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Well, I never knew that!!!

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The Spin has this week been reading
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: The Power and the Glory. It is an unusually good Botham book, although it does have the natural advantage, uncommon in the genre, of not having been written by Botham himself. Among the meticulous research and fine detail on Botham's early days the Spin's juvenile sensibilities were drawn to the passage covering Botham's retirement, specifically his final over in first-class cricket playing for Durham against the Australians. The details are already widely known, but Wilde frames the incident with delicacy, describing Botham "unzipping his trousers and letting his 'old man' dangle free while he sent down the final delivery".
 

Befits the contempt he demonstrated in his spell with Durham tbh
 
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Does anybody actually like Ian Botham?
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The fella is probably a good laugh if you're within his clique but other than that he comes out with the same things all the time and I'm sick of hearing about how he was on the drink the night before etc or the innuendo's of what he got up to the night before. He hasn't really changed with the times but in saying that he must be a good laugh after a few drinks as on air he is boring.

maybe tv is too pc for Botham to tell his good stories. David Lloyd is a great one for telling stories and has really changed with the times with some great sayings, jokes and not only that he tells it like it is. The guy can be fun and serious where as Botham just seems to be serious or when they do start joking on the innuendo's become boring very quickly
 
all time legend.

dont understand the negativity for sir beef.

millions raised for charity, clouting mouthpiece australians and a true englishman
 
mickey said:
The Spin has this week been reading
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: The Power and the Glory. It is an unusually good Botham book, although it does have the natural advantage, uncommon in the genre, of not having been written by Botham himself. Among the meticulous research and fine detail on Botham's early days the Spin's juvenile sensibilities were drawn to the passage covering Botham's retirement, specifically his final over in first-class cricket playing for Durham against the Australians. The details are already widely known, but Wilde frames the incident with delicacy, describing Botham "unzipping his trousers and letting his 'old man' dangle free while he sent down the final delivery".
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I was at that game. Botham was a dick head the whole time he was at Durham.

Durham actually should have beaten Australia but Botham turned it into a circus by announcing his retirement half way through.

At the end, the spectators gathered round the pavilion expecting Botham to come out and give them a wave and a few photo opportunities.

Instead, Geoff Cook came out and told everyone that Botham was tired.

Great player though.

On the other side, the likes of Bobby Simpson,David Boon and Merv Hughes were superb with the spectators.
 
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