Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

20. 131* Somerset v Warwickshire Taunton 1982 21. 107 Somerset v Worcestershire Worcester 1983 22. 152 Somerset v Leicestershire Leicester 1983 23. 103 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Trent Bridge 1983 24. 138 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Wellington 1983/84 25. 112 Somerset v Glamorgan Taunton 1985 26. 149 Somerset v Hampshire Taunton 1985 27. 138* Somerset v Warwickshire Edgbaston 1985 28. 152 Somerset v Essex Taunton 1985 29. 134 Somerset v Northamptonshire Weston-super-Mare 1985 30. 104* Somerset v Worcestershire Weston-super-Mare 1986 31. 139 Somerset v Lancashire Old Trafford 1986 32. 138 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Brisbane 1986/87 33. 126* Worcestershire v Somerset Taunton 1987 34. 113 Worcestershire v Surrey Kennington Oval 1990 35. 104 Worcestershire v Lancashire Worcester 1991 36. 161 Worcestershire v West Indians Worcester 1991 37. 105 Durham v Leicestershire Durham University 1992 38. 101 Durham v Worcestershire Stockton-on-Tees 1993 Centuries made against each opponent : India 5, Australia 4, New Zealand, Glamorgan, Warwickshire and Worcestershire 3, Pakistan, Hampshire, Lancashire and Leicestershire 2, Canterbury, Central Zone, Essex, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, and West Indians 1 Centuries on each ground : Taunton 7, Edgbaston, Old Trafford and Worcester 3, Christchurch, Headingley, Kennington Oval, Swansea, Trent Bridge, Weston-super-Mare 2, Bombay, Brisbane, Durham University, Indore, Kanpur, Leicester, Lord’s, Melbourne, Stockton-on-Tees and Wellington 1 Five Wickets in an Innings (59) 1. 5/59 Somerset v Leicestershire Weston-super-Mare 1974 2. 5/69 Somerset v Lancashire Old Trafford 1975 3. 6/25 } Somerset v Gloucestershire Taunton 1976 4 5/125 5. 5/74 Somerset v Yorkshire Taunton 1976 6. 6/16 Somerset v Hampshire Bournemouth 1976 7. 5/71 Somerset v Glamorgan Taunton 1977 8. 6/50 Somerset v Sussex Hove 1977 9. 6/58 Somerset v Sussex Taunton 1977 10. 5/76 Somerset v Warwickshire Edgbaston 1977 11. 5/74 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Trent Bridge 1977 12. 5/21 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Headingley 1977 13. 7/58 England XI v Otago Dunedin 1977/78 14. 5/73 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Christchurch 1977/78 15. 5/109 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Auckland 1977/78 16. 5/43 MCC v Middlesex Lord’s 1978 17. 6/66 Somerset v Glamorgan Taunton 1978 18. 5/53 Somerset v Gloucestershire Taunton 1978 19. 8/34 ENGLAND v PAKISTAN Lord’s 1978 20. 7/61 Somerset v Glamorgan Cardiff 1978 21. 6/43 Somerset v Warwickshire Weston-super-Mare 1978 22. 6/34 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Trent Bridge 1978 23. 6/101 } ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Lord’s 1978 24. 5/39 25. 6/86 Somerset v Worcestershire Worcester 1978 26. 5/51 England XI v New South Wales Sydney 1978/79 27. 5/70 England XI v Queensland Brisbane 1978/79 28. 6/81 Somerset v Surrey Taunton 1979 29. 5/70 ENGLAND v INDIA Edgbaston 1979 30. 5/35 ENGLAND v INDIA Lord’s 1979 31. 6/78 } ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Perth 1979/80 32. 5/98 69