Ian 'Beefy' Botham spell of 5 wickets for 1 run at Edgbaston 1981 Ashes
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2015
- We would like to wish Ian 'Beefy' Botham a very happy birthday as he celebrates his 60th Birthday today (24/11/2015).
Botham is regarded as one of the best all-rounders to ever grace the game of cricket and is the finest England have ever produced.
The scorecard from this game can be seen below;
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There is Cricket and then there is cricket with Ian Botham.
I remember this day like it was yesterday a swelteringly hot Sunday. I was a cricket mad 12 year old and was gutted because after the win at Headingly it felt like we had handed it all back to Australia. Then the great man came on changed everything. It was like a tornado had come to Birmingham and simply blew Australia away. It was incredible he was incredible.
I’m exactly the same. 13 year old playing football in the garden with my cousins on a beautiful hot Sunday. Dad comes home from his trip to the pub telling me we’ve won. I was so shocked and happy at the same time. I went to the last day of the series at the Oval. I still have my ticket, entrance fee £1 to see Alec Bedser give Botham his man of the series award.
Stokes is good, Flintoff was good, Ian Botham lifted English cricket from a slow paced well mannered occasion into fast paced rock and roll rebellion and British sport has been one hell of a vast improvement for it. I doubt any English cricketer will do for the game what this man did.
In terms of match-winning all rounders the best of all time. Sobers and Kallis managed a century and 5 wckt innings in one game in their careers. Botham did it three times.
Ian Botham was a great all rounder. But Ben Stokes is also a great all rounder. In that era Kapil Dev and Imran Khan were other great all rounders.
@@krishnendubasu5936 let's also add Sir Richard Handled around that time too. A fabulous cricketer. I feel Ben Stokes has a huge task on his hands. He has inherited a very poor set of players and if Anderson and Broad retire they have no durable fast bowlers at all.
Hadlee obviously - stupid bloody auto correct. 😂😂😂😂
@@neilcurran1589 Ben has inherited the plan players are rested due to the number of international formats. Not doing a bad job.
The best ever for England
Cricket on TV was great in those days. Whole days play on BBC 2 , simple camera work and easy commentary. No gimmicks. Or if you preferred the TV with the volume down and test match special on the Radio.
Totally agree and test match special was and still is the Greatest show on Radio!
Breaks my heart to remember it, now.
There was one big downside. Cameras from one end only. This was infuriating trying to watch Abdul Qadir in 1982 especially :)
I sat with my grandad, having never watched cricket before and gained a love of the sport that has never left. Directly because of this man
Same here when he looked after me in the summer holidays
@@markrainton3320 won't be able to do that again
Same. I moved into my grandparents age 11, having been taken from a violent home. I used to sit with my grandad watching cricket. He'd tell me about the players of the past. I grew to love the game. I miss that man, he literally saved my life.
@@soupdragonuk I'm glad he did that for you. Keep the cricket as a good reminder of him. I do with mine
@@soupdragonuk That is awesome. I wish you well
What set Ian Botham apart, was that he was the biggest match turner you will ever see.
Others may have better stats, but they didn't have his temperament and iron will to take matches away from you.
An amazing workhorse bowler, a very technically gifted batsman, and the safest pair of hands of his day (And arguably ever).
Viv Richards said that he was amongst the greatest players he ever saw, and that the Windies would develop entire team plans, to stop him.
Well said.
Every now and again i watch this sometimes after a few years have gone by and it brings it all back, i drift back in time to those days like I’m in a time machine
Happy childhood memories, what a legend! 😊
One the best cricketers and entertainers the game has ever produced.
Botham up until around 1985/86 was the ultimate all-rounder. A genuine and consistent match winner with both bat and ball, whereas other all-rounders tend to be great at one and merely proficient at the other.
But Ian Botham was a swing bowler and rarely took the new ball. He used to bowl first change. Imran Khan was a genuine fast bowler and he always took the new ball. So did Kapil Dev.
