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'''Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham''' (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former [[cricket]]er who has been chairman of [[Durham County Cricket Club]] since 2017 and charity fundraiser. Hailed as one of the greatest [[all-rounder]]s in the history of the game,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bermange |first=Benedict |title=100 Greatest Cricketers: Sir Ian Botham included in players 20–11 |url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/14265/10668803/100-greatest-cricketers-sir-ian-botham-included-in-players-20-11 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081911/https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/14265/10668803/100-greatest-cricketers-sir-ian-botham-included-in-players-20-11 |archive-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> Botham represented [[England cricket team|England]] in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He was a part of the English squads which finished as [[1979 Cricket World Cup final|runners-up]] at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] and as [[1992 Cricket World Cup final|runners-up]] at the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]].

Botham played most of his first-class cricket for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], at other times competing for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] and [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]]. He was an aggressive right-handed batsman and, as a right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium bowler]], was noted for his [[swing bowling]]. He generally [[Fielding (cricket)|fielded]] close to the [[wicket]], predominantly [[Slip (cricket)|in the slips]]. In Test cricket, Botham scored 14 [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] with a highest score of 208, and from 1986 to 1988 held the world record for the most Test wickets until overtaken by fellow all-rounder Sir [[Richard Hadlee]]. He took [[five wickets in an innings]] 27 times, and [[10 wickets in a match]] four times. In 1980, he became the second player in Test history to complete the "match double" of scoring 100 runs and taking 10 wickets in the same match. On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018, he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the ECB.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/790131|title=England's greatest Test XI revealed|date=30 July 2018|publisher=ICC|access-date=26 July 2009|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726130545/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/790131|url-status=live}}</ref>

Botham has at times been involved in controversies, including a highly publicised court case involving rival all-rounder [[Imran Khan]] and an ongoing dispute with the [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] (RSPB). These incidents, allied to his on-field success, have attracted media attention, especially from the tabloid press. Botham has used his fame to raise money for research into [[childhood leukaemia]]. These efforts have realised millions of [[Pound sterling|pounds]] for [[Bloodwise]], of which he became president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blood Cancer UK {{!}} Beefy's Foundation |url=https://www.beefysfoundation.org/blood-cancer-uk.php |website=www.beefysfoundation.org |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Botham: Charity Work & Causes |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/ian-botham |website=Look to the Stars |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> On 8 August 2009, he was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]]. In July 2020, it was announced that Botham would be elevated to the [[House of Lords]] and that he would sit as a [[crossbench peer]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Botham and PM's brother to join House of Lords |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53606083 |url-status=live |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=31 July 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801004617/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53606083 |archive-date=1 August 2020}}</ref>

Botham has a wide range of sporting interests outside cricket. He was a talented [[Association football|footballer]] at school and had to choose between cricket and football as a career. He chose cricket but, even so, he played professional football for a few seasons and made eleven appearances in [[the Football League]] for [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]], becoming the club's president in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Botham named Scunthorpe club president |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42355484 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |language=en-GB |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> He is a keen [[golf]]er, and his other pastimes include [[angling]] and shooting. He has been awarded both a knighthood and a life peerage.

Botham went on to [[Bucklers Mead Community School|Bucklers Mead Comprehensive School]] in Yeovil, where he continued to do well in sport and played for the school's cricket and football teams. He became captain of their under-16 cricket team when he was thirteen. His performances for the school drew the attention of [[Somerset County Cricket Club]]'s youth coach [[Bill Andrews (cricketer)|Bill Andrews]]. Still thirteen, he scored 80 runs on debut for Somerset's under-15s side against Wiltshire, but the team captain [[Phil Slocombe]] did not call on him to bowl as he considered him to be a specialist batsman.<ref>Doust (1981), pp. 36–37.</ref> Two years later, Botham had the opportunity to choose between football and cricket: [[Bert Head]], manager of [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] offered him apprentice forms with the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] club.<ref>Doust (1981), pp. 38–39.</ref> He already had a contract with Somerset and, after discussing the offer with his father, decided to continue to pursue a cricket career, as he believed he was a better cricketer.<ref>Murphy (1988), pp. 16–17.</ref> When informed that he wanted to be a sportsman, Botham's careers teacher said to him: "Fine, everyone wants to play sport, but what are you really going to do?"<ref name=TC>{{cite web |url=http://www.talkcricket.co.uk/guides/cricket_legends_sir_ian_botham.html |title=Talk Cricket |publisher=Fubra Limited |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=27 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527145218/http://www.talkcricket.co.uk/guides/cricket_legends_sir_ian_botham.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the winter of 1976–77, after he had made his first two international appearances, Botham played [[Victorian Premier Cricket|District Cricket]] in Melbourne, Australia for the [[University of Melbourne Cricket Club]]. He was joined by Yorkshire's [[Graham Stevenson]]. They were signed for the second half of the season on a sponsorship arranged through the [[Test and County Cricket Board]] (TCCB) by [[Whitbread|Whitbread's Brewery]]. Five of the competition's 15 rounds were abandoned because of adverse weather.<ref>Doust (1981), p. 50.</ref> It was apparently on this trip that Botham originally fell out with the former [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] captain [[Ian Chappell]]. The cause seems to have been a cricket-related argument in a bar, which may have resulted in Chappell being pushed off his stool (the story is widely sourced but accounts differ). This became a long-running feud and, as late as the [[2010–11 Ashes series]], there was an altercation between Botham and Chappell in a car park at the [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 December 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |title=The Ashes 2010: Sir Ian Botham and Ian Chappell clash in Adelaide car park |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 December 2010 |location=London |archive-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209034431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |title=Botham v Chappell: time for a drink |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=December 2007 |access-date=28 August 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708045001/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

