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Ian Botham - Test Cricket - Progressive Bowling Average and Aggregate
Bowling Performances in  of Match
 
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Date Versus Ground Batsman Dismissed Overs Wickets   S/R E/R Wkts Avg
11/08/1977 Australia Headingley D W Hookes (lbw) 11.0 5/21   13.20 1.91 1 4.20
      K D Walters (c M Hendrick) 11.0         2  
      R W Marsh (c †A P E Knott) 11.0         3  
      M H N Walker (c †A P E Knott) 11.0         4  
      J R Thomson (b) 11.0         5  
24/02/1978 New Zealand AMI Stadium B E Congdon (lbw) 24.7 5/73   26.50 2.13 6 9.40
      M G Burgess (c G R J Roope) 24.7         7  
      W K Lees (c G Miller) 24.7         8  
      R O Collinge (c P H Edmonds) 24.7         9  
      E J Chatfield (c P H Edmonds) 24.7         10  
15/06/1978 Pakistan Lord's   5.0 0/17   29.50 2.26   11.10
10/08/1978 New Zealand Trent Bridge B A Edgar (c †R W Taylor) 21.0 6/34   26.31 2.07 11 9.06
      R W Anderson (lbw) 21.0         12  
      M G Burgess (c †R W Taylor) 21.0         13  
      B E Congdon (c M Hendrick) 21.0         14  
      G N Edwards (c †R W Taylor) 21.0         15  
      R J Hadlee (c G A Gooch) 21.0         16  
15/12/1978 Australia WACA Ground   11.0 0/46   31.81 2.25   11.94
06/01/1979 Australia Sydney Cricket Ground P M Toohey (c G A Gooch) 28.0 2/87   40.72 2.28 17 15.44
      G Dymock (b) 28.0         18  
27/01/1979 Australia Adelaide Oval A R Border (c †R W Taylor) 11.4 4/42   37.50 2.33 19 14.55
      P H Carlson (c †R W Taylor) 11.4         20  
      B Yardley (b) 11.4         21  
      W M Darling (c R G D Willis) 11.4         22  
12/07/1979 India Edgbaston C P S Chauhan (c G A Gooch) 26.0 2/86   40.88 2.48 23 16.92
      Kapil Dev (lbw) 26.0         24  
16/08/1979 India Headingley   13.0 0/39   44.13 2.52   18.54
30/08/1979 India Kennington Oval S M Gavaskar (c †D L Bairstow) 28.0 4/65   43.82 2.49 25 18.21
      G R Viswanath (c J M Brearley) 28.0         26  
      K D Ghavri (c †D L Bairstow) 28.0         27  
      B Reddy (c †D L Bairstow) 28.0         28  
04/01/1980 Australia Sydney Cricket Ground K J Hughes (c †R W Taylor) 17.0 4/29   41.53 2.43 29 16.84
      D K Lillee (c J M Brearley) 17.0         30  
      G Dymock (c †R W Taylor) 17.0         31  
      A R Border (c G A Gooch) 17.0         32  
01/02/1980 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground K J Hughes (c D L Underwood) 39.5 3/105   44.80 2.46 33 18.40
      G Dymock (b) 39.5         34  
      A A Mallett (lbw) 39.5         35  
05/06/1980 West Indies Trent Bridge A I Kallicharran (b) 20.0 3/50   44.42 2.47 36 18.26
      A M E Roberts (lbw) 20.0         37  
      J Garner (c J K Lever) 20.0         38  
19/06/1980 West Indies Lord's C G Greenidge (lbw) 37.0 3/145   46.59 2.64 39 20.46
      D L Haynes (lbw) 37.0         40  
      D L Murray (c C J Tavare) 37.0         41  
10/07/1980 West Indies Old Trafford A I Kallicharran (c †A P E Knott) 20.0 3/64   46.14 2.67 42 20.52
      I V A Richards (b) 20.0         43  
      D L Murray (b) 20.0         44  
