Ian Botham
List of Test centuries and five-wicket innings
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.

Ian Botham

Section Title: List of Test centuries and five-wicket innings
Table Section Text: 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.

Ian Botham's 14 Test Centuries and 27 Test Five Wickets Hauls

No	100s	No	5 Wt	Test	Opponents	Season	Venue	City	Country	Result

1	5/75	Third Test	Australia	1977	Trent Bridge	Nottingham	England	England won by 7 wickets

2	5/21	Fourth Test	Australia	1977	Headingley	Leeds	England	England won by an innings and 85 runs

1	103	3	5/73	Second Test	New Zealand	1977–78	Lancaster Park	Christchurch	New Zealand	England won by 174 runs

4	5/109	Third Test	New Zealand	1977–78	Eden Park	Auckland	New Zealand	match drawn

2	100	First Test	Pakistan	1978	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	England won by an innings and 57 runs

3	108	5	8/34	Second Test	Pakistan	1978	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	England won by an innings and 120 runs

6	6/34	Second Test	New Zealand	1978	Trent Bridge	Nottingham	England	England won by and innings and 119 runs

7 8	6/101 5/39	Third Test	New Zealand	1978	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	England won by 7 wickets

9	5/70	First Test	India	1979	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	England won by an innings and 83 runs

10	5/35	Second Test	India	1979	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	match drawn

4	137	Third Test	India	1979	Headingley	Leeds	England	match drawn

11 12	6/78 5/98	First Test	Australia	1979–80	WACA Ground	Perth	Australia	Australia won by 138 runs

5	119*	Third Test	Australia	1979–80	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	Australia	Australia won by 8 wickets

6	114	13 14	6/58 7/48	Golden Jubilee Test	India	1979–80	Wankhede Stadium	Bombay	India	England won by 10 wickets

7	149*	15	6/95	Third Test	Australia	1981	Headingley	Leeds	England	England won by 18 runs

16	5/11	Fourth Test	Australia	1981	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	England won by 29 runs

8	118	Fifth Test	Australia	1981	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	England	England won by 103 runs

17	6/125 4/128	Sixth Test	Australia	1981	Kennington Oval	London	England	match drawn

18	5/61	First Test	India	1981–82	Wankhede Stadium	Bombay	India	India won by 138 runs

9	142	Sixth Test	India	1981–82	Modi Stadium	Kanpur	India	match drawn

19	5/46	First Test	India	1982	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	England won by 7 wickets

10	128	Second Test	India	1982	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	England	match drawn

11	208	Third Test	India	1982	Kennington Oval	London	England	match drawn

20	5/74	Third Test	Pakistan	1982	Headingley	Leeds	England	England won by 3 wickets

12	103	Fourth Test	New Zealand	1983	Trent Bridge	Nottingham	England	England won by 165 runs

13	138	21	5/59	First Test	New Zealand	1983–84	Basin Reserve	Wellington	New Zealand	match drawn

22	8/103	Second Test	West Indies	1984	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	West Indies won by 9 wickets

23	5/72	Fifth Test	West Indies	1984	Kennington Oval	London	England	West Indies won by 172 runs

24	6/90	First Test	Sri Lanka	1984	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	match drawn

25	5/109	Second Test	Australia	1985	Lord's Cricket Ground	London	England	Australia won by 4 wickets

26	5/71	Fourth Test	West Indies	1985–86	Queen's Park Oval	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	West Indies won by 10 wickets

14	138	First Test	Australia	1986–87	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Brisbane	Australia	England won by 7 wickets

27	5/41	Fourth Test	Australia	1986–87	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	Australia	England won by an innings and 14 runs

Sentence(s)

The test at The Oval was drawn, Botham took six for 125, and four for 128.

final_sentence: The test at The Oval was drawn, Botham took six for 125, and four for 128.