His promising start as Test player resulted in two awards. He was named [[Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year|Young Cricketer of the Year]] for 1977 by the Cricket Writers' Club;<ref>{{cite book |last=Playfair |title=Playfair Cricket Annual (70th edition) |edition=2017 |publisher=Headline |location=London |page=225}}</ref> and was selected as one of the ''[[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]]'' (i.e., for 1977 but announced in the 1978 edition). ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' commented that his 1977 season "was marred only by a week's cricket idleness carrying the drinks at the Prudential matches, and a foot injury which ruined for him the end of the season and probably robbed him of a rare double. He finished with 88 wickets and 738 runs".<ref name=WCY78/> Importantly, the foot injury was a broken toe sustained when he trod on the ball at Headingley and Botham subsequently needed treatment for it at his local hospital in Taunton. It was while going to one of his appointments that he took a wrong turn and ended up on a children's ward where he learned that some of the children were dying of [[leukaemia]]. This incident sparked his charitable crusade on behalf of [[Bloodwise|leukaemia research]].<ref name=BBCnews>{{cite news |last=Brett |first=Oliver |title=A lionheart on and off the pitch |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6757911.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 June 2007 |access-date=28 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115154137/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6757911.stm |archive-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>

England were in Pakistan from November 1977 to January 1978, playing three Tests and three LOIs. Botham was almost fully recovered from his foot injury but did not play in any of the Tests. He took part in all three LOIs and in some of the first-class matches against club teams. From January to March, England were in New Zealand for a three-match Test series under the captaincy of Geoff Boycott. Botham impressed in a first-class match against [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] at [[Lancaster Park]], scoring 126 not out in the second innings against an attack including [[Richard Hadlee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37821.html |title=Canterbury v England XI, 1977–78 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316022725/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37821.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was selected for the first Test at [[Basin Reserve]]. Botham had an indifferent game there and England, twice bowled out by Hadlee, lost by 72 runs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37839.html |title=New Zealand v England, First Test, 1977–78 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-date=8 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408184517/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37839.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the next match at [[Carisbrook]] against [[Otago cricket team|Otago]], Botham achieved a 10wM with seven for 58 (his career best return to date) in the second innings, enabling the England XI to win by six wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37859.html |title=Otago v England XI, 1977–78 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013013508/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37859.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Botham played for England in the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] and was a member of their losing team in the final.<ref name=CAWCM/> He was again an infrequent member of the Somerset team because of the World Cup and the Test series against India. It became a memorable season for Somerset as they built on their form in 1978 to win both the Gillette Cup and the JPL, their first-ever senior trophies. Botham played in the Gillette Cup final at Lord's, in which they defeated [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] by 45 runs, thanks to a century by Viv Richards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39691.html |title=Northamptonshire v Somerset, Gillette Cup Final, 1979 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208034206/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39691.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They slipped to eighth in the County Championship. In the B&H Cup, however, they were expelled from the competition for bringing the game into disrepute after an unsporting declaration, designed to protect the team's run rate, by team captain [[Brian Rose (cricketer)|Brian Rose]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

