D.W.Varey c R.J.Bartlett A.N.Hayhurst c N.A.Felton c D.W.Varey b I.Folley 1 182 25 5 98 2 G.D.Mendis lbw 445-6d A.N.Hayhurst lbw 290. Somerset v Derbyshire, Taunton, September (13), (15), 16 (Derbyshire won by three wickets) b O.H.Mortensen 36 182 13 2 48 0 184-7 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test match 1 1 1 59 59* - - 1 - Championship 12 19 1 804 139 44.66 2 4 8 Season 13 20 2 863 139 47.94 2 5 8 Career 290 450 33 14679 228 35.20 31 70 260 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test match 26 4 82 3 3/75 27.33 - - 52.00 52.56 Championship 285.1 61 961 22 6/125 43.68 1 - 77.77 56.16 Season (6 ball) 311.1 65 1043 25 6/125 41.72 1 - 74.68 55.86 Career (6 ball) 7565 1704 } 24671 936 8/34 26.35 52 7 52.33 50.36 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1986/87 - England in Australia Ian Botham’s fourth tour of Australia was a triumphant one which saw the Ashes retained with a two-one series victory over the best side Australia could put out. Botham played his full share in the 41