24/07/1980 West Indies Kennington Oval I V A Richards (c P Willey) 18.2 2/47   46.52 2.66 45 20.65
      J Garner (c M W Gatting) 18.2         46  
07/08/1980 West Indies Headingley C G Greenidge (lbw) 19.0 1/31   47.96 2.61 47 20.87
27/03/1981 West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground D L Haynes (c †P R Downton) 37.0 4/127   48.55 2.68 48 21.73
      E H Mattis (c R O Butcher) 37.0         49  
      H A Gomes (c D I Gower) 37.0         50  
      D A Murray (c G Boycott) 37.0         51  
10/04/1981 West Indies Sabina Park M A Holding (c †P R Downton) 26.1 2/73   49.68 2.69 52 22.28
      C E H Croft (c sub) 26.1         53  
18/06/1981 Australia Trent Bridge G F Lawson (c D I Gower) 16.5 2/34   49.71 2.67 54 22.09
      A R Border (c & b) 16.5         55  
02/07/1981 Australia Lord's J Dyson (c D I Gower) 26.0 2/71   50.70 2.67 56 22.56
      A R Border (c M W Gatting) 26.0         57  
30/07/1981 Australia Edgbaston R J Bright (lbw) 20.0 1/64   51.90 2.69 58 23.28
13/08/1981 Australia Old Trafford A R Border (c D I Gower) 6.2 3/28   49.97 2.71 59 22.59
      D K Lillee (c G A Gooch) 6.2         60  
      R J Bright (c †A P E Knott) 6.2         61  
09/12/1981 India M Chinnaswamy Stadium K Srikkanth (c G A Gooch) 47.0 2/137   52.86 2.73 62 24.05
      S M H Kirmani (lbw) 47.0         63  
23/12/1981 India Arun Jaitley Stadium G R Viswanath (b) 41.0 2/122   55.02 2.75 64 25.18
      Kapil Dev (c G A Gooch) 41.0         65  
01/01/1982 India Eden Gardens D B Vengsarkar (c †R W Taylor) 27.0 2/63   55.79 2.73 66 25.37
      S M H Kirmani (b) 27.0         67  
30/01/1982 India Green Park P Roy (b) 25.0 1/67   57.18 2.73 68 25.99
10/06/1982 India Lord's G A Parkar (lbw) 19.4 5/46   54.88 2.72 69 24.84
      G R Viswanath (b) 19.4         70  
      S M Gavaskar (b) 19.4         71  
      S Madan Lal (c C J Tavare) 19.4         72  
      D R Doshi (c †R W Taylor) 19.4         73  
24/06/1982 India Old Trafford G R Viswanath (c †R W Taylor) 19.0 1/86   55.68 2.77 74 25.66
08/07/1982 India Kennington Oval D B Vengsarkar (c P H Edmonds) 19.0 2/73   55.71 2.79 75 25.95
      S M Patil (c sub) 19.0         76  
29/07/1982 Pakistan Edgbaston Mudassar Nazar (lbw) 24.0 2/86   56.13 2.82 77 26.38
      Mohsin Khan (c R G D Willis) 24.0         78  
12/11/1982 Australia WACA Ground A R Border (c †R W Taylor) 40.0 2/121   57.73 2.83 79 27.24
      R W Marsh (c G Cook) 40.0         80  
26/11/1982 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground J Dyson (b) 22.0 3/105   57.23 2.89 81 27.52
      K J Hughes (c †R W Taylor) 22.0         82  
      R W Marsh (c †R W Taylor) 22.0         83  
26/12/1982 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground A R Border (b) 18.0 1/69   57.83 2.91 84 28.01
14/07/1983 New Zealand Kennington Oval J G Bracewell (c & b) 16.0 4/62   56.30 2.92 85 27.44
      R J Hadlee (c & b) 16.0         86  
      B L Cairns (c A J Lamb) 16.0         87  
      E J Chatfield (c R G D Willis) 16.0         88  
28/07/1983 New Zealand Headingley   26.0 0/81   58.07 2.93   28.36
