Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

18 5 54 7 J.D.Ratcliffe c G.A.Hick 123 T.A.Lloyd lbw Asif Din b D.P.Ostler b P.C.L.Holloway c S.J.Rhodes G.C.Small c D.B.D’Oliveira T.A.Munton lbw 370. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Kennington Oval, August 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (England won by five wickets) hit wkt b C.E.L.Ambrose 31 419 11 4 27 1 R.B.Richardson c A.J.Stewart 176 3 not out 4 146-5 16 4 40 2 P.V.Simmons c C.C.Lewis 385 C.B.Lambert lbw 371. Worcestershire v Surrey, Worcester, August 16, 17, 19 (Worcestershire won by three wickets) c G.P.Thorpe b K.T.Medlycott 61 401-9d 20.5 4 67 5 R.I.Alikhan c S.J.Rhodes 185 D.M.Ward lbw N.F.Sargeant c D.B.D’Oliveira M.P.Bicknell c S.R.Lampitt A.J.Murphy c T.S.Curtis b Waqar Younis 0 145-7 15 3 40 1 M.P.Bicknell b 360 1 372. ENGLAND v SRI LANKA, Lord’s, August 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 (England won by 137 runs) c R.S.Mahanama b C.P.H.Ramanayake 22 282 10 3 26 1 R.S.Mahanama c R.C.Russell 224 did not bat - 364-3d 6 2 15 0 285 2 373. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 28, 29, 30 (Warwickshire won by four wickets) b T.A.Munton 24 166 17 2 50 4 A.J.Moles c S.J.Rhodes 126 J.D.Ratcliffe b D.P.Ostler c D.B.D’Oliveira D.A.Reeve c N.V.Radford b T.A.Munton 17 170 27 8 52 0 214-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test match v West Indies 1 2 1 35 31 35.00 - - 3 Test match v Sri Lanka 1 1 0 22 22 22.00 - - 2 Championship 10 17 2 567 104 37.80 1 4 7 Other Worcestershire match 1 1 0 161 161 161.00 1 - - Season 13 21 3 785 161 43.61 2 4 12 Career 373 573 43 18254 228 34.44 36 90 336 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test match v WI 27 8 67 3 2/40 22.33 - - 54.00 41.35 Test match v SL 16 5 41 1 1/26 41.00 - - 96.00 42.70 Championship 279.1 55 886 38 7/54 23.31 3 - 44.07 52.89 Other Worcs match 29 5 83 2 2/83 41.50 - - 87.00 47.70 Season (6 ball) 351.1 73 1077 44 7/54 24.47 3 - 47.88 51.11 Career (6 ball) 9421.3 2109 } 30126 1128 8/34 26.70 59 8 53.30 50.10 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1991/92 - England in New Zealand Botham joined the England tour of New Zealand towards the end of January after completing his pantomime commitments. He played in one Test match scoring 15 and 1 and taking three wickets for 76 runs. He also took part in a game against Central Districts taking two for 40. This was his last overseas tour. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 374. England XI v Central Districts, New Plymouth, January 24, 25, (26) (Match drawn) did not bat - 246-2 16 4 40 2 C.D.Ingham c R.C.Russell 189-7d R.G.Twose lbw 51