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Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser.
Botham batting for England at Trent Bridge in 1983. Sir Ian Botham is a former international cricketer and captain of the England cricket team.He has claimed five-wicket hauls (taken five or more wickets in an innings) in Test cricket on 27 occasions, second only to James Anderson among English cricketers. [1]
Ian Botham, Australia's nemesis from the previous series, strode to the crease and attacked from the outset, scoring 12 off six balls when, in the last ball of a Geoff Lawson over, Botham played forward and appeared beaten by an in-swinger. As wicketkeeper Marsh came forward to take a low catch, Lawson appealed to umpire Crafter for a catch but ...
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Botham's innings included 6 sixes, which was an Ashes record until Ben Stokes's innings of 135 at Headingley in the 2019 Ashes series. Second-innings centuries from Allan Border and Graham Yallop could not avert defeat. The sixth Test at The Oval was drawn, with Dennis Lillee taking 11 wickets in the match and Botham taking 10.
The Richards–Botham Trophy is a trophy awarded to the winner of Test cricket series played between England and the West Indies. [1] It is named after the former international players Viv Richards and Ian Botham, who played as rivals in West Indies–England fixtures, but were also team-mates at Somerset and good friends. [2]
James Botham, 22, has been drafted in ahead of upcoming games against Georgia and England. Sir Ian Botham’s grandson James called up by Wales for Autumn Nations Cup Skip to main content
This is a list of notable media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket from around the world. A number of famous players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.