Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

375. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, February 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c C.L.Cairns b M.L.Su’a 15 305 14 4 53 1 C.L.Cairns c R.C.Russell 432-9d 1 lbw b D.N.Patel 1 359-7d 8 1 23 2 B.R.Hartland lbw 43-3 J.G.Wright c R.C.Russell SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test match 1 2 0 16 15 8.00 - - 1 Other match 1 - - - - - - - - Tour 2 2 0 16 15 8.00 - - 1 Career 375 575 43 18270 228 34.34 36 90 337 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test match 22 5 76 3 2/23 25.33 - - 44.00 57.57 Other match 16 4 40 2 2/40 20.00 - - 48.00 41.66 Tour (6 ball) 38 9 116 5 2/23 23.20 - - 45.60 50.87 Career (6 ball) 9459.3 2118 } 30242 1133 8/34 26.69 59 8 53.27 50.10 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1992 Botham’s first season with Durham started in typical fashion with a hundred against Leicestershire in 98 balls with five 6’s and seven 4’s. It was Durham’s first Championship hundred. The season saw Botham play in two of the Test matches, the games at Edgbaston and Lord’s against Pakistan but he did little scoring only 8 runs in two innings and taking no wickets. For Durham he hit 705 Championship runs with four fifties as well as the hundred against Leicestershire and he took twenty-four Championship wickets at 42.08. He held nine catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 376. Durham v Leicestershire, Durham University, April 25, 27, 28, 29 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) c P.Whitticase b V.J.Wells 12 164 25 10 51 2 N.E.Briers c and b 342 1 J.J.Whitaker b c sub b D.J.Millns 105 318 5 2 7 1 T.J.Boon c D.M.Jones 142-3 377. Durham v Kent, Canterbury, May 7, 8, (9), 11 (Match drawn) c M.R.Benson b R.M.Ellison 8 239 12 3 40 1 T.R.Ward c A.R.Fothergill 244 1 did not bat - 145-3 7 3 5 1 T.R.Ward lbw 253-3d 378. Durham v Glamorgan, Cardiff, May 14, 15, 16 (Durham won by an innings and 104 runs) c S.P.James b S.Bastien 40 521-9d 8 0 35 0 224 22 7 47 3 S.P.James c P.W.G.Parker 193 2 H.Morris lbw S.L.Watkin c A.R.Fothergill 379. Durham v Northamptonshire, Stockton-on-Tees, May 23, 25, 26 (Northamptonshire won by eight wickets) run out 18 258 18 2 59 1 R.J.Bailey lbw 420-9d c D.Ripley b K.M.Curran 3 253 5 0 41 1 A.Fordham c D.M.Jones 95-2 380. Durham v Hampshire, Southampton, May 29, 30, June (1) (Match drawn) c A.N.Aymes b C.A.Connor 51 306 8 2 14 1 M.C.J.Nicholas lbw 210 1 did not bat - 87-2 381. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Edgbaston, June (4), 5, 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) did not bat - 459-7d 19 6 52 0 446-4d 382. Durham v Essex, Hartlepool, June 12, 13, 15 (Essex won by 190 runs) not out 55 300-7d 14 2 67 0 360 c M.A.Garnham b N.A.Foster 22 179 - - - - 309-6d 383. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lord’s, June 18, 19, 20, 21 (Pakistan won by two wickets) b Waqar Younis 2 255 5 2 9 0 293 2 lbw b Waqar Younis 6 175 - - - - 141-8 384. Durham v Gloucestershire, Stockton-on-Tees, July (3), (4), 6 (Match drawn) st R.C.J.Williams b M.Davies11 227-7 7 3 28 0 259-4d 52