biography
| name: |
Botham, Ian (Terence)
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pronunciation:
[bohtham]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1955– )
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| biography:
| Cricketer, born in Heswall, Merseyside, NW England, UK. An all-rounder, he appeared in 102 Test matches for England, 65 of them consecutively, and including 12 as captain (1980–1). He held the record number of Test wickets (383 wickets at an average of 28·40 runs) until overtaken by Richard Hadlee, and on four occasions took 10 wickets in a match. He scored 5200 runs in Tests (average 33·54), including 14 centuries. Off-the-field brushes with authority alternated with successful charity fund-raising campaigns such as his walk from John o' Groats to Land's End and his re-enactment of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. He first played for Somerset in 1974, joined Worcestershire in 1987, and moved to Durham in 1992. He retired from first-class cricket in 1993, best remembered as the architect of improbable wins against Australia at Leeds and Edgbaston in 1981. |
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