Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

33. 6/58 } ENGLAND v INDIA Bombay 1979/80 34. 7/48 35. 6/90 Somerset v Sussex Taunton 1981 36. 6/95 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Headingley 1981 37. 5/11 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Edgbaston 1981 38. 6/125 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Kennington Oval 1981 39. 5/61 ENGLAND v INDIA Bombay 1981/82 40. 5/46 ENGLAND v INDIA Lord’s 1982 41. 5/48 Somerset v Hampshire Bath 1982 42. 5/74 ENGLAND v PAKISTAN Headingley 1982 43. 5/50 Somerset v Worcestershire Taunton 1982 44. 5/38 Somerset v Leicestershire Leicester 1983 45. 5/59 ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Wellington 1983/84 46. 8/103 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Lord’s 1984 47. 5/72 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Kennington Oval 1984 48. 6/90 ENGLAND v SRI LANKA Lord’s 1984 49. 5/57 Somerset v Kent Taunton 1984 50. 5/109 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Lord’s 1985 51. 5/71 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Port-of-Spain 1985/86 52. 6/125 Somerset v Leicestershire Leicester 1986 53. 5/41 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1986/87 54. 6/99 } Worcestershire v Northamptonshire Northampton 1989 55. 5/76 56. 7/85 Worcestershire v Sussex Hove 1989 57. 5/125 Worcestershire v Gloucestershire Worcester 1991 58. 7/54 Worcestershire v Warwickshire Worcester 1991 59. 5/67 Worcestershire v Surrey Worcester 1991 Opponent s: Australia 9, India and New Zealand 6, Gloucestershire and Sussex 4, West Indies, Glamorgan, Leicestershire and Warwickshire 3, Pakistan, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, Surrey and Worcestershire 2, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, New South Wales, Otago, Queensland, Sri Lanka and Yorkshire 1 Grounds : Taunton 11, Lord’s 9, Worcester 4, Bombay, Edgbaston and Headingley 3, Hove, Kennington Oval, Leicester, Northampton, Perth, Trent Bridge, Weston-super-Mare 2, Auckland, Bath, Bournemouth, Brisbane, Cardiff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Melbourne, Old Trafford, Port-of-Spain, Sydney, Wellington 1. Ten Wickets in a Match (8) 1. 11/150 (6/25 & 5/125) Somerset v Gloucestershire Taunton 1976 2 10/161 (4/111 & 6/50) Somerset v Sussex Hove 1977 3. 10/91 (3/33 & 7/58) England XI v Otago Dunedin 1977/78 4. 11/140 (6/101 & 5/39) ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Lord’s 1978 5. 11/176 (6/78 & 5/98) ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Perth 1979/80 6. 13/106 (6/58 & 7/48) ENGLAND v INDIA Bombay 1979/80 7. 10/253 (6/125 & 4/128) ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Kennington Oval 1981 8. 11/175 (6/99 & 5/76) Worcestershire v Northamptonshire Northampton 1989 Modes of Dismissal Caught 374 60.62% Bowled 116 18.80% L.B.W. 48 7.78% Stumped 16 2.59% Hit Wicket 1 0.16% Run Out 16 2.59% Not out 44 7.13% Retired Hurt 2 0.33% Total 617 70