Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

72. (Benson & Hedges Cup) Somerset v Lancashire, Bath, May 21 (Lancashire won by five wickets) b B.Wood 3 171-9 10.4 2 46 0 173-5 1 73. (Sunday League) Somerset v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 29 (Middlesex won by 62 runs) b W.W.Daniel 44 117 8 0 42 2 G.D.Barlow c and b 179-9 1 I.J.Gould b 74. (Sunday League) Somerset v Yorkshire, Scarborough, June 19 (Somerset won by 84 runs) run out 10 194-8 7 0 13 1 H.P.Cooper b 110 1 75. (Sunday League) Somerset v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 26 (Lancashire won by 23 runs) c and b D.P.Hughes 55 144 8 0 33 2 J.Abrahams c D.Breakwell 167-8 D.P.Hughes b 76. (Sunday League) Somerset v Hampshire, Street, July 3 (Hampshire won by 1 run) c D.J.Rock b N.G.Cowley 69 236-9 8 0 38 2 D.J.Rock c I.V.A.Richards 237-6 1 N.G.Cowley c P.A.Slocombe 77. (Sunday League) Somerset v Surrey, Byfleet, July 10 (Somerset won by 17 runs) b R.P.Baker 9 174 8 0 30 2 P.I.Pocock b 157 A.J.Mack b 78. (Gillette Cup) Somerset v Northumberland, Taunton, July (13), 14 (Somerset won by five wickets) not out 91 154-5 12 3 37 2 J.Thewlis c B.C.Rose 153-8 2 A.Brown c M.J.Kitchen 79. (Sunday League) Somerset v Worcestershire, Imperial Ground, Bristol, July 17 (No result) 8 3 16 2 B.V.R.Jones b 112-7 V.A.Holder c C.H.Dredge 80. (Sunday League) Somerset v Sussex, Hove, July 24 (Sussex won by six wickets) c Javed Miandad b R.D.V.Knight 14 134 8 0 23 0 137-4 1 81. (Gillette Cup) Somerset v Derbyshire, Ilkeston, August 3 (Somerset won by 59 runs) run out 25 248-4 9 1 23 2 H.Cartwright c J.Garner 189 E.J.Barlow lbw 82. (Sunday League) Somerset v Northamptonshire, Weston-super-Mare, August 7 (Northamptonshire won by nine wickets) b W.Larkins 15 117 7 0 27 0 118-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 2 2 1 116 91* 116.00 - 1 2 Benson & Hedges Cup 4 4 0 53 21 13.25 - - 4 Sunday League 11 10 0 254 69 25.40 - 2 4 Season 17 16 1 423 91* 28.20 - 3 10 Career 82 72 10 1276 91* 20.58 - 3 25 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5w 4w Gillette Cup 21 4 60 4 2/23 15.00 - - Benson & Hedges Cup 42 8 135 4 2/20 33.75 - - Sunday League 82 3 321 12 2/16 26.75 - - Season (6b) 145 15 516 20 2/16 25.80 - - Career (6b) 642.3 71 2559 98 4/41 26.11 - 1 1977/78 - England in Pakistan and New Zealand 83. (International) ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Sahiwal, December 23 (England won by three wickets) not out 15 212-7 7 0 39 3 Sadiq Mohammad b 208-6 Wasim Raja c D.W.Randall Hassan Jamil c P.R.Downton 84. England XI v Habib Bank, Lahore, December 28 (England XI won by 63 runs) run out 15 166-7 5 1 7 2 Javed Miandad c G.R.J.Roope103-7 Azhar Khan c D.W.Randall 85. (International) ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Sialkot, December 30 (England won by six wickets) not out 17 152-4 6.7 0 21 1 Wasim Raja b 151 77