The three cricketers to have scored 100+ runs and taken 10+ wickets in a Test match

#2 Ian Botham

The Golden Jubilee Test between England and India played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in 1980 saw England absolutely demolish the hosts, as they completed a 10-wicket win with a day to spare. We often talk about cricket being a team game, but on that occasion, Ian Botham single-handedly won England the match with a stunning all-round display to which the Indians had no answer to.

The 22-yard strip was uncharacteristically full of grass and provided a lot of help to the seamers. Botham took full advantage of India’s generosity and ran havoc with figures of 6/58 in the 1st innings. India, despite the Englishman’s brilliance, did reasonably well to post a competitive total of 242 on a surface difficult to make runs on.

On a pitch almost as green as the rest of the outfield, the Indian seamers too had the armoury to trouble the English and so they did, with England tottering at 5/57 when Botham and Bob Taylor, the England wicket-keeper, came together in the middle. The 24-year old, then, displayed his magic with the bat as he smashed a breathtaking 114 off just 144 balls, leaving the Indians completely demoralized.

As if taking a 5-wicket haul and scoring a 100 in the 1st innings weren’t enough for the maverick all-rounder, he then had figures of 28-7-48-7 in the 2nd innings resulting in a memorable victory for the visitors.