SIR IAN BOTHAM

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is One of the world's greatest all-round cricketers, and an undoubted world class player in the England sides of the 1980s, whose ability to turn the course of a game with either bat or ball was best seen in the 1981 series against Australia. In 102 Test Matches for England he scored 5200 runs, including 14 centuries, and took 383 wickets, including his best performance of 8 for 34 runs. In 116 One-Day Internationals he scored 2113 runs, his best being 79, and took 145 wickets, his best being 4 for 31 runs.




He was a genuine all-rounder and remains well known by his nicknames "Beefy" and "Guy the Gorilla".While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of test cricket records, and still retains the highest number of wickets taken by any England bowler.
He scored a century and took 5 wickets in an innings in the same Test match on 5 occasions;
no-one else has managed this feat more than twice.
Sir Ian Botham holds a number of Test records as an all-rounder, including being the fastest (in terms of matches) to achieve the "doubles" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, 2,000 runs and 200 wickets, and 3,000 runs and 300 wickets.

BRADMAN THE LEGEND

  
Sir Donald Bradman of Australia was, beyond any argument, the greatest batsman who ever lived and the greatest cricketer of the 20th century

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908—25 February 2001), often called The Don, was an Australian cricketer, generally acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Later in his career he was an administrator and writer on the game. Bradman is one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes, and one of the most respected past players in other cricketing nations. His career Test batting average of 99.94 is by many measures the greatest statistical performance in any major sport.


 

Don Bradman played in 52 Test matches for Australia from 1928 to 1948. World War II interrupted his career at its peak.
He batted 80 times against England, the West Indies, South Africa and India for 6996 runs at that average of 99.94.
Bradman made 29 Test hundreds.
Bradman made 12 Test double-centuries or more, with 334 and 304 against England and 299 not out against South Africa the highest.
In all first-class cricket Don Bradman scored 28,067 runs at an average of 95.14 with 117 centuries and a highest score of 452 not out. He hit 37 double-centuries, six of them over 300.






Career Statistics:

TESTS



Batting & Fielding

M        I         NO        Runs         HS              Ave              100             50                Ct  
52       80      10         6996         334            99.94             29              13                 32        


Bowling

Balls      M         R            W           Ave                BBI               SR           Econ
160        3          72          2             36.00            1-8               80.0          2.70



Bradman made 19 hundreds against England between 1928 and 1948, including two triple centuries and six double centuries. He was Australia's captain between 1936 and 1948, during which time his side won 11 tests to England's three.