Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 4 0 62 46 15.50 - - 3 Championship 12 18 1 276 73 16.23 - 1 7 Other Worcestershire matches 2 2 0 81 42 40.50 - - 4 Season 17 24 1 419 73 18.21 - 1 14 Career 346 533 38 16841 228 34.02 33 82 317 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 80 15 241 3 2/63 80.33 - - 160.00 50.20 Championship 386.4 86 1122 51 7/85 22.00 3 1 45.49 48.36 Other Worcs matches 30 8 54 2 1/18 27.00 - - 90.00 30.00 Season (6 ball) 496.4 109 1417 56 7/85 25.30 3 1 53.21 47.55 Career (6 ball) 8858.4 1994 } 28397 1061 8/34 26.76 56 8 53.48 50.03 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1990 Botham played in twelve Championship matches in the 1990 season scoring 576 runs at an average of 36.00 and taking seventeen wickets at 32.11. He hit 113 against Surrey at Kennington Oval. His appearances were restricted by an early season knee operation and later by a hamstring strain. These ailments certainly affected his performances particularly with the ball. As a batsman he added four fifties to the century at The Oval and he took seven catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 347. Worcestershire v MCC, Lord’s, April 17, 18, 19, (20) (Match drawn) c W.K.Hegg b N.G.Cowans 19 289-7 20 4 68 4 P.W.G.Parker b 385 M.A.Atherton lbw J.E.Morris lbw P.C.R.Tufnell b 348. Worcestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, April (26), 27, 28, 30 (Match drawn) c W.K.Hegg b P.A.J.DeFreitas 17 360-7d 7 1 24 0 300-4d 1 not out 50 231-2d - - - - 78-0 349. Worcestershire v Essex, Worcester, May 19, 21, 22 (Essex won by ten wickets) c N.A.Foster b T.D.Topley 53 273 19 2 58 1 B.R.Hardie c D.B.D’Oliveira 447-4d lbw b D.R.Pringle 5 218 - - - - 48-0 350. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) b T.A.Munton 48 253-8d 22 6 46 2 Asif Din c D.B.D’Oliveira 295-8d D.A.Reeve lbw did not bat - 106-1 - - - - 201-8d 351. Worcestershire v Yorkshire, Worcester, June 2, 4, (5) (Match drawn) lbw b P.Carrick 86 288 16.5 3 65 4 R.J.Blakey lbw 222 1 P.E.Robinson c S.J.Rhodes P.Carrick c D.B.D’Oliveira P.W.Jarvis c R.D.Stemp - - - - 106-2 352. Worcestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c A.J.Stewart b K.T.Medlycott 113 300-9d - - - - 67-1d did not bat - 84-0d 10.4 2 24 0 244-7 1 353. Worcestershire v Sussex, Worcester, June 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) innings forfeit 15 4 32 2 J.W.Hall lbw 290-3d P.W.G.Parker c G.A.Hick c A.P.Wells b I.D.K.Salisbury 50 219-8 innings forfeit 354. Worcestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match drawn) c D.L.Haynes b N.F.Williams 4 170 18.1 3 71 2 A.R.C.Fraser b 348 1 N.G.Cowans c G.A.Hick 48