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Ian Botham

Cricketer

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy". Wikipedia

Born: November 24, 1955 (age 57), Heswall, United Kingdom

Height: 1.88 m

Spouse: Kathryn Botham (m. 1976)

Children: Liam Botham, Becky, Sarah

TV shows: A Question of Sport

Sir Ian Botham

Personal information
Full name	Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE
Born	24 November 1955 (age 57) Heswall, Cheshire, England
Nickname	Beefy, Both, Guy[1]
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 474)	28 July 1977 v Australia
Last Test	18 June 1992 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 33)	26 August 1976 v West Indies
Last ODI	24 August 1992 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1974–86	Somerset
1987–88	Queensland
1987–91	Worcestershire
1992–93	Durham
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 102 116 402 470 Runs scored 5200 2113 19399 10474 Batting average 33.54 23.21 33.97 29.50 100s/50s 14/22 0/9 38/97 7/46 Top score 208 79 228 175* Balls bowled 21815 6271 63547 22899 Wickets 383 145 1172 612 Bowling average 28.40 28.54 27.22 24.94 5 wickets in innings 27 0 59 3 10 wickets in match 4 n/a 8 n/a Best bowling 8/34 4/31 8/34 5/27 Catches/stumpings 120/– 36/– 354/– 196/–
Source: [1], 22 August 2007

Personal information
Full name	Ian Botham
Playing position	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–80	Yeovil Town

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy".^[2] While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.

He is generally regarded as being England's greatest ever all-rounder, particularly in Test cricket, although having earned celebrity status, his award of a knighthood was in recognition of his services to charity.^[3]

Just like fellow cricketers Denis Compton, Jim Cumbes and Arnold Sidebottom, Botham was also a talented footballer, and made 11 appearances in the Football League.

On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[4]

Contents

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• 1 Early life
• 2 Domestic career
  • 2.1 Grade cricket in Australia 1976/1977
• 3 International career
  • 3.1 Records
  • 3.2 One Day Internationals
  • 3.3 1981 Ashes Tour: Botham's Ashes
• 4 Football career
• 5 Controversies
• 6 Charity walks
• 7 Honours
• 8 Test centuries and five-wicket innings
• 9 Personal life
• 10 Publications
• 11 See also
• 12 References
• 13 Bibliography
• 14 External links

Early life[edit]

Botham was born in Heswall on the Wirral, to Herbert Leslie Botham (who worked for Westland) and Violet Marie, née Collett (a nurse).^[5] Both his parents played cricket. He went to Milford Junior School in Yeovil, Somerset, where his "love affair" with sport began, and played for Somerset Under-15s.^[6] He left Bucklers Mead Comprehensive School at the age of 15, intent on playing cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club, although he also had an offer to play football for Crystal Palace F.C.^[7] From an early age he was always single-minded. When informed that Botham wanted to be a sportsman, the Careers Mistress at his school said to him, "Fine, everyone wants to play sport, but what are you really going to do?" (interviewed BBC Radio 4's Fi Glover, 20 November 2010, Saturday Live).