The shambolic state of international cricket at the end of the 1970s was illustrated by the panic resulting from a hastily convened settlement between World Series Cricket and [[Cricket Australia|the Australian Board of Control]]. Although they had visited Australia only twelve months earlier to play for the Ashes, England were persuaded to go there again and play another three Tests, but with the Ashes not at stake. As ''Wisden'' put it, the programme did not have the best interests of cricket at heart, particularly Australian cricket below Test level, which had been "swamped by the accent on Test and one-day internationals, neatly parcelled to present a cricketing package suitable for maximum exploitation on television".<ref name=W79>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/69697.html |title=England in Australia and India, 1979–80 |date=25 April 2007 |publisher=WisdenOnline |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824065253/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/69697.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

In 1980, which was a wet summer, West Indies arguably had the better of all five Test matches, although, with the rain constantly intervening, they were able to win only one of them. West Indies won the first Test by only two wickets, and being at one stage 180/7 chasing a tricky 208. Rain saved England from a probable heavy defeat in the 2nd and 5th Tests: they fared better in between. In the 3rd, England conceded a first-innings lead of 110, but replied strongly in the second innings with a painstakingly slow and defensive 391/7, which would have resulted in a difficult target for the Windies had there been another day to chase it – but the third day had been rained off, and time ran out. In the Fourth Test, England picked up their only first-innings lead of the series – of 105 runs – but collapsed catastrophically in the second, before being saved by a century partnership for the last wicket between Willey (100*) and Willis (24*) to reach a total 201/9, and again the loss of a day and a half to rain left no time for the Windies to chase a potentially tough target above 300.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}  

Botham had a poor season as a bowler and, in all first-class cricket, took just 40 wickets at the high average of 34.67 with a best return of only four for 38. He did better as a batsman, scoring 1,149 runs (the second time, after 1976, that he topped a thousand in a season) at 42.55: but this did not translate to form in the Tests. He completed two centuries and six other half-centuries for his county. His highest score in the season was ultimately the highest of his career: 228 for Somerset against Gloucestershire at Taunton in May. He batted for just over three hours, hitting 27 fours and ten sixes. With Gloucestershire batting out time for a draw on the final day, Somerset used all eleven players as bowlers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40145.html |title=Somerset v Gloucestershire (CC), 1980 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=9 May 2010 |archive-date=31 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131195620/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40145.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from an innings of 57 in the first Test, Botham contributed little to England in the series and that innings was the only time he reached 50 in all his twelve Tests as England captain.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}  

Botham toured Australia again in 1982–83 with England seeking to retain the Ashes, but Australia won the series 2–1 despite England winning, at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG), a Test described by ''Wisden'' as "one of the most exciting Test matches ever played". Botham had a poor series and tour. He played in nine first-class matches and scored only 434 runs at the low average of 24.11 with a highest of 65. He was no better with the ball, taking just 29 wickets for a too-high 35.62 with a best return of four for 43. He did, however, field well and held 17 catches, nearly two a match.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154322.html |title=England in Australia, 1982–83 |publisher=WisdenOnline |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602162129/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154322.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Incidentally, it was during the subsequent ODI tournament - the annual [[Australian Tri-Series]], at the time called the "World Series" - that Botham opened the batting for the first time in one-day cricket. Thanks to the fielding restrictions in force in that tournament (and for ODIs in Australia generally since 1980), only two fielders were permitted outside the 30 yard circle during the first ten overs (now called a [[Powerplay (cricket)|Powerplay]]): and it was in the 9th match of the tournament, against Australia, that Botham opened the batting for the first time, with the idea that he was the batsman best equipped to hit the ball over the top.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-world-series-cup-1982-83-60826/australia-vs-england-9th-match-65346/full-scorecard |title = Australia Tri-Series/World Series 1982-3, 9th match}}</ref> However, the tactic did not go as planned, Botham only scoring 19 and England losing the match. The tactic was more successful, two matches later<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-world-series-cup-1982-83-60826/england-vs-new-zealand-11th-match-65348/full-scorecard |title = Australia Tri-Series/World Series 1982-3, 11th match}}</ref> against New Zealand with Botham scoring 65, but he was expensive with the ball as NZ chased the target successfully for the highest successful run-chase in ODIs at the time. England finished the tournament in third and last place and did not qualify for the finals.

