Former England captain Ian Botham says the ICC needs to cut off the head of the match-fixing snake following 11 years inactivity.
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/ 7 December 2010
Test greats Ian Botham and Ian Chappell had to be pulled apart after a confrontation at the second Ashes Test, reports said on Tuesday.
A trio of former England captains has spoken out after the country’s 10-wicket thrashing at the hands of SA in the second Test.
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/ 24 October 2007
Ian Chappell has come out swinging over England legend Ian Botham’s claim that he decked the former Australian captain in a bar room brawl 30 years ago. Chappell disputed an anecdote in Botham’s autobiography Head On in which the former England all-rounder says he ”flattened” the Australian.
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/ 10 October 2007
English cricketing legend Ian Botham was formally made a knight of the realm by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday in a ceremony at her official Buckingham Palace residence in central London. Botham, whose career has combined a rare talent on the cricket field with a flamboyant lifestyle off it, was rewarded for his services to sport and to charity in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.