5 England players hated by the Australians

Ian Botham

Ian Botham

Botham's name appears more often than any other player on the Lord's Honours Board - nine entries on the bowlers' board and one appearance on the batsmen's board.

Currently 15th on the all-time list, in 1986 he became the leading wicket-taker in Test history in August, beating Australian Dennis Lillee's mark of 355.

He was a volatile character during his playing days and lost his temper easily.

During a 1977 Test in Melbourne, he overheard former Australian captain Ian Chappell boasting of his country's superiority over England in a bar.

Botham, playing Down Under on a youth scholarship programme, ended up punching Chappell, knocked him over a table and then chased him outside.

"Ian Chappell was a coward. He needed a crowd around him before he would say anything. He was sour like milk that had been sitting in the sun for a week", said Botham.

The pair reportedly almost came to blows at the Adelaide Oval car park during the 2010-11 Ashes.