Cricket 97 - Commentary

	Commentary
	Cricket 97 features Commentary from two legends of the game - Richie Benaud and Ian Botham Click here for the latest audio samples from Richie!

Dropped Him! [18 kb]

Australian Win! [48 kb]

Larry Who?[30 kb]

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Updated 23rd of April

"The term 'gave that some Larry Dooley' derives from the Larrikin era in the 19th century in Sydney where boxing and boxers were gaining great prominence in the community. 'Young' Kable was one of them, Larry Foley another around the 1870s and he was the one who was said to 'give some Larry' and then later, 'some Larry Dooley.'" - Richie Benaud.

	RICHIE BENAUD
	Playing career : 63 Tests for Australia; 28 as Captain; never lost a Test series as Captain. The first cricketer ever to do the double of 2,000 runs and 200 Test wickets (vs South Africa 1963 at the Gabba). Later joined by Garfield Sobers (1971), Ian Botham (1982), Kapil Dev (1983), Imran Khan (1983) and Richard Hadlee (1985). One of ten Australian cricketers to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. The others were W.E.Alley, W.W.Armstrong, G.Giffen, V.E.Jackson, C.L.McCool, M.A.Noble, F.A.Tarrant, G.E.Tribe and A.E.Trott. First class debut: v Queensland SCG 1-1-1949 Test debut: v West Indies SCG 25-1-1952 Retired from first class cricket SCG 12-2-1964 Australian cricket tours to England 1953, 1956, 1961 BUSINESS : Journalist 1956 - BBC Television 1960 - International Sports Consultant 1969 - Channel Nine 1977 - Radio 2UE Sydney 1989 - Test matches covered as a journalist 300+ Test matches covered as a television commentator 250+ Limited-overs Internationals covered for television 300+ Books published : The Appeal of Cricket, On Reflection, Willow Patterns, The New Champions, Spin me a Spinner, Tale of Two Tests, Way of Cricket.
	IAN BOTHAM
	Personal Details : Full Name - Ian Terrace Botham Date of Birth - 24th November, 1955 Place of Birth - Heswall, Cheshire Early Career - 1971 Somerset 2nd X1 Early 1970's - M.C.C. Groundstaff lad at Lord's Teams 1974-1986 - Somerset Cap 1976, Captain 1984-1985