His highest score and both his best and worst bowling performances against West Indies occurred in the same match at Lord's in 1984. [[Clive Lloyd]] won the toss and, perhaps mistakenly, elected to field. The first day was rain-affected and England, 167 for two overnight, scored 286 thanks to a century by [[Graeme Fowler]]; Botham scored a useful 30. West Indies lost three quick wickets, all of them to Botham who was a "reminder of his old self" in the words of ''Wisden'',<ref name=EWI84>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152304.html |title=England v West Indies, Lord's, 1984 |publisher=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |year=1985 |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709080920/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152304.html |url-status=live }}</ref> but recovered to reach 119 for three at the close of play on day two.  

In the third morning, Viv Richards was dismissed by Botham under dubious circumstances but Botham was inspired by the capture of his great friend's wicket and went on to take eight for 103, dismissing West Indies for 245 and for once giving England a chance of victory against the world's best team, with a first innings lead of 41. This was Botham's best-ever bowling performance against West Indies by some distance. England began their second innings and had been reduced to 88 for four when Botham joined [[Allan Lamb]]. They reached 114 for four at day three close. There was no Sunday play and England resumed on the Monday 155 runs ahead with six wickets standing. Botham and Lamb added 128 for the fifth wicket before Botham was out for 81, including nine fours and one six, easily his highest score and best innings against West Indies. Lamb made a century and England were all out on the Tuesday morning (final day) for exactly 300. West Indies needed 342 to win in five and a half hours. They lost [[Desmond Haynes]] to a run out at 57 for 0, whereupon [[Larry Gomes]] (92 not out) joined [[Gordon Greenidge]] (214 not out) and West Indies went on to win by nine wickets with 11.5 of the last twenty overs to spare.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44895.html |title=England v West Indies, Lord's, 1984 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=28 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228190512/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44895.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Although ''Wisden'' does not name Botham except as an "inattentive" fielder who dropped a catch, it describes the England bowlers "looking second-rate and nobody but Willis bowling the right line or setting the right field to the powerful and phlegmatic Greenidge". Botham bowled the most overs, 20, and with nought for 117 he conceded almost a run a ball (Willis had nought for 48 from 15 overs).<ref name=EWI84/> In mitigation, ''Wisden'' conceded that Greenidge played "the innings of his life, and his ruthless batting probably made the bowling look worse that it was".<ref name=EWI84/>

In 1985, Botham played in all six Tests against a poor Australian team as England, themselves a second-rate team based on their recent performances, comfortably regained the Ashes and he was the leading wicket-taker, but the series was dominated by England's specialist batsmen, especially [[Mike Gatting]] and [[David Gower]].<ref name=ITBTests/> Botham, who by this time had adopted a dyed blonde [[Mullet (haircut)|mullet]] haircut as a trademark, contributed relatively little with the bat, compared with the massive totals amassed by Gower, Gatting, [[Graham Gooch]] and [[Tim Robinson (English cricketer)|Tim Robinson]]. He scored 250 runs at 31.25 with a highest of 85. He did take the most wickets (31 at 27.58 with a best of five for 109) but he was rarely impressive and he was bowling to a weak batting side, Allan Border apart. England's best bowler was [[Richard Ellison (cricketer)|Richard Ellison]] who played only twice and took 17 wickets at only 10.88 with a best of six for 77 and one 10wM.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Australia_in_British_Isles_1985/t_England_Bowling.html |title=Test Bowling for England, 1985 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000501/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Australia_in_British_Isles_1985/t_England_Bowling.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Botham was suspended for 63 days by the [[Test and County Cricket Board]] in 1986 after he admitted in an interview that he had smoked [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref name=86ban>{{cite news|date=2 July 2006|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1970796,00.html|title=Caborn attacked on plan to ease dope rules|work=The Guardian|location=UK|last=Mackay|first=Duncan|access-date=27 December 2006|archive-date=28 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128091324/http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1970796,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the ban, Botham played in only one Test which was the final one of the series against New Zealand.<ref name=ITBTests/> He made his mark on that Test though: beginning it by taking the wicket of Bruce Edgar with his very first delivery, to go level with Dennis Lillee on 355 as holder of the world record for Test wickets. The next delivery was edged through the slip cordon by Jeff Crowe. Botham went past the mark in his second over to hold the record outright, by trapping Crowe leg-before. Then on the fourth day of the match, coming in after centuries from Gatting and Gower, he bashed a quickfire half-century in just 32 balls, including 24 off one over from Derek Stirling – equalling the record at the time, for most runs off an over in Tests... a record which he was responsible for, but from the other side, having conceded 24 runs to Andy Roberts back in the 1980/81 tour of the West Indies. England declared with a massive first-innings lead, but rain came after lunch on the fourth day and only one further over was bowled.

