Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

311. Worcestershire v Glamorgan, Neath, August 22, 24, 25 (Glamorgan won by seven wickets) b P.D.North 6 193 1 0 4 0 275 1 c C.D.Metson b P.D.North 2 239 1 0 6 0 160-3 1 312. Worcestershire v Hampshire, Worcester, August 26, 27, 28 (Hampshire won by 31 runs) did not bat - 152-2d 238 1 b C.A.Connor 12 241 186-3d 313. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c G.C.Small b T.A.Merrick 1 449-9d 187 391-7d 314. Worcestershire v Northamptonshire, Worcester, September 12, 14, 15 (Worcestershire won by four wickets) did not bat - 215-6d 340-5d did not bat - 228-6 101 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 8 1 232 51* 33.14 - 1 3 Championship 11 14 1 366 126* 28.15 1 1 7 Season 16 22 2 598 126* 29.90 1 2 10 Career 314 486 37 15758 228 35.09 33 74 281 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 134.3 30 433 7 3/217 61.85 - - 115.28 53.65 Championship 125.3 17 450 14 3/51 32.14 - - 53.78 59.76 Season (6 ball) 260 47 883 21 3/51 42.04 - - 74.28 56.60 Career (6 ball) 8007.1 1792 } 26050 975 8/34 26.71 53 7 52.96 50.44 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1987/88 – in Australia Botham signed a three-year contract to play for Queensland but, in the event, he only played for the State for one season. The season was highly successful both for Botham and for Queensland who reached the Sheffield Shield final before being beaten by Western Australia. Botham contributed 646 runs at an average of 34.00 with seven half-centuries. He took twenty-nine wickets at 27.75 and eighteen catches. It was a fine all-round performance and it was sad that it had to end in some disharmony as a result of events off the field. He took his 1,000th first-class wicket in the match at Launceston against Tasmania. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 315. Queensland v Victoria, Brisbane, November 14, 15, 16, 17 (Queensland won by five wickets) b A.I.C.Dodemaide 58 405-9d 19 6 35 1 R.J.Bright lbw 226-9d 4 did not bat - 115-5 18 4 42 2 D.A.Emerson b 293 1 D.J.Hickey c G.S.Trimble 316. Queensland v South Australia, Adelaide, November 20, 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c W.B.Phillips b P.R.Sleep 66 318 28 10 57 3 G.A.Bishop c G.S.Trimble 387 M.D.Haysman c B.A.Courtice D.W.Hookes c B.A.Courtice c M.D.Haysman b P.R.Sleep 10 210-8 - - - - 209-3d 317. Queensland v New South Wales, Newcastle, November 27, 28, 29 (Queensland won by 333 runs) b D.R.Gilbert 25 210 6 2 12 3 M.A.Taylor lbw 139 G.C.Dyer c P.W.Anderson G.F.Lawson c B.A.Courtice c G.C.Dyer b P.L.Taylor 20 345-6d - - - - 83 1 318. Queensland v Western Australia, Brisbane, December 18, 19, 20 (Queensland won by ten wickets) c C.D.Matthews b T.G.Breman 53 318 15 2 52 1 P.A.Capes c T.J.Barsby 217 did not bat - 92-0 12 3 32 2 M.R.J.Veletta c G.S.Trimble 192 T.M.Moody c G.M.Ritchie 319. Queensland v New South Wales, Brisbane, January 1, 2, 3, 4 (Queensland won by 52 runs) c R.A.Jones b M.E.Waugh 19 278 11 7 12 1 S.B.Smith lbw 129 44