The Botham Report

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Ian Botham. The Botham Report

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CONTENTS

A GAME IN CRISIS

INTRODUCTION

ONE. FROM HEROES TO ZEROES

TWO. TED LORD AND HIS BRAVE NEW WORLD

THREE ‘ONE MAN’S MEAT …’

FOUR. THE DEMISE OF DEXTER

FIVE. ILLY’S CHANGE OF PLAN

SIX. THE FINAL SAY

SEVEN. A DIRTY BUSINESS

EIGHT. DAD’S ARMY

NINE. ILLY TAKES CHARGE

TEN. DISARMING DEVON

ELEVEN. END OF THE WORLD

TWELVE. THE GRAVENEY FIASCO

THIRTEEN. MURDER IN BULAWAYO

FOURTEEN. THE NEW ORDER

FIFTEEN. ATHERTON’S DREAM

SIXTEEN. STILL DREAMING

SEVENTEEN ‘GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL’

EIGHTEEN. MAKE THAT ELEVEN YEARS

NINETEEN. MARKING TIME: THE NICHOLAS AFFAIR

TWENTY. TROUBLE WITH PATRICK

TWENTY ONE. LIAM’S CHOICE

TWENTY TWO. PILLS AND ILLS: THE BURNOUT FACTOR

TWENTY THREE. THE QUESTIONS

THE QUESTIONNAIRE

TWENTY FOUR. THE ANSWERS

Picture Section

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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To my long-suffering family: Kathy, Liam, Sarah, Becky, and the equally long-suffering supporters of English cricket

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Nor was there a place for any of the England side that played against Australia in the final Test of that summer series of 1997: Mike Atherton, Mark Butcher, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, Mark Ramprakash, Adam Hollioake, Andy Caddick, Peter Martin, Phil Tufnell and Devon Malcolm.

And nor, if the XI had been selected at the end of England’s series in West Indies would have the selectors been unduly taxed by the claims of Dean Headley, Jack Russell, and despite his excellent series, Angus Fraser. In other words, not one of the best eleven players that England could produce to contest a Test match in 1996 or 1997 was considered good enough to represent a World XI.

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