@@krishnendubasu5936 Yes...... But what's your point? You appear to be responding to a different comment. There's nothing that says you can't be a proper allrounder unless you take the new ball. If you were right, where would that put Sobers the spinner/swinger or Jacques Kallis the first or even second changer - the two greatest allrounders of all time?
@@danguee1 I rate all of them very highly. Ian Botham was a great all rounder for sure. The point is that, purely as a bowler, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev were more potent strike bowlers as they took the new ball throughout their careers and remained match winning bowlers for longer duration then the other all rounders that you have mentioned. By the end of their careers, Ian Botham and Jacques Kallis were no longer match winning bowlers whereas Imran Khan and Kapil Dev were still strike bowlers for their countries, taking the new ball all the time.
I took the day off sick from work to watch this.
Will never see the likes of this in England again. No cricket on television. Absolutely disgraceful.
How do you mean ?
@@roblloyd6082 No live sporting events where crowds are allowed to gather - despite the government offering the carrot of vaccines. We shall hover between tier 4 and full lockdown for many years if not permanently.
My mate was at Edgbaston that day and the atmosphere was like nothing he had ever heard at a cricket match - electrifying.
@@godsstruggler8783 ah yes I completely agree mate. I thought you meant on tv and knew something I didn’t. 👌👌
Terrestrial TV stopped showing test match cricket in England. Thus depriving generations of secondary school kids the chance to watch. All money orientated of course. Test cricket and red ball cricket will just die in England. Recreational cricket? Seems to be played predominantly by Asians in the UK now.
I was at the headingley test on the Saturday. Saw Botham get 50 and Gooch out twice. Unforgettable cricket best series ever
Great bowling beef from an Aussie who loved watching your all round skills,right up there with Sir Garfield and the great Keith Miller!
I'm Australian and I think he was amazing
I'm Indian and amazing boling
@Maxyshadow
If you weren't Australian would you therefore *NOT* think Botham was amazing?
@@hyena131 More saying he was such a great performer against Australia but I respect his amazing gifts and heart.
@@Maxyshadow
Hmmmm...I still find it odd that where you're from has any bearing or relevance as to the talent/greatness of a cricketer. If a cricketer is talented and great, he's talented and great regardless of where you - or anyone - is from.
Never ever liked this man.
legend
Sir ian botham, you really were fantastic, a true prize fighter, who had the belief in his self, i remember watching this unbelievable match, and followed his cricket career, no doubt, he was a true allrounder, what a bloody champion.......😀😉😀
The greatest all rounder ian botham and the greatest commentator Ritchie benaud together in perfect harmony happy days 😊
💯👍
For a long time Beefy had the midas touch, untouchable when it came to drama, theatre & drinking lots of beer 😁
We need more people like him today. But there is Ben Stokes......
Considering the teams he played with, the best all-rounder ever! His bowling, batting and fielding was breathtaking. He made the game exciting. The only Englishman who would get in my all-time 11.
Legend.
Such an exciting cricket on his day. Simply the best, he lifted the game to new heights .
What a player he was,but what a great team England were in those days
I remember this been at my grandparents in Clacton and my dad allowed me to stay a extra few days and he went home with my mum and brother. I remember as they were walking out the door saying to my dad England I was going to win and his response was lightning doesn't strike twice after the Headingley test. A couple of days later when he called my grandparents I reminded him what you he said after another great performance by Botham
A brilliant all round asset to the England team
Finish tailander - half team in 5 over spell 5 wkt .😀 positive bowling on stumps, proper line n length ,etc.😂
Botham is the greatest all rounder cricketer ever ✌️
Rodney Hogg who was stood at the non strikers end said that Botham was bowling fast and reverse swinging that old ball. Botham said he didn’t know what reverse swing was and it was just happening for him. Has to be his greatest ever spell of bowling. Absolutely brilliant. What a cricketer he was. Read an all time England cricket list the other day and Botham was at number 6! Bullshit…..people have short memories or either do not know their history. Only one English cricketer stands above Botham and that is WG Grace after the great man it is Botham.