Botham's final tour of Australia was in 1986/87 under Mike Gatting's captaincy. He played in four Tests and England won the Ashes for the last time until 2005. In many ways, the series was also Botham's last hurrah because he scored his final Test century (138 in the first Test at Brisbane which England won by seven wickets) and took his final Test 5wI (five for 41 in the fourth Test at the MCG which England won by an innings and 14 runs). ''Wisden'' pointed out that although Botham had a modest series statistically, "he was an asset to the side" because of his enthusiasm and "going out of his way to encourage younger players, especially [[Phil DeFreitas]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155272.html |title=England in Australia 1986–87 |work=Cricinfo |publisher=WisdenOnline |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307013434/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155272.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Botham spent the 1987–88 Australian season with [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122114349|title=I'm the best: Botham|date=11 November 1987|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=17 April 2020|pages=40|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213317/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122114349|url-status=live}}</ref> playing for them in the [[Sheffield Shield]]. Queensland were one of the better state teams in the 1980s and were always in the Shield's top three from the 1983–84 season through to the 1990–91 season, but didn't win it. In Botham's season there, his teammates including Allan Border (captain), [[wicketkeeper]] [[Ian Healy]] and pace bowler [[Craig McDermott]], they finished second to [[Western Australia cricket team|Western Australia]]. Botham scored several half-centuries and took a reasonable number of wickets and helped Queensland make the Sheffield Shield final. Botham and [[Dennis Lillee]] were fined for damaging the Queensland dressing room in [[Launceston, Tasmania]] during a one-day match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv9a_zcsvxg|title=Ian Botham in trouble in Australia 1988|date=2 October 2021 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> When the Queensland team flew to Perth for the Shield final, Botham was involved in an altercation where he allegedly assaulted a fellow airline passenger who had intervened in an argument between the Queensland players.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1404052,00.html |title=The officer gave me a bat to sign, then he charged me with assault |work=The Observer |location=UK |date=2 February 2005 |access-date=28 August 2009 |archive-date=8 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808173938/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1404052,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101982781 |title=Botham in trouble over Perth flight |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,156 |date=17 March 1988 |access-date=14 October 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213317/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101982781 |url-status=live }}</ref> Queensland lost the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101984069 |title=TIMES Sport |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,162 |date=23 March 1988 |access-date=14 October 2017 |page=40 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213318/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101984069 |url-status=live }}</ref> Botham was fined $800 by a magistrate<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101984498 |title=Botham incident 'a tragedy' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,164 |date=25 March 1988 |access-date=14 October 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213321/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101984498 |url-status=live }}</ref> and $5,000 by the Australian Cricket Board.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101985211 |title=Cricket board fines Botham $5000 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,168 |date=29 March 1988 |access-date=14 October 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213320/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101985211 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was consequently sacked by Queensland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101985488 |title=Q'land ends Botham's contract |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,169 |date=30 March 1988 |access-date=14 October 2017 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213320/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101985488 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Another two-year absence from international cricket ensued until he was recalled again to play against West Indies in 1991, on the strength of belting 161* for Worcestershire against them in their early-season tour match against the county – it was to be his only century ever against the West Indies. He was selected for the early-season ODI series at first: he took a wicket in his first over, and four in his ten-over spell, but later tore a hamstring, going for a quick single while batting. He could have retired hurt, but opted to continue with a runner, only to be dismissed by the next delivery. The injury put him out of the remaining ODIs (both won by England) and the first couple of Tests (which England won and drew to lead 1–0): then, on his comeback in a county match, another injury caused him to be unavailable for the 3rd and 4th Tests (both lost by England).  

Botham's final tour was to Australia and New Zealand in 1991–92.  In the tour of NZ, he played in only the last Test, and the one-day series: his most notable contribution was his highest ODI score of 79, opening the batting, in which he seemed to be set fair to finally reach a century in an ODI, but NZ managed to keep him away from the strike for several overs, he ran out of patience, slogged a delivery straight up in the air and was caught. After this came the [[1992 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] in Australia. Botham had not previously won any man of the match awards in the World Cup, but in this competition he won two. Against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[WACA Ground]], he bowled tightly and restricted India, needing 237, to only 27 runs from his ten overs, an economy rate of 2.70 which was significantly lower than anyone else's. He captured two wickets and one of them was [[Sachin Tendulkar]]. England won by nine runs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55534.html |title=England v India (World Cup), 1992 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=6 May 2017 |archive-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023043002/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55534.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

