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1981 Ashes
Mon, August 26 2019
Ashes 2019: Bob Willis rates Ben Stokes’ Headingley heist as greater than Ian Botham’s 1981 heroics
For Ian Botham in 1981 and Andrew Flintoff in 2005, add Ben Stokes 2019 to Ashes folklore.
Wed, December 24 2014
28 balls, one run and five wickets: Ian Botham demolishes Australia!
The 1981 Ashes might be called by many the “Botham’s Ashes”, however, the all-rounder did not have a great start to the series. In the first two Tests, Botham fared poorly, unable to score runs or pick a lot of wickets. He ended up being stripped from captaincy. At Headingley, he picked up six...