Cricket Legends - Ian Botham

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Roshan Ariyaratnam

Күн бұрын

Robert 'Crash' Craddock speaks to Lord Ian Botham

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@timcuneen3964 Жыл бұрын

One of my heroes. When I was a kid I always wanted a Duncan Fearnley bat because Ian Botham used one.

@ImYourHuckleberry_29 5 ай бұрын

My friend had a DF when we were kids.

@robertwendrop4764 Жыл бұрын

Proper Englishman, proper rebel, pro brexit, pro England, loved him and still do 👍🏻👍🏻

@ImAmadHawksSupporter 10 ай бұрын

As an Australian didn't like ian as a cricketer cause he always gave us headaches but really admire and love what he has done for lukemia and cancer suffers

@rajmaheshwari444 Ай бұрын

Botham was the best amongst the 4, because he could win the match with his bowling or batting or both, just a shade ahead.

@johnsutton3600 Жыл бұрын

I could not stand him when he started. He would get 5 for, bowling absolute rubbish. Then he would do it again, and again against chappell and Walters etc and eventually I thought, " there might be a bit more to this."

@ucantseeme7477 Жыл бұрын

Got 383 wickets in test, couldnt be bowling rubbish all the time!!

@johnsutton3600 Жыл бұрын

@@ucantseeme7477 that was my point. He SEEMED to be bowling tripe. To continually get 5 for and end up with 383, he just had to be good

@kaustubhgandhalikar5433 Жыл бұрын

Ian Botham was the first superstar all-rounder I watched and instantly loved his amateur attitude towards cricket and life in general. 383 wickets and 5200 runs in test ask a lot and I must mention that what I saw on TV was the first mega star on cricket arena. Hats off

@craigedwards2940 Жыл бұрын

Patrick Patterson is one that often get's forgotten about. Excellent bowler.

@ImYourHuckleberry_29 5 ай бұрын

I remember his exaggerated bowling action.

@shazmah786 9 ай бұрын

Frances Edmonds (Phil Edmonds' ex-wife) wrote a couple of books on England tours of the mid-80's. She said, of Botham. "Always be wary of someone whose weight in kilos is higher than their IQ". Honestly, not bad advice.

@seanmcmanus867 7 ай бұрын

a nobody who did nothing, commentating on this man. Even Phil Edmonds f***ed her off

@subramaniamkrishnamoorthy7291 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest cricketer of all time. A cricketer who can win matches by bowling batting or fielding.Good slip fielder also. Once in 100 years only such greats will be born

@riazraashid9510 4 ай бұрын

A legend especially for his work on fund raising for leukaemia 👏

@alygodsquad 3 ай бұрын

Sorry, you are not with the beat. He had a terrible reputation in the 1980's after his association with Tim Hudson, trying to be a Hollywood actor and then got found out for lying through his teeth for smoking cannabis on the 1982/3 tour (he tells alot of lies, the latest being he gave away all his mementoes - but then sold them all at auction!). He did a charity walk which rebuilt his reputation, and provided huge financial personal rewards to him and his greedy wife, by way of commercial contracts, TV and advertising and sponsorship. He then got a knighthood, baronhood and lordship when his entire motive was for himself. Anyone who can't see through that is a misguided fool - except his cronies, of course.

@ivoosborn2620 7 ай бұрын

Sir Ian Botham a proper Legend played the game naturally without any fear. Just a pleasure to witness playing for county side and international, flamboyant stlyle. Top Man 🏏✨😎

@kirkhogan2688 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the 1981 test series as a boy of 11,it was on BBC 1 then and cost nothing to watch, I loved test cricket This was the first time I ever witnessed an all rounder like Ian botham, Was a brilliant era for cricket, Bob willis was fantastic too... We all would copy his bowling style Ian botham was a English legend,Hes humble which I think proves his greatness, I miss those days... Enjoyed the video still got the Duncan fearnley bat too🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jamesrichardson5337 Жыл бұрын

Never scored runs against the West Indies

@iangibnos2114 Жыл бұрын

Nobody did!!!

@TerryChimes123 Жыл бұрын

@@iangibnos2114 Yes he did.