In 1992, Botham joined County Championship newcomers [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]], scoring a century in the second innings in their inaugural first-class match against Leicestershire: and he played in the first two Tests against Pakistan, the second one at Lord's being his final Test appearance.<ref name=ITBTests/> Botham scored 2 and 6, cheaply dismissed each time by the pace of [[Waqar Younis]]. As a bowler, he was used for only five overs in the first innings, his final Test return being none for nine: he did not bowl in Pakistan's second innings, due to a foot injury sustained while batting, although he fielded at slip. England lost the match by two wickets and Pakistan went on to win the series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55992.html |title=England v Pakistan, Second Test, 1992 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 May 2017 |archive-date=4 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104065602/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55992.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Botham did however play in the ODI series, in all five matches, which England won 4–1: these were his last international matches. England's batting was so dominant in all but one of the matches, that Botham only came in right at the end of the innings, or not at all, reverting to his old place in the middle order, and he had little to do: except in the 4th match, where he opened the batting again (in Gooch's absence) and scored a respectable and workmanlike 40, but saw England lose their last four wickets for ten runs and the match by three runs. His bowling was similarly unremarkable, usually capturing one or two wickets at about four an over: he neither scored a run (did not bat) nor took a wicket (0–43) in his final match.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENG vs PAK Cricket Scorecard, 5th ODI at Manchester, August 24, 1992 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-england-1992-61462/england-vs-pakistan-5th-odi-65007/full-scorecard |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

Compared with many of cricket's greatest players, most of whom were specialists, Botham's averages seem fairly ordinary but this overlooks the fact that he was a genuine [[all-rounder]] and it is rare for this type of player to achieve world-class status. Since the [[Second World War]], Botham is one of perhaps a dozen or so world-class all-rounders whereas there have been numerous world-class specialists. Some of the great all-rounders, such as [[Garfield Sobers]] and [[Jacques Kallis]] as batsmen or [[Alan Keith Davidson|Alan Davidson]] and [[Richard Hadlee]] as bowlers, could justifiably be described as world-class specialists in their main discipline who were effective practitioners of the other. The genuine all-rounders to achieve world-class status during the era, besides Botham himself, have included [[Keith Miller]], [[Richie Benaud]], [[Mike Procter]], [[Clive Rice]], [[Imran Khan]], [[Kapil Dev]] and [[Andrew Flintoff]].

Botham's batting&nbsp;– although never the equal of his bowling abilities&nbsp;– declined as well, with a batting average of 38.80 for his first 51 Tests substantially higher than the 28.87 he managed in his last 51 Tests,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=1529;class=testplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=1977-07-28;start=1977-07-28;enddefault=1992-06-21;end=1992-06-21;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=bat_cumulative;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype |title=I. T. Botham&nbsp;– Test Batting&nbsp;– Cumulative career averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=28 August 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> again a number that would be considered unsatisfactory for a specialist batsman in most Test sides. In the first 5 years of Botham's Test career, when not playing as captain, he scored 2,557 runs at an average of 49.17 including 11 centuries and a highest score of 208, took 196 wickets at an average of 21.28 including nineteen 5 wicket hauls and held 50 catches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/9163.html?captain=0;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=default;spanmax1=28+Jul+1982;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |title=I. T. Botham&nbsp;– Test career all-round analysis |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 May 2009 |archive-date=2 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002230006/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/9163.html?captain=0;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=default;spanmax1=28+Jul+1982;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |url-status=live }}</ref> Such figures denote a player who would easily maintain a place in any Test side as a specialist batsman or bowler alone. During this period his reputation as one of the leading Test all-rounders was firmly established.

Botham had an affinity with [[Brian Close]], his first county captain who became a mentor to him, as they shared a determination to do well and win matches. ''Wisden'' has commented on another shared characteristic: "outstanding courage", mainly because Botham would readily field anywhere, generally in the slips but also in dangerous positions near the batsman and he was a brilliant fielder.<ref name=WCY78>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154495.html |title=Ian Botham: Cricketer of the Year |publisher=John Wisden & Co. |year=1978 |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827174043/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154495.html |url-status=live}}</ref> As a batsman, Botham was often wrongly labelled by the tabloid press as a "big hitter" (effectively implying that he was a "[[Pinch hitter (cricket)|slogger]]") but, while it is true that his strength enabled him to drive a ball for six and his courage to hook one for six, Botham actually had a very correct batting style as he stood side-on and played straight: ''Wisden'' praised his "straight hitting and square cutting".<ref name=WCY78/>  

