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08 Nov 2024

Ian Botham Falls Into Crocodile-Infested River, Suffers Bruises

In an attempt to move from one boat to another, Botham’s shoes got stuck on a rope and as a result, he landed in an awkward position, resulting in serious bruising and a close encounter with a crocodile.

12 Jul 2023

R Ashwin And Other Bowlers To Dismiss Both Father And Son In Tests; In Pics

In this story, let’s revisit the rare list of five bowlers who have picked the wickets of both father and son duo in Test cricket. R Ashwin is the new addition to this elite list.

05 Aug 2022

Meet Beauty Queen Imani Jayne, granddaughter of England cricket legend Ian Bot

Ian Botham's granddaughter Imani-Jayne Botham has been appointed as one of the judges for Miss England's final Doncaster which will take place on August 6, 2022. Here we bring you a short glimpse of the 21-year-old Yorkshire beauty queen.

18 Mar 2022

Stokes joins Kapil in list of players with 5000 Test runs and over 100 wickets

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was at his brutal best on Day 2 of the second West Indies vs England Test.

09 Apr 2020

Australia's Ellyse Perry named Wisden's leading women cricketer in world

Perry has also been named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, which is Wisden Cricketers Almanack's oldest and most prestigious honour dating back to 1889.

England Vs South Africa

05 Jan 2020

Anderson goes past Botham, Ashwin to take 28th fifer in Tests

England pace spearhead James Anderson surpassed Ian Botham and Ravichandran Ashwin with the most Test fifers as he returned with figures of 5/40 on Day 3 of the second Test against South Africa at Newlands here on Sunday.

Cricket World Cup 2019

25 May 2019

These are the 10 best ODI players to have never won a World Cup

The 2019 ICC World Cup is slated to take place from May 30 to July 14.

West Indies vs England

25 Jan 2019

Windies in a strong position after day two of first Test against England

18 wickets fell on a Kensington Oval pitch that despite the carnage seemed quite decent for batting, as England were bowled out for 77, the lowest ever Test score in Bridgetown.

Shakib Al Hasan

24 Nov 2018

Shakib Al Hasan fastest to reach 3000 runs; 200 wickets landmark in Tests

The 31-year-old cricketer achieved the distinction in 54 Test matches in comparison to Botham who took 55 innings in order to accumulate 3000 runs, 200 wickets in Tests.

18 May 2018

Former allrounder Ian Botham backs controversial 100-ball cricket format

England great Ian Botham has backed controversial plans for a new city-based 100-ball competition despite widespread criticism from within the game.

08 Mar 2018

Mohammed Shami not the first: 6 extramarital affairs that have rocked cricket

A blitzkrieg spell of allegations of torture and extramarital affairs from his wife found India pacer Mohammed Shami at the receiving end of ire on Wednesday morning. He was called a flirt, accused of domestic violence and of threatening to kill. It was a hat-trick of charges no cricketer ought to face in life outside the cricketing pitch. And yet, the 27-year-old was hardly the first from the sport to have been accused of adultery.

20 Aug 2017

ENG vs WI, 1st Test: Stuart Broad tops Ian Botham as England rout West Indies

West Indies, following-on, lost 19 wickets for 261 runs in the day`s play as England surged to a 1-0 lead in this three-Test series.

England Vs South Africa

08 Jul 2017

Former England captains criticise Kagiso Rabada ban

South Africa are already missing paceman Dale Steyn for the whole series with a shoulder injury and on Saturday fellow seamer Vernon Philander was taken to hospital for an x-ray after being hit on the hand during his innings of 52. The x-ray showed no bones were broken.

08 Jul 2017

Ben Stokes is better than me, says Andrew Flintoff

Talking to Sky Sports, Flintoff was quoted to be saying, “He looks like the heartbeat of the team, everything centres round what he’s doing.”

28 May 2017

Indian Premier League made Ben Stokes a better cricketer: Ian Botham

Botham believes that Stokes, who was awarded as the most valuable player of IPL 10, has matured as a cricketer after the time he spent in India.

28 Feb 2017

IPL 2017: 'Box-office' Ben Stokes deserves every penny of Rs 14.5 crore, says Ian Botham

Stokes set a record for an overseas player in the cash-rich Twenty20 competition when Rising Pune Supergiants shelled out for him at last week`s auction.

07 Feb 2017

Alastair Cook can smash Sachin Tendulkar's test run-scoring record: Ian Botham

Botham feels that giving up captaincy would give Cook the freedom to smash Tendulkar`s all-time record of 15,921 runs before his playing career ends.

Mannequin Challenge

13 Nov 2016

WATCH: How chiseled Cristiano Ronaldo beats even the statue itself in Mannequin Challenge

The Mannequin Challenge is a viral Internet video trend, believed to be started by students from Edward H White High School in Jacksonville, Florida on October 26, 2016.

01 Nov 2016

Ian Botham slams England for agreeing to host their first ever day/night Test

Edgbaston will host the first day/night Test ever staged in Britain when England face the West Indies in Birmingham.

17 Sep 2016

It requires atleast 50 Tests to assess an all-rounder, says Kapil Dev

Kapil refused to predict as to who will come up trumps during the upcoming India versus New Zealand series.

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