Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

c S.J.Rixon b M.E.Waugh 11 203 17.2 4 61 3 S.B.Smith c R.B.Kerr 300 1 S.J.Rixon c P.W.Anderson M.J.Bennett lbw 320. Queensland v Tasmania, Brisbane, January 8, 9, 10 (Queensland won by an innings and 4 runs) c B.F.Davison b E.J.Harris 27 324 15 5 32 1 S.L.Saunders lbw 173 2 9 2 23 2 A.J.Winter lbw 147 1 D.J.Buckingham c P.W.Anderson 321. Queensland v Western Australia, Perth, January 15, 16, 17, 18 (Western Australia won by three wickets) c T.M.Alderman b P.A.Capes 70 303 27.3 3 89 2 T.M.Moody b 348 1 W.S.Andrews lbw c T.J.Zoehrer b P.A.Capes 58 238 28 8 51 2 M.W.McPhee b 194-7 1 G.M.Wood c T.J.Barsby 322. Queensland v South Australia, Brisbane, February 6, 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c W.B.Phillips b P.R.Sleep 60 385 13 3 47 0 364 2 c D.F.G.O’Connor b A.K.Zesers 37 271 - - - - 247-8 1 323. Queensland v Tasmania, Launceston, February 24, 25, 26, 27 (Tasmania won by 94 runs) lbw b P.I.Faulkner 3 363-5d 23 8 67 1 M.D.Taylor c R.B.Kerr 481 b C.M.Young 10 314 13 3 41 3 D.J.Buckingham lbw 290-8d B.F.Davison b R.E.Soule lbw 324. Queensland v Victoria, Melbourne, March 2, 3, 4, 5 (Victoria won by 207 runs) c M.G.Hughes b P.R.Reiffel 35 209 17 2 53 1 J.D.Siddons c G.S.Trimble 256 2 c D.F.Whatmore b P.W.Jackson 21 168 - - - - 328 325. Queensland v Western Australia, Perth, (Final) March 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Western Australia won by five wickets) c K.H.MacLeay b C.D.Matthews 9 289 24 7 66 0 344 c K.H.MacLeay b T.M.Alderman 54 216 16 3 33 1 K.J.Hughes c sub (J.N.Maguire) 162-5 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 11 19 0 646 70 34.00 - 7 18 Career 325 505 37 16404 228 35.05 33 81 299 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Sheffield Shield (6b) 311.5 82 805 29 3/12 27.75 - - 64.51 43.02 Career (6 ball) 8319 1874 } 26855 1004 8/34 26.74 53 7 53.29 50.18 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1988 Botham played in only four Championship matches in 1988 before going into hospital for an operation to cure a back problem. He scored only eighteen runs and took just one wicket. He missed most of Worcestershire’s first Championship winning season since 1974. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 326. Worcestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, April 21, 22, 23, 25 (Worcestershire won by ten wickets) c D.P.Hughes b I.Folley 3 409-7d 101 did not bat - 29-0 336 327. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, Worcester, April 28, 29, 30 (Worcestershire won by six wickets) c and b K.E.Cooper 4 290 4 1 14 0 132 did not bat - 92-4 6 0 28 0 248 2 45