Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

3. Somerset v Sussex, Hove, May 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c A.Buss b A.W.Greig 26 327 9 3 29 0 213 1 6 1 9 0 284 1 4. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 25, 27, 28 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) c A.S.Brown b J.B.Mortimore2 254 14 1 51 1 M.S.T.Dunstan lbw 276 c R.Swetman b M.J.Procter 1 144 - - - - 123-2 5. Somerset v Yorkshire, Bath, June 15, 17, 18 (Somerset won by seven wickets) c D.L.Bairstow b A.G.Nicholson 8 259 14 5 30 1 P.J.Sharpe c D.J.S.Taylor 274-7c did not bat - 144-3 4 0 10 0 128 2 6. Somerset v Pakistanis, Bath, June 22, 23, 24 (Pakistanis won by 5 runs) c Mohammad Nazir b Asif Iqbal 7 215 21 2 76 2 Shafiq Ahmed c G.I.Burgess 311-6d 1 Zaheer Abbas lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 32 314 6.1 3 13 1 Intikhab Alam c H.R.Moseley 223-5d 7. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 29, July 1, (2) (Match drawn) b C.Milburn 1 151 14 2 39 1 D.S.Steele c J.M.Parks 252-8d 1 not out 0 9-1 8. Somerset v Essex, Taunton, July 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) b S.Turner 21 305-8c 9 1 26 0 272-8c b R.N.S.Hobbs 9 227-6d - - - - 133-4 9. Somerset v Middlesex, Taunton, July 13, 15, 16 (Somerset won by 73 runs) c C.T.Radley b M.J.Vernon 59 261 202 1 c and b F.J.Titmus 11 108 94 1 10. Somerset v Essex, Westcliff-on-Sea, July (17), 18, 19 (Match drawn) lbw b R.E.East 6 153-6d 2 0 9 0 200-5d c S.Turner b R.E.East 4 57-7 - - - - 93 1 11. Somerset v Glamorgan, Swansea, July 27, 29, 30 (Somerset won by an innings and 7 runs) c E.W.Jones b A.E.Cordle 25 372 5 1 5 0 145 11.4 4 22 2 M.A.Nash b 220 D.L.Williams c D.B.Close 12. Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c J.D.Birch b R.A.White 0 165 19.5 4 61 3 S.B.Hassan c G.I.Burgess 322 B.Stead b W.Taylor b c M.J.Smedley b G.S.Sobers 14 173 - - - - 14-0 13. Somerset v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c T.J.Yardley b N.Gifford 12 99 11 5 19 3 R.G.A.Headley b 126 J.A.Ormrod c G.I.Burgess T.J.Yardley b not out 6 22-2 6 5 4 1 H.G.Wilcock c and b 72 1 14. Somerset v Leicestershire, Weston-super-Mare, August 17, 19, 20 (Somerset won by 179 runs) b N.M.McVicker 39 181 28.2 8 59 5 B.Dudleston lbw 131 B.F.Davison b D.J.Humphries lbw N.M.McVicker b K.Higgs b c D.J.Humphries b N.M.McVicker 4 303-6d 23 6 58 2 J.G.Tolchard c J.M.Parks 174 N.M.McVicker c D.J.S.Taylor 15. Somerset v Warwickshire, Weston-super-Mare, August 21, 22, 23 (Warwickshire won by two wickets) c D.L.Murray b S.J.Rouse 38 319 16 4 35 1 J.A.Jameson b 220-9c 1 c J.A.Jameson b D.J.Brown 1 202 10 4 21 1 J.A.Jameson c I.V.A.Richards 305-8 16. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Weston-super-Mare, August 24, 26, 27 (Gloucestershire won by five wickets) c R.D.V.Knight b M.J.Procter 41 259 15 1 39 3 R.B.Nicholls b 225 1 R.D.V.Knight c D.J.S.Taylor D.R.Shepherd b not out 9 192-7d 6.4 0 23 1 A.W.Stovold b 227-5 17. Somerset v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 28, 29, (30) (Match drawn) c B.A.Richards b T.E.Jesty 20 264 13 3 48 0 405-9d 1 did not bat - 90-4 6