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Full name Liam James Botham
Born August 26, 1977, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Current age 30 years 334 days
Major teams Hampshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Relations Father - IT Botham
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
3
3
0
31
30
10.33
0
0
2
0
List A
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
3
330
268
8
5/67
33.50
4.87
41.2
1
0
List A
1
24
33
0
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-
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8.25
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1996 - 1996
List A span
1996 - 1996
Profile
The expectations on Liam Botham were immense from the moment he was photographed with a cricket bat in his hands as a toddler, and his father told reporters that Liam was `"a cheeky bugger who reckons he is going to be better than his old man''. He had a successful career in the Rossall side, and when he took five wickets - including Mike Gatting - on his Hampshire debut aged 18 the newspapers heralded the second coming. But he realised that he was never going to match his father's achievements, and he soon ditched cricket for rugby - initially union and latterly league. In 1997 he played rugby union for England U21s, and for some time it seemed he might throw his lot in with Wales after joining Cardiff. In 2002-03 he signed for Leeds on a dual code basis, but his career was cut short by a serious neck injury.
Martin Williamson