@davifdavid4347 18 күн бұрын

Beefy did get runs against the W I,but was unable to convert them into centuries. Such was Botham's profile,back then,that the W I quicks had a tendency to treat him,almost,like Tony Greig. In other words,they generally bowled faster to Botham than they did to other players. The 3 other great all - rounders of his day did not have to contend with the extra effort the W I bowlers put in against Botham. Also bear in mind that the other 3 all - rounders all scored their centuries on slow pitches, whereas Botham nearly always had to play the extreme pace of the W I on either even paced or fast pitches. Details,such as I have outlined,really do make a difference at Test level. I would still place Botham in joint first place ,amongst his rivals,along with Kapil Dev. You may have a different opinion,though!

@andrewmaroc113 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian - magnificent cricketer and a magnificent person

@thetributechannel312 Жыл бұрын

SIR BEEF, 🍺cheers .. I was at the MCG that day 80-81, I was 8 ..

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv 3 ай бұрын

The slight skip to the pitch of the ball then the golf swing… 🚀

@ActuallySamD Жыл бұрын

Legit all time great.

@vantheman1238 2 жыл бұрын

Great cricketer. Incidentally the most catches ever in the Ashes!

@philspan Ай бұрын

You were my hero. Not your effin wine lol

@dharshanagunathilaka2041 Жыл бұрын

He is a legend Greetings from sri lanka

@lonestar6709 Жыл бұрын

14 Test centuries, nearly 400 wickets, and over 100 catches. When you post numbers like that, you're surely made of the right stuff.

@ray.shoesmith Жыл бұрын

lol Beefy South Africa had 3 world class all-rounders in the same team 🤣

@JC57515 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they were magnificent in the 70s

@EASTEASTEASTLONDON Жыл бұрын

A true legend ON & OFF the pitch 👏🏻 🙌🏻

@wobblertv8083 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest Cricket IQs ever ..very clever cricketer. ..just ask Andrew Hilditch 😂😂

@ImYourHuckleberry_29 5 ай бұрын

Beefy Both !!

@hazelgirl1509 Жыл бұрын

Viv beefy. Wonderful example of friendship

@dlamiss 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly emptied the bars when he was batting or bowling

@chriswright5050 Жыл бұрын

Beefy transcended sport

@brettbrett9973 Жыл бұрын

Great cause but the Queen ?

@AnirbanMaity-v1w 5 ай бұрын

LEGEND

@chriswright5050 Жыл бұрын

What a man

@SuhasC-i9z 9 ай бұрын

Best allrounder

@brettskip1 3 ай бұрын

Could have listened to that all day. Brilliant

@volksdeutschewaffenss9670 Жыл бұрын

beefier botham full of it, makes up stories regarding ian chapplie

@LavisP Жыл бұрын

ian chapplie ?!

@volksdeutschewaffenss9670 Жыл бұрын

@@LavisP chapplie thats Ian's nick name, what his players team mates called him, so not to get mixed up with brother Greg who played on the same team,

@ImAmadHawksSupporter 10 ай бұрын

Thats right mate he us always lying about the incident with chappeli

@volksdeutschewaffenss9670 9 ай бұрын

ians no bull tish cheers mate@@ImAmadHawksSupporter

@bus5683 9 ай бұрын

And you know how ?

@mrkipling2201 2 жыл бұрын

My cricket hero when I was growing up. What a great bloke as well. The fund raising for the lukemia charity was absolutely brilliant.

@randyborstol2491 2 жыл бұрын

Greatest ever human being in my opinion.

@shahidimran1487 Жыл бұрын

Imran and Kapil were better than other two

@adwait73 Жыл бұрын

All were special in their own way. Botham had scored more runs than the rest and only all rounder to score double century. Hadlee has taken highest wicket than rest of the others in lower test matches. Kapil and Imran were all true match winners who led from front and captained world cup wins. Imran was fastest than others. Followed by Hadlee. Kapil was highest individual ODI scorer for 9 years. Both Kapil and Imran were true champion skippers, other two didn't lead their teams.

@axisfolate4300 Жыл бұрын

I'd have to check up on the stats but the way I think about them is roughly: Kapil and Botham were free spirits who just enjoyed the game. Kapil looked after himself while Botham didn't and so while Kapil declined fairly slowly as he aged, Botham's performances fell off a cliff and aside from a few decent odi performances didn't really play well after 1986-7 (and he plodded on for 6 more years). Imran and Hadlee were more cerebral, Hadlee almost from the start, while Imran brought his intellect to bear a little later. Hadlee was I think probably the best bowler over his whole career, and the weakest batter. For the last few years of his career, imran's performances were unbelievable, and he seemed to get better as he aged. I think I'd give it to Imran over a whole career, but perhaps Botham reached the highest peak, when he was young and before all the beer, pies and parties got to him.