Ian botham a top class all rounder , he will never be forgotten
I'm a 90s kid but still love and enjoy Sir Iam Botham's play both batting and bowling 🏏🏏
IMO the best English cricketer ever. The Master.
Greatest england all-rounder ever greatest summer of cricket ever. Botham ashes
I remember this test,a team of legends!!
When England picked the best wicket keeper as the wicket keeper
I was in Green Park in London thst day, I heard on a someone's transistor radio " Bothams got his wicket." I sat down near the radio owner and was enthralled while it all took place and got into a convo with the guy. He mistook this Kiwi for an Australian. I took grat delight incorrecting him.
An era of great all rounders; Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev.
So nice to see no ads on the players shirts.
@Procter Smith
Agreed, but the camera angles and general quality of watching cricket live has increased remarkably compared with now and then. This costs money and I can't help feeling that all the various cricket boards fund this with the advertising revenue you speak of. And no doubt (from player's salaries amongst other expenses) it also keeps cricket alive and healthy. Same as T20. I don't particularly like the form of the game, but it puts cricket on the map, generates a lot of money and gets younger people into cricket who otherwise wouldn't be interested.
Great all rounder
He was my hero growing up and an inspiration! I was just eleven and at the end of junior school. How many eleven year olds were in the crowd?
I was at headingley in 1981 on a school trip, loved it.
@@simonjones3758 How old were you then, Simon? Didn't you go on to play cricket for England?
greatest all-rounder in the modern game
Michael Salisbury
Have you not heard of Jaques Kallis?
@@hyena131 Kallis was an amazing player, but no one, absolutely no one in the history of the game could produce match winning performances like Beefy....a century and 10 wkts in a match.....he did a century and a 5-for numerous times
@@TotalImpacteSportsNetwork
Botham was indeed truly great...at times. When he wasn't great, he was pretty bad. His inconsistency, poor fitness and excess weight are not the hallmarks of an elite athlete/world class cricketer. While Kallis was not as headline catching and game changing as Botham, his clinical efficiency, mental toughness, reliable consistency and extraordinary test batting average put him very much in a league of his own.
@@hyena131 you're talking about cricket from different eras....from 78-86 Beefy was miles ahead of anyone else (and the game was blessed with high quality all-rounders, Imran, kapil Dev, Hadlee et al)....Jack Kallis was a great batsman, a bit one paced perhaps, and a useful support bowler....Beefy was devastating with bat and ball, quite often in the same match, so for me having grown up on cricket since the 70's, there is no comparison, but naturally I respect your comments :)
in closing the hall mark of a genuine all-rounder is the ability to be worthy of a place as either a batsman or bowler....For Kallis, yes to the former, no to the latter.....for Botham (78-86) yes in both categories......Botham though from 87-92 was a shadow of his former self due to injury & fitness
Excellent cricketer
He was sheer magic.I am from India He would cause a riot even today in India.
Poor bob taylor almost rushed by beefy,good combination late 70s early 80s ct taylor bowled botham .....bob was the best I've seen,beautiful pair of hands you don't hear the ball land in his gloves
Very Clever cricketer.
When batting he always cleared the bar area.
Great year, villa won the league too ✌
Didn’t need revitalite in those days did he
.. when chin stubble was mandatory 😂 beefy ❤
Beefster!
That was the test when the Australian captain put a bet on for England to win
What an over
I remember this on a hot sunny Sunday afternoon, back in 81. It was just an amazing series.Really Australia were a better side, bu I. T .Botham won it practically single handedly. People forget ,it wasn't just the sintalating runs ,or amazing wickets. His slip catching was amazing, that also help best the Aussies
You forget Bob Willis's 8-fer at headingly. Some of the angriest bowling I've ever seen.
@@Richard_Jones absolutely, he was unbelievable, but I think he was inspired by Botham's swashbuckling innings, I'm not sure he would have bowled like that normally. Big Bob did have a good series in 81 as well
I feel the Headingley match turned on Graham Dilleys innings. From nowhere came someone hitting the Aussies very hard. Botham joined in the fun and the rest is history. And what a catch to get rid of Rodney Marsh. RIP Graham Dilley.
