Ian Botham 5 for 41 at the MCG Ashes 1986/7
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Nowt to do wih a bowler in his pomp eh?. What do you think enforced this batting collapse?. The greatest living Englishman, thats who!
2 years ago 6
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@mcs1hr Agreed and the stats bear this out. At the end of the 1985 Ashes, Botham had 343 Test wickets in 79 Tests. In the last 23 Tests of his career after that, he took 40 wickets at 45 and contributed a fairly poor average of 23.96 with the bat in this time. Undoubtedly he played far too long, probably a combination of stubborn self-belief and a lack of decent all-rounders to take his place.
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@eyesonthetube - You're right, 1986 was when Botham really started to bowl medium pace only, his pace was reduced again after the back op in 1988. But while never express-fast like the great West Indians, Botham certainly bowled quick. For me his bowling peak came in 1984 v West Indies. Whether quick, fast-medium or military medium, IT Botham was an outstanding bowler for England and his figures speak for themselves. Since he retired, no one has come close to eclipsing his titanic bowling feats
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Love the little amble up to the wicket and the trademark action..
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The bloke could take wickets with an orange!
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the keeper certainly made a meal of those catches
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@MCBhangramuffin Well said mate1
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He was playing with a side strain, and was so unfit he probably shoudn't have played in the match. Still took 5-fer, that's how damn good he was.
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seems he was pretty slow even then....i think speed hardly crossed 80s....
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I'm sure there was sustained pressure on the Aussie batsmen, but nearly all of these wickets are from crap batting rather than awesome balls. No offense to Botham or this English team, I was just hoping for some corkers.
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Hardly scary, botham looks. Like he says, they kept nicking it, or missing it. Pretty much sums up his whole bowling career actually. Must have been a pretty intelligent bowler if he picked up 370 wickets at that pace.
eyesonthetube 5 years ago
No, this was after his back injury. He was finished as a bowler and this was his last hurrah.
Between 77-84 he was a fantastic swing bowler around 83-4 mph and could be genuinely quick.
madbob73 5 years ago 7