Ian Botham

Ian Botham was born on Nov 24, 1955 in UK. Ian Botham's big-screen debut came with Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... directed by Karan Johar in 2001, strarring Radio Cricket Commentator (voice, uncredited). Ian Botham is known for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... directed by Karan Johar, Amitabh Bachchan stars as Yashvardhan Raichand and Jaya Bachchan as Nandini Raichand. The upcoming new movie Ian Botham plays is Hattrick which will be released on Mar 16, 2007.

One of the world's greatest all-round cricketers, and an undoubted world class player in the England sides of the 1980s, whose ability to turn the course of a game with either bat or ball was best seen in the 1981 series against Australia. In 102 Test Matches for England he scored 5200 runs, including 14 centuries, and took 383 wickets, including his best performance of 8 for 34 runs. In 116 One-Day Internationals he scored 2113 runs, his best being 79, and took 145 wickets, his best being 4 for 31 runs.