Writing in ''Barclays World of Cricket'' (1986), former England captain [[Tony Lewis]] commented on Botham's strength, enthusiasm and aggression "which he took into every game".<ref name=BSW157>Barclays, pp. 157–158.</ref> Lewis, however, pointed out that Botham's exuberance often reduced the efficiency of his play, in that he would take too many risks or refuse to give up on a bowling tactic despite ongoing heavy cost. He summarised Botham as an exciting cricketer who lacked self-discipline.<ref name=BSW157/> Botham was in the middle of his career when the book was published, but Lewis emphasised the speed at which Botham had achieved certain milestones such as 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test cricket. At that time there seemed no reason why Botham should not go on reaching milestones, but he had already peaked and, in retrospect, his career had a meteoric aspect. His rival [[Imran Khan]] said: "Botham was someone who I don't think ever did justice to his talent. When he started he could have done anything, but he declined very quickly. In a way our careers were the opposite of each other. I started quite slowly but got better, maximised my talent. He went the other way, I think".<ref name=OG2006/>

In 1994, the year after he retired, Botham became embroiled in a legal dispute with [[Imran Khan]] who, in an article for ''[[India Today]]'', had accused Botham and [[Allan Lamb]] of bringing cricket into disrepute. Botham and Lamb instigated a libel action in response.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garner |first=Clare |date=16 July 1996 |title=Khan v Lamb and Botham; Botham steps up to crease for libel battle |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/khan-v-lamb-and-botham-botham-steps-up-to-crease-for-libel-battle-1328935.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429080959/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/khan-v-lamb-and-botham-botham-steps-up-to-crease-for-libel-battle-1328935.html |archive-date=29 April 2012}}</ref> The case was heard at the [[Royal Courts of Justice|High Court]] in 1996 with the court choosing to hear on the second day a separate action brought solely by Botham against Khan, who had suggested in a newspaper article that Botham had been involved in [[ball-tampering]].<ref name=OG2006>{{cite news |date=13 December 2006 |last=Adams |first=Tim |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1807210,00.html |title=The path of Khan |work=The Observer |location=London |access-date=27 December 2006 |archive-date=31 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231065437/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1807210,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/72416.html |title=Imran Khan To Face Botham, Lamb in Court |date=17 July 1996 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404162339/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/72416.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This would become the subject of a court case later on, one that Khan would go on to win. Botham was liable for all expenses in the court case in the ruling, including those incurred by Khan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/botham-and-lamb-bowled-over-by-defeat-in-pounds-500000-high-court-test-1307606.html |title=Imran wins! |work=[[The Independent]] |location=UK |access-date=25 June 2011 |first=Jojo |last=Moyes |author-link=Jojo Moyes |date=1 August 1996 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007211938/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/botham-and-lamb-bowled-over-by-defeat-in-pounds-500000-high-court-test-1307606.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Botham was a talented [[association football|footballer]] but, believing he was better at cricket, he chose the latter for his full-time career. Even so, he played football as a [[defender (association football)|centre-half]] from 1978 to 1985 for [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] and [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164533/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |url-status=live }}</ref> He made eleven appearances in the [[Football League]] for Scunthorpe.<ref name="PFA">{{cite book |last=Hugman |first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |page=71 |isbn=1-85291-665-6}}</ref> While with Yeovil, Botham made an appearance for the [[Football Association XI]] (a representative side for [[non-League football]]ers) against the [[Northern Football League]] at [[Croft Park]] during the [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85 season]].<ref>Tony Williams, ''Official Football Association Non-League Directory 1986'', Newnes Books, 1985, pp. 28–29</ref>

Botham has been a prodigious [[fundraiser]] for charitable causes, undertaking a total of 12 long-distance charity walks. His first, in 1985, was a 900-mile trek from [[Land's End to John o' Groats|John o' Groats to Land's End]]. His efforts were inspired after a visit to [[Taunton]]'s [[Musgrove Park Hospital]] in 1977 whilst receiving treatment for a broken toe. When he took a wrong turn into a children's ward, he was devastated to learn that some of the children had only weeks to live, and why. At the time he was an expectant father.<ref name=BBCnews/> Since then his efforts have raised more than [[pound sign|£12]]&nbsp;million for charity, with leukaemia research the main cause to benefit. In recognition of this work, Botham in 2003 became the first-ever President of [[Bloodwise]], the UK's leading blood cancer charity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8613310.stm |title=Sir Ian starts anniversary charity walk in Manchester |publisher=BBC News |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=3 August 2013 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8613310.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, Botham designed a [[Paddington Bear]] statue, one of fifty created by various celebrities which were located around London prior to the release of the film ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'', with the statues auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=25 November 2023 |work=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Shaunna |title=Emma Watson Designed A Paddington Bear For Charity And It's Freaking Adorable |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107012511/http://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2014 |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2023 |publisher=MTV}}</ref>

In 2008 he received a Honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Bath]].