@@charlesdale1462 I think you have the right of it Dilley started the fightback and Botham joined the action with glee !
RIP Rodney Marsh ,who sadly passed today along with Shane Warne two Aussie legends who brought much to the game ...A sad day for world cricket.
I would have been eleven back then and about to leave junior school. Don't remember watching this series but Botham was my hero during my formative years!
Poor Bob taylor ...having your head crushed by sir beefy,,great times,great players
he sold that stump for 7k - seems like a bargain
What's good about Botham even if you didn't like cricket ,,and I hate it ,you still want to watch him bowling or batting
Beefy's got achy feet these days !
& with the voice of the great Richie Benaud
Interesting contrast. Viv Richards looks like an athlete, Botham looks like a brickie's labourer..!
I personally wouldn't tell him that.
Flintoff said on a radio interview that Botham wasn't a legend/one of the greats😢😢
Because flintoff wished he was as good as botham !! Freddie was a good all rounder but not a patch on botham !!!
Ashes history n series if taken seriously is very dangerous game between Australia n England , like Botham copy book style sensible swing bowling( symmetrical body ) , great spell 5 wkt in 1 run .😂😹👌 great famous allrounder.(all rounder r less in number).
The Botham era was arguably the greatest in English cricketing history. The team was not the best but Beefy made up for it and a whole lot more.
Ian Botham. Ben stokes, andrew flintoff are the Greatest, BUT stuart broadest strategic planning to get the batsman out and his perseverance & hard work will help Stuart BROAD top up 900 test match wickets and 5000 test runs, by 2028 December, though thr grace of God the FATHER, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
The seagull always flies backwards...but only in the garage...
Lets face it they were intimidated
it's a shame Ian Botham is banned in India.
Botham was a great all-rounder but I've always thought this spell was overrated. Mostly tailenders and mostly out to atrocious shots. I think after Headingly the Australians were in his spell, and justifiably so.
The crowd took 4 of the wickets.
Libertyordeaf i think its better that u never comment again..overrated..ur r a silly lad who knows nowt..in future keep quiet.
noisely beserk
Was this the game where Lillee and Marsh backed the Poms to win at 500 to 1 or something ridiculous!, 🤪..after seeing their shots to get out in that little clip....hmmm, things that make you go...hmmmmm...🤔
no it wasnt, same series different test
No that was the Headingly test when England were forced to follow on and Botham hit 149 not out.
@@markstratton1679 Bob Willis was devastating in the 4th innings but Botham turned the game with his stand. People like to mock Geoff Boycott's defencive styke but his 46 off 141 balls slowed the rate of wickets, would you want him in a ODI or 20:20 but in proper cricket you need someone who can just stay at the crease at times.
Botham was awesome at the end of this series, but to be honest the Aussie batting line up in this series wasn't great. Some of the shots were poor , something about Botham he took more wickets off poor balls than anyone. On the other hand ......maybe that's genius at work.
How Things Have Plummeted Thanks To Commercialism And Fucking SKY !!!
Sky have also fucked up the football too!
Gee some great batting there...that was disgraceful batting. Botham cashed in.
Ahh, the good old days of cricket and football, 60s,70s and 80s when the game was played by MEN, and not delicate little flowers of today?
They look so scruffy compared to today's sportsmen.
It would have been great if could see the wickets instead of your bloody writing!
Tailenders
Arguably the greatest english cricketer has ever had.
Rod Marsh did have a bet on the game and the shot he got out to suggested that he wanted to win his bet
@@robertcornelius8056 i thought it was the previous game at headingley that marsh and lillie put a bet on england to win at odds of 500 to 1.
@@colingeddes2172 yes, that’s what they admitted to.
Yes the full line was when beefy boweld
The standard was soooooo low back in the day. Funny stuff 😂