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Sir Ian Botham was at the heart of propelling England to some famous wins in the history of the game. However, amidst all these, a World Cup win always eluded Botham's career in spite of England making it to the World Cup finals thrice. This didn't undermine Botham's legacy as he had established himself as one of the best all-rounders in his playing days.

One of his career highlights was when he inspired England to a series win in 1981 Ashes. This series is famously known as “Botham's Ashes”, owing to a magnificent display by Botham with both bat and ball throughout the series.

England retained the Ashes when they beat Australia by a margin of 3-1 before trailing by a margin of 1-0 after the first two Tests. In the fourth test at Edgbaston, a low scoring thriller had left Australia needing 151 to win. Australians were comfortably placed at 105-5. Botham dragged England along with him by taking five wickets for a run in space of 28 balls as England won the thrilling match by 29 runs.

The fifth Test at Old Trafford was also won by England to take an unassailable lead of 3-1 with the sixth Test finishing in a draw.

Ian Botham was named as the man of the series for scoring 399 runs, taking 34 wickets and holding on to 12 catches.