He was nominated by Boris Johnson for a life peerage in the [[2020 Political Honours]], it being widely reported that the honour was a reward for his support for Brexit.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/18591660.sir-ian-botham-set-made-peer-backing-brexit/ | title=Sir Ian Botham 'set to be made a peer for backing Brexit' | date=18 July 2020 }}</ref> He was created '''''Baron Botham''', of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire'' on 10 September<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3631477 |publisher=The London Gazette |access-date=15 September 2020 |title=Crown Office |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924112502/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3631477 |url-status=live }}</ref> and took the oath and his seat on 5 October 2020. Botham made his maiden speech on 3 November 2020, and since then has made one further spoken contribution on 25 November 2020 regarding funding in sport, but as of November 2024, no further spoken contributions have been made since.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lester |first=Nick |date=2024-11-13 |title=Ian Botham 'never at Lords' because he's in Australia |url=https://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/story/8818561/ian-botham-never-at-lords-because-hes-in-australia/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=The Queanbeyan Age |language=en-AU}}</ref> Whilst Botham made 61 attendances in 2020, this dropped to two attendances in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=2022-12-19 |title=Evgeny Lebedev's 1% attendance makes him among least active in House of Lords |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/19/evgeny-lebedev-house-of-lords-attendance-among-least-active |access-date=2024-11-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> As of November 2024, the parliamentary record shows his last vote in the House of Lords was in July 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4884/contributions|title=Spoken contributions of Lord Botham - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

On 23 August 2021, [[Boris Johnson]] appointed him the UK's Trade Envoy to Australia.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-trade-envoys-to-boost-british-business-around-the-world|title=PM announces new Trade Envoys to boost British business around the world|website=GOV.UK|date=23 August 2021|access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref>

Botham is an avid trout and salmon fisherman. As a result, he was invited to present a TV series called ''Botham on the Fly''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/csnz/botham-on-the-fly |title=Botham on the Fly |magazine=Radio Times |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901025309/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/csnz/botham-on-the-fly/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He has also been a team captain on the BBC series ''[[A Question of Sport]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/question_of_sport/qs_history/3042810.stm |title=A Question of Sport |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201162417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/question_of_sport/qs_history/3042810.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Botham's private life has also made occasional dramatic appearances in Britain's tabloid newspapers, with at least one extra-marital affair prompting a public apology to his wife Kathy.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2005 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,1476497,00.html |title=May's 10: Sporting kiss and tell's |work=[[The Observer]] Sport Monthly |accessdate=21 August 2016 |location=London |archive-date=18 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418024141/http://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,1476497,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He also fell out publicly with other players, including fellow England player Geoff Boycott, Somerset captain [[Peter Roebuck]], and Australian batsman [[Ian Chappell]], with whom he had an altercation in an [[Adelaide Oval]] car park during the [[2010–11 Ashes series]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 December 2010 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |title=The Ashes 2010: Sir Ian Botham and Ian Chappell clash in Adelaide car park |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |accessdate=7 December 2010 |location=London |archive-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209034431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |title=Botham v Chappell: time for a drink |publisher=Cricinfo |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=December 2007 |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708045001/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/279775.html |title=The feud that rumbles on |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=10 February 2007 |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213349/https://wisden.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/278631.html |title='What have you done, what have you done?' |publisher=Cricinfo |date=3 February 2007 |last=Williamson |first=Martin |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921161119/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/278631.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/player/19456.html |title=Player Profile: Peter Roebuck |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=13 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213202148/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/player/19456.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although Botham hoped to resolve his long-running feud with Chappell during a Channel 9 documentary on 27 June 2023, Chappell refused.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2gYQRTmqA | title=The Longest Feud: Chappell v Botham Ashes 2023 Special | website=[[YouTube]] | date=28 June 2023 }}</ref>

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