Quite a few sets of eyes were having a peep at me. “Luckily I had no time to think about what was in the water." Ian Botham. Picture: Alamy He was enjoying a four-day fishing trip with Hughes when the ...

The ethos of the 1980s Ashes was neatly summed up by another Australian – Martin Kent – in a recent interview marking the 40th anniversary of Botham’s Ashes. “Whenever Ian comes out to ...

England cricketing legend Ian Botham never turns up to Westminster because he's "in Australia all the time making money from foot massagers", Britain's Parliament has been told.

What was more surprising was Botham’s late-period dominance, which endured into the days when his back had gone, and his figure was more Porky than Beefy. Facing Australia at the 1992 World Cup ...

SYDNEY (AP) — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia.

On seeing the news about Ian Botham and a river full of deadly Australian predators, one felt like echoing the words of another England cricketer: “Beefy, who writes your scripts?” The whole ...

Ian Botham was saved by Merv Hughes after the legendary England cricketer fell into a crocodile-infested river in Australia. Legendary England cricketer, Sir Ian Botham recently shared an ...

Ian Botham, the former England cricketer, has survived a fall into crocodile-infested waters on a fishing trip in Australia’s Northern Territory after he was rescued by his close friend and ...