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“Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.”

Ian Botham

“I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.”

Ian Botham

“I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.”

Ian Botham

“I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.”

Ian Botham

“I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.”

Ian Botham

“Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.”

Ian Botham

“Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.”

Ian Botham

“The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates.”

Ian Botham

“The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.”

Ian Botham

“There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.”

Ian Botham

“There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.”

Ian Botham

“To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.”

Ian Botham

“Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.”

Ian Botham

Ian Botham

Ian Botham Bio:

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy" While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.

A talented footballer as well as a cricketer, Botham had to choose very early in his career whether to play professional football or cricket. he joined Scunthorpe United football club, where he played as a centre forward and made 11 appearances in The Football League.

On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.