- Born
- Birth nameIan Terence Botham
- Nicknames
- Beefy
- Guy the gorilla
- Both
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- One of the world's greatest all-round cricketers, and an undoubted world class player in the England sides of the 1980s, whose ability to turn the course of a game with either bat or ball was best seen in the 1981 series against Australia. In 102 Test Matches for England he scored 5200 runs, including 14 centuries, and took 383 wickets, including his best performance of 8 for 34 runs. In 116 One-Day Internationals he scored 2113 runs, his best being 79, and took 145 wickets, his best being 4 for 31 runs.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dave Smith <ds20@cant.ac.uk>
- SpouseKathryn Botham(? - present) (3 children)
- Chest hair.
- Muscular physique.
- As a boy supported Chelsea Football Club (London, England) and actually appeared in a game at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea in 1981 in a Testimonial game for long-serving player, Ron Harris. He also played professional football for Scunthorpe Utd in England.
- His son, Liam, plays professional Rugby Union.
- Father of Liam, Sarah and Rebecca Botham.
- He was awarded Knigthhood in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth Birthday Honors List for his services to sports and charities.
- Was given a life peerage in the 2020 Political Honours and was created Baron Botham of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire.
- People keep telling me I should go into politics but my wife thinks I'm too radical. I am to the right of Attila the Hun.
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