10 greatest cricketers from Somerset

#2 Ian Botham

Ian Botham, with his all-round abilities, has been an inspirational figure in the history of English cricket. Apart from being a potent batsman, he was also lethal with the ball in hand and guided his team to victory on numerous occasions.

In every format of cricket, he performed exceptionally well for England. In Tests and ODIs, the right-arm fast bowler notched up 383 and 145 wickets respectively. Meanwhile, he also went on to score 14 tons in Test cricket.

Combining first-class and List A career, the former English all-rounder has 1784 wickets with as many as 62 five-wicket hauls. In a career spanning 20 years, from 1973 to 1993, he racked up nearly 30,000 runs and was an exemplary cricketer of his generation.