London:Legendary England cricketing all-rounder Sir Ian Botham's wife, Kath Botham, has said that she almost came close to getting her husband out of her life after a stormy 30 years of marriage over suspicions that he was having an affair.
London:Recently knighted former allrounder Ian Botham termed England's performance in the ODIs so ''bloody woeful'' that he even backed the Eskimos to beat them.
London:Former England cricketer Ian Botham is to be knighted for his charity work, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
London:Former England all rounder Ian Botham believes Andrew Flintoff should still be vice-captain and ready to step in as skipper if Michael Vaughan fails to make the first Test against West Indies.
London:Former England legends Bob Willis and Ian Botham had unanimously demanded the sacking of skipper Michael Vaughan, coach Duncan Fletcher and chief selector David Graveney following the Poms' disastrous World Cup campaign.
London:It may not seem as if there is much of a link between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of London's Lord's Cricket Ground, and the ninth Cricket World Cup.
London:Ian Botham is so livid with England's appalling Ashes display that he wants the administrators to keep a track of the 'off-field' lifestyle of Andrew Flintoff and Co to make sure that they remain focussed on their on-field duties.
Sydney:Ian Botham and Allan Border joined British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in calling for the Ashes urn to remain in Australia but English officials have played a straight bat to their appeal.
London:Stung by England's abject surrender of the urn to arch-enemy Australia, former captain Geoffrey Boycott questioned the appointment of Andrew Flintoff to lead the side and felt only a fluke or divine intervention can save the side from a 5-0 whitewash by their hosts.
London :Former England captain Ian Botham described Shane Warne as the 'greatest cricketer who's ever lived' as he paid tribute to the champion leg-spinner who will hang up his boots after the Ashes.
