The ball with which he took 5 Australia wickets for one run as England got here from in the back of to win the fourth Test of that collection at Edgbaston bought for £20,000 ($26,000, 23,000 euros).
And a stump marked “Headingley 81” from the former fit, taken as a memento through Botham after his astonishing 149 no longer out helped England win after being made to follow-on, bought for £11,000.
His man-of-them fit medal from Headingley — Botham additionally took six wickets in Australia’s first innings after which made precisely 50 — went beneath the hammer at £19,000, greater than double the pre-sale estimate.
And but the most costly merchandise within the public sale, held at The Oval floor, had no connection to cricket.
A Manchester United blouse worn through Sammy McIlroy within the 1977 Charity Shield in opposition to Liverpool in Wembley, later given to Botham through the Northern Ireland footballer, bought for £23,000 — greater than seven occasions its authentic estimate of £3,000.
Botham, 67, was once one of the vital highest all-rounders in cricket historical past throughout a 15-year Test profession from 1977-92.
He scored over 5,000 runs in 102 suits, together with 14 loads, and, as a fast-medium bowler, took a then-England report 383 wickets. He additionally held 120 catches, a lot of them sensible efforts within the slips.
He remodeled the future of the England–Australia Test collection in 1981. With his aspect 1–0 down after a defeat at Nottingham and a draw at Lord’s, the place he was once out for naught in each innings, Botham resigned as England captain.
Then got here his Headingley and Edgbaston heroics earlier than Botham’s 118 — a whirlwind show that includes 13 fours and 6 sixes — powered England to a series-clinching victory at Old Trafford.
A famous fundraiser for most cancers charities, Botham turned into a well known cricket broadcaster and newspaper columnist after his retirement.
In 2020, the already-knighted Botham was once appointed to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom parliament through then Prime Minister Boris Johnson following his strengthen for Britain leaving the European Union.