Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBEis 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, also grabbing 120 catches while fielding predominantly in the slips and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy". While at times a controversial player both on and off the field, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and until 17 April 2015 held the record for...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth24 November 1955
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes
A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos
I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions
I'm not a great one for looking back.
All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.
I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me
I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.
I don't think I've actually drunk a beer for 15 years, except a few Guinnesses in Dublin, where it's the law.
Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law, for a month, with all expenses paid.
I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.
Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.