The ball with which he took 5 Australia wickets for one run as England got here from behind to win the fourth Check of that collection at Edgbaston bought for £20,000 ($26,000, 23,000 euros).
And a stump marked “Headingley 81” from the earlier match, taken as a memento by Botham after his astounding 149 not out helped England win after being made to follow-on, bought for £11,000.
His man-of-them match medal from Headingley — Botham additionally took six wickets in Australia’s first innings after which made precisely 50 — went underneath the hammer at £19,000, greater than double the pre-sale estimate.
And but the costliest merchandise within the public sale, held at The Oval floor, had no connection to cricket.
A Manchester United shirt worn by Sammy McIlroy within the 1977 Charity Protect towards Liverpool in Wembley, later given to Botham by the Northern Eire footballer, bought for £23,000 — greater than seven occasions its authentic estimate of £3,000.
Botham, 67, was the most effective all-rounders in cricket historical past throughout a 15-year Check profession from 1977-92.
He scored over 5,000 runs in 102 matches, together with 14 lots of, and, as a fast-medium bowler, took a then-England document 383 wickets. He additionally held 120 catches, lots of them sensible efforts within the slips.
He remodeled the future of the England-Australia Check collection in 1981. Along with his aspect 1-Zero down after a defeat at Nottingham and a draw at Lord’s, the place he was out for nought 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Botham’s 118 — a whirlwind show that includes 13 fours and 6 sixes — powered England to a series-clinching victory at Outdated Trafford.
A famous fundraiser for most cancers charities, Botham grew to become a well known cricket broadcaster and newspaper columnist after his retirement.
In 2020, the already-knighted Botham was appointed to the Home of Lords within the UK parliament by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson following his assist for Britain leaving the European Union.
