Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

series victory scoring an explosive 138 off 174 balls in the first Test at Brisbane, his first hundred for 22 Tests and his fourteenth Test century in all. He missed the third Test through injury but came back to help win the fourth Test at Melbourne by taking five for 41 in Australia’s first innings. In the Test series he scored 189 runs at an average of 31.50 and took nine wickets at 32.88. He also held ten catches in the four Tests in which he played to complete a good all-round performance. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 291. England XI v Queensland, Brisbane, October 24, 25, 26, 27 (Queensland won by five wickets) c A.R.Border b D.Tazelaar 9 135 20 8 39 1 A.B.Henschell c M.W.Gatting 311-7d c C.J.McDermott b D.Tazelaar 86 339 9 1 26 2 R.B.Kerr c W.N.Slack 164-5 G.S.Trimble hit wkt 292. England XI v South Australia, Adelaide, October 31, November 1, 2, 3 (England XI won by five wickets) c D.W.Hookes b T.B.A.May 70 407 12 3 31 1 T.B.A.May c C.J.Richards 305-8d not out 19 169-5 7.1 1 17 2 A.M.J.Hilditch b 269 T.B.A.May c C.W.J.Athey 293. England XI v Western Australia, Perth, November 7, 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c B.A.Reid b T.G.Breman 48 152 14.4 1 42 3 G.R.Marsh b 275 1 M.R.J.Veletta c M.W.Gatting B.A.Reid b not out 40 153-6 8 2 31 0 207-8d 294. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 (England won by seven wickets) c M.G.Hughes b S.R.Waugh 138 456 16 1 58 2 C.D.Matthews c M.W.Gatting 248 M.G.Hughes b did not bat - 77-3 12 0 34 1 D.C.Boon lbw 282 295. England XI v New South Wales, Newcastle, November 21, 22, 23 (New South Wales won by eight wickets) c M.A.Taylor b R.G.Holland14 197 2 0 7 0 181 b D.R.Gilbert 6 82 3 1 7 0 99-2 296. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, November 28, 29, 30, December 2, 3 (Match drawn) c A.R.Border b B.A.Reid 0 592-8d 22 4 72 1 G.R.Marsh c B.C.Broad 401 3 c G.R.J.Matthews b B.A.Reid 6 199-8d 7.2 4 13 0 197-4 1 297. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 26, 27, 28 (England won by an innings and 14 runs) c T.J.Zoehrer b C.J.McDermott 29 349 16 4 41 5 G.R.Marsh c C.J.Richards 141 3 A.R.Border c C.J.Richards T.J.Zoehrer b C.J.McDermott c C.J.Richards M.G.Hughes c C.J.Richards 7 1 19 0 194 298. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Australia won by 55 runs) c G.R.Marsh b P.L.Taylor 16 275 23 10 42 0 343 2 c D.M.Wellham b P.L.Taylor 0 264 3 0 17 0 251 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 6 0 189 138 31.50 1 - 10 Other matches 4 8 2 292 86 48.66 - 2 1 Tour 8 14 2 481 138 40.08 1 2 11 Career 298 464 35 15160 228 35.33 32 72 271 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 106.2 24 296 9 5/41 32.88 1 - 70.88 46.39 Other matches 75.5 17 200 9 3/42 22.22 - - 50.55 43.95 Tour (6 ball) 182.1 41 496 18 5/41 27.55 1 - 60.72 45.37 Career (6 ball) 7747.1 1745 } 25167 954 8/34 26.38 53 7 52.49 50.25 (8 ball) 449.7 85 42