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Replying to evanio
11:08, Sat 26 Jul
Love the man. Few questions about him and he has shown he has still got it, with both bat and ball
Old Trafford 4th Test
evanio 20:28, Tue 22 Jul
Replying to Leithblues
11:10, Sat 26 Jul
Nasser hit the nail on the head, now his bowling has come back his batting has followed as he needs to be fully involved in games to be at his best
Replying to My Blue Heaven
11:35, Sat 26 Jul
Incredible, absolute domination.
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Replying to Super Hans
11:40, Sat 26 Jul
They were saying on TMS it's only the 8th time an England player has taken a 5 fer and scored a hundred in the same test.
Tony Greig
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Gus Atkinson
Ben Stokes
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Tony Greig
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Gus Atkinson
Ben Stokes
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Replying to IanT
11:50, Sat 26 Jul
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Replying to Super Hans
11:52, Sat 26 Jul
Woakes getting some reward after his bad luck
Replying to newblue
12:06, Sat 26 Jul
Bloody hell Woakes! I've been a critic of him this series but some first over that!
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Replying to Leithblues
12:49, Sat 26 Jul
Thought he bowled really well first innings
Replying to IanT
12:55, Sat 26 Jul
IanTThey were saying on TMS it's only the 8th time an England player has taken a 5 fer and scored a hundred in the same test.
Tony Greig
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Gus Atkinson
Ben Stokes
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Atkinson's one to remember for a quiz question
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Replying to Senor_Droolcup
13:29, Sat 26 Jul
Absolutely, it's one they couldn't get in the commentary box on TMS.
The incredible thing about one of Botham's is that in the Jubilee Test in 1980 he took 6 for 58 and 7 for 48, and scored 114 in a match when no-one else even got a 50.
13 for 106. π
In the second innings he bowled a continuous 26 over spell in the Mumbai heat. π±
Then they made him captain.
Then he resigned as captain.
And in the very next match he took 6 for 95, and scored 50 and 149 not out against Australia at Headingly.
I remember them both, but I had no idea they were consecutive games either side of his captaincy.
The incredible thing about one of Botham's is that in the Jubilee Test in 1980 he took 6 for 58 and 7 for 48, and scored 114 in a match when no-one else even got a 50.
13 for 106. π
In the second innings he bowled a continuous 26 over spell in the Mumbai heat. π±
Then they made him captain.
Then he resigned as captain.
And in the very next match he took 6 for 95, and scored 50 and 149 not out against Australia at Headingly.
I remember them both, but I had no idea they were consecutive games either side of his captaincy.
Then he put on about 2 Stone
Well, to be fair he had awful back injuries that, along with his lifestyle, resulted in him losing his zip.
It shows just how good he was though, compared to our other all-rounders.
Stokes is the closest to him I've ever seen, he's a similar batter but nowhere near Botham as a bowler.
It shows just how good he was though, compared to our other all-rounders.
Stokes is the closest to him I've ever seen, he's a similar batter but nowhere near Botham as a bowler.
The young Botham was world class
That 26 over spell in the Mumbai heat just wouldn't be allowed now, although that's probably how he kept fit to be honest.
He bowled non-stop for about 3.5 hours. π
He bowled non-stop for about 3.5 hours. π
Replying to IanT
14:08, Sat 26 Jul
I think Stokes would give it a go tbh π¬