Ian Botham cricket records
Ian Botham of England holds 6 cricket records known to us.
Ian Botham is a bowler of England cricket team.
He has played 102 test matches and taken 383 wickets in 168 innings at bowling average of 28.4, with economy of 2.99 and bowling strike rate of 56.9. His personal best in a Test match is 13 wickets for 106 runs. His best performance in an inning is 8 wickets for 34 runs. 27 times he has taken 5+ wickets and 4 times he has taken 10+ wickets in Test cricket.
He took 4 wickets for 31 runs in his best ODI bowling. His bowling economy in one-day cricket is 3.96 in 115 matches. He has taken 145 wickets at strike rate of 43.2 and bowling average of 28.54, which includes 3 times 4 wicket haul but no 5 wicket haul.
He has played 102 test matches and scored 5200 runs in 161 innings, with 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries, at batting average of 33.54 and his personal best of 208 runs.
His highest score in one-day cricket is 79. His one-day career includes 0 hundreds and 9 half-centuries in his 2113 runs scored in 106 matches, at an average of 23.21 and strike rate of 79.1%.