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Australia tour of England 1981
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.
Sat, August 23 2014
Ashes 1981: Ian Botham smashes the final nail in Australia’s coffin at Old Trafford
On August 15, 1981, Ian Botham scripted his third miracle in as many Test matches as he bludgeoned the Australian bowling attack to guide England on their way to a series win. Jaideep Vaidya goes back in time to revisit the carnage.
Sun, June 29 2014
Ashes 1981: Ian Botham, Bob Willis mastermind England’s great escape at Headingley
July 21, 1981. For the very first time a Test match became uniquely and universally identifiable by the name of a suburb and two digits — Headingley ’81. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at that incredible heist pulled off by Ian Botham’s genius followed by the flop haired magic of Bob Willis.