Born 24 November 1955 at Oldfield, Heswall, Cheshire, EnglandIan Botham was England’s greatest match-winning all-rounder. This was highlighted by his legendary performances in the 1981 Ashes series. He helped England to improbable wins at Leeds with a blistering century in a follow-on innings and finished the Test at Birmingham with a spell of five wickets for one run.
He then added another quick hundred at Manchester and took ten wickets in the final Test at The Oval to inspire a 3-1 series win. In all, he scored a century and took five wickets in an innings in the same Test on no fewer than five occasions. He was for a while the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket and was also a superb slip fielder. A larger than life character he briefly played league football for Scunthorpe United and became well known for charity walks. He was knighted in 2007.
M Runs HS Avg 100 Ct Wkts Avg BB 5I
Tests 102 5200 208 33.54 14 120 383 28.40 8-34 27
ODIs 116 2113 79 23.21 0 36 145 28.54 4-31 0
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