23 August 2007

Botham never made a hundred

There was so much made of the fact that the England top 3 at the start of the World Cup hadn't made a one day hundred, you would have thought that all the previous greats must have made hundreds with ease. Remember Ian Botham, now Sir Ian Botham, who isn't short of an opinion or two on Sky Sports? It turns out that despite opening for England throughout the 1996 World Cup his top score in over 100 ODI innings was 79 and his strike rate was the same, so certainly nothing to write home about. And his average? An unbelievably low 23.21. No wonder Flintoff keeps saying he's a batting all-rounder - with an ODI average of 32 he is compared to Botham.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ed,
Good point re Botham's record with respect to Flintoff's claims as an allrounder but have a look at http://sport.guardian.co.uk/englandindia2007/story/0,,2152430,00.html and check out the much maligned Mr Kallis' record. . . .
The Showpony