11/08/1983 New Zealand Lord's M D Crowe (b) 20.4 4/50   56.89 2.92 89 27.67
      B L Cairns (c A J Lamb) 20.4         90  
      E J Gray (c A J Lamb) 20.4         91  
      I D S Smith (c A J Lamb) 20.4         92  
25/08/1983 New Zealand Trent Bridge T J Franklin (c C L Smith) 14.0 1/33   57.18 2.91 93 27.73
02/03/1984 Pakistan National Stadium (Karachi) Zaheer Abbas (c A J Lamb) 30.0 2/90   57.87 2.91 94 28.09
      Abdul Qadir (c A J Lamb) 30.0         95  
14/06/1984 West Indies Edgbaston C H Lloyd (c D R Pringle) 34.0 1/127   59.40 2.94 96 29.13
28/06/1984 West Indies Lord's C G Greenidge (c G Miller) 27.4 8/103   56.42 2.96 97 27.88
      D L Haynes (lbw) 27.4         98  
      H A Gomes (c M W Gatting) 27.4         99  
      I V A Richards (lbw) 27.4         100  
      P J L Dujon (c G Fowler) 27.4         101  
      C H Lloyd (lbw) 27.4         102  
      R A Harper (c M W Gatting) 27.4         103  
      J Garner (c †P R Downton) 27.4         104  
12/07/1984 West Indies Headingley   7.0 0/45   56.83 2.99   28.31
27/06/1985 Australia Lord's K C Wessels (lbw) 24.0 5/109   55.54 3.03 105 28.01
      D C Boon (c †P R Downton) 24.0         106  
      G M Ritchie (lbw) 24.0         107  
      W B Phillips (c P H Edmonds) 24.0         108  
      A R Border (c G A Gooch) 24.0         109  
11/07/1985 Australia Trent Bridge G M Wood (c R T Robinson) 34.2 3/107   55.89 3.03 110 28.21
      S P O'Donnell (c †P R Downton) 34.2         111  
      G F Lawson (c G A Gooch) 34.2         112  
29/08/1985 Australia Kennington Oval G M Wood (lbw) 20.0 3/64   55.48 3.03 113 28.03
      A M J Hilditch (c G A Gooch) 20.0         114  
      D R Gilbert (b) 20.0         115  
21/02/1986 West Indies Sabina Park J Garner (c P H Edmonds) 19.0 2/67   55.50 3.04 116 28.13
      R B Richardson (lbw) 19.0         117  
07/03/1986 West Indies Queen's Park Oval B P Patterson (c G A Gooch) 9.4 1/68   55.53 3.08 118 28.47
03/04/1986 West Indies Queen's Park Oval P J L Dujon (c †P R Downton) 24.1 5/71   54.45 3.07 119 27.89
      I V A Richards (lbw) 24.1         120  
      M A Holding (b) 24.1         121  
      R A Harper (lbw) 24.1         122  
      B P Patterson (c †P R Downton) 24.1         123  
14/11/1986 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground C D Matthews (c M W Gatting) 16.0 2/58   54.34 3.08 124 27.90
      M G Hughes (b) 16.0         125  
28/11/1986 Australia WACA Ground G R Marsh (c B C Broad) 22.0 1/72   54.96 3.08 126 28.25
04/06/1987 Pakistan Old Trafford Javed Miandad (c †B N French) 14.0 1/29   55.19 3.07 127 28.26
27/07/1989 Australia Old Trafford G R Marsh (c †R C Russell) 24.0 2/63   55.45 3.06 128 28.31
      D M Jones (b) 24.0         129  
08/08/1991 West Indies Kennington Oval R B Richardson (c †A J Stewart) 11.0 1/27   55.53 3.06 130 28.30
22/08/1991 Sri Lanka Lord's R S Mahanama (c †R C Russell) 10.0 1/26   55.56 3.05 131 28.28
06/02/1992 New Zealand Basin Reserve C L Cairns (c †R C Russell) 14.0 1/53   55.78 3.06 132 28.47
18/06/1992 Pakistan Lord's   5.0 0/9   56.01 3.06   28.54

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