Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

385. Durham v Pakistanis, Chester-le-Street, July 14, 15, 16 (Pakistanis won by 107 runs) did not bat - 341-4d 19 2 73 2 Aamir Sohail c P.W.G.Parker 308-7d Javed Miandad c A.R.Fothergill absent injured - 198 - - - - 338-6d 386. Durham v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 17, 18, 20 (Match drawn) b K.P.Evans 7 147 27 4 104 3 M.A.Crawley lbw 431-6d P.R.Pollard lbw C.L.Cairns c S.M.McEwan did not bat - 265-3 387. Durham v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 24, 25, 27 (Middlesex won by 175 runs) c M.A.Roseberry b J.E.Emburey 16 232 16 4 41 0 366 1 st K.R.Brown b P.C.R.Tufnell 20 118 - - - - 159-3d 388. Durham v Surrey, Durham University, July 31, August 1, 3 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c J.E.Benjamin b J.Boiling 36 189 40 6 135 3 G.P.Thorpe lbw 431 A.D.Brown lbw M.P.Bicknell c W.Larkins c M.A.Lynch b M.P.Bicknell48 357 - - - - 116-3 389. Durham v Yorkshire, Durham University, August 4, 5, 6 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) b P.W.Jarvis 29 214 21 2 72 4 D.Byas lbw 108 R.J.Blakey c I.Smith C.White lbw P.J.Hartley c C.W.Scott c S.A.Kellett b P.W.Jarvis 13 155 26 5 92 3 D.Byas c sub 263-5 P.Carrick lbw S.R.Tendulkar c S.Hutton 390. Durham v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 7, 8, 10 (Match drawn) c T.L.Penney b A.A.Donald 44 136 15 2 61 0 316-4d 1 not out 28 238-4 391. Durham v Glamorgan, Hartlepool, August 14, 15, 17 (Match drawn) c I.V.A.Richards b D.J.Foster 54 201 16 1 66 0 396-6d lbw b R.D.B.Croft 7 313-7 392. Durham v Somerset, Taunton, September 7, 8, 9 (Somerset won by eight wickets) b N.A.Mallender 4 219 11 2 45 0 534 c M.N.Lathwell b N.A.Mallender 74 339 - - - - 25-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 2 0 8 6 4.00 - - 2 Championship 14 23 2 705 105 33.57 1 4 7 Other Durham match 1 - - - - - - - - Season 17 25 2 713 105 31.00 1 4 9 Career 392 600 45 18983 228 34.20 37 94 346 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 24 8 61 0 - - - - - 42.36 Championship 303 60 1010 24 4/72 42.08 - - 75.75 55.55 Other Durham match 19 2 73 2 2/73 36.50 - - 57.00 64.03 Season (6 ball) 346 70 1144 26 4/72 44.00 - - 79.84 55.10 Career (6 ball) 9805.3 2188 } 31386 1159 8/34 27.08 59 8 53.86 50.27 (8 ball) 449.7 85 1993 Botham’s last season ended early as he announced his retirement in a Sunday newspaper the day before he bowed out, his last match being against his old enemies the Australians at the Durham University ground in July. During the season he hit a magnificent hundred, the thirty-eighth of his 53