On seeing the news about Ian Botham and a river full ... Hughes was unprepared for the ferocity of Botham’s attack. In desperation, he resorted to bowling shorter and shorter, targeting that ...

Ian Terence Botham, aged 21, took five Australian wickets ... and beginning to vary his bowling techniques under the guidance of that doyen of medium pacers, Tom Cartwright. Bouncers of different ...

Botham, along with Hughes and a group of friends, was on a boat when the accident happened, resulting in some heavy bruising to his torso but no serious injuries for the former England all-rounder.

Ian Botham hooks a ball from Merv Hughes during a Test match in 1986. Picture: Alamy Hughes and Botham faced off several times during their cricketing heyday in the 1980s, with plenty of 'sledging' ...

Cricket legend Ian Botham recently had a close call with crocodiles while on a fishing trip in Australia’s Northern Territory with his former Ashes rival, Merv Hughes. Botham, known as “Beefy ...