A fairytale start, a slow decline
Statistics cannot hope to capture Botham's contribution to the game: his charisma and inspiration weighed in equally with wickets and runs
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Player | Matches | Runs/Avg | Wkts/Avg | Bat avg - Bowl avg |
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Garry Sobers | 93 | 8032/57.78 | 235/34.03 | 23.75 |
Imran Khan | 88 | 3807/37.69 | 362/22.81 | 14.88 |
Shaun Pollock | 94 | 3133/31.33 | 377/22.09 | 9.24 |
Ian Botham | 102 | 5200/33.54 | 383/28.40 | 5.14 |
Richard Hadlee | 86 | 3124/27.16 | 431/22.29 | 4.87 |
Kapil Dev | 131 | 5248/31.05 | 434/29.64 | 1.41 |
George Binoy is editorial assistant of Cricinfo