Botham's funeral will be held Thursday.
Botham replied:“Wife's fine but the kids are retarded.”.
Botham's outstanding form continued through the next two Tests.
Botham was bowled third ball by Ray Bright without scoring.
Skilled in all three disciplines, Botham was a genuine all-rounder.
Botham's Test career spanned 16 seasons
and he played in 102 matches.
Botham had no joy in Australia's second innings with none for 60.
Botham bowled only three overs and his figures were none for 15;
The great all-rounder Ian Botham of England is also in the list.
Besides angling and golf, Botham enjoys game shooting and owns a grouse moor.
His record was broken by his longtime teammate Botham(383) a few years later.
Against New Zealand, Botham did little with the bat but his bowling was outstanding.
Nothing will bring Botham back,
but today his family has found some measure of justice.
Botham extended the record to 373 in 94 matches
before he was overtaken by Richard Hadlee.
Botham spent the 1987-
88 Australian season with Queensland,[111] playing for them in the Sheffield Shield.
This quickly became 58 for five and Botham was joined by England's other match hero Taylor.
James Anderson took his 27th five-wicket haul in Tests,
the joint-most(with Ian Botham) by an English bowler.
Botham denied that the photograph had been taken by him
and claimed that his account had been hacked.
I think giving your life to
Christ would be the best thing that Botham would want for you.
Botham played in 22 first-class
and 23 List A matches so it was a busy season for him.
Botham was almost fully recovered from his foot injury but did
not play in any of the Tests.
Botham played in 18 Tests from 1984 to 1986,
ten of them(five home, five away) against West Indies.
Botham's return to India was less than triumphant
and Wisden took him to task for his"ineffectiveness with the ball".
Ian Botham said that I do not understand what Michael
Wan wants to say, but it was not necessary.
In recognition of this work, Botham in 2003 became the first-ever President of Bloodwise,
the UK's leading blood cancer charity.
Botham was replaced by the returning Mike Brearley,
who had been his predecessor until retiring from Test cricket in 1980.
Botham was a talented footballer but,
believing he was better at cricket, he chose the latter for his full-time career.
More international one-day centuries than Brian Lara, more Test matches than Ian Botham, more Test catches than Clive Lloyd.
Botham said:“To be named amongst 55 of the most prolific
players in cricketing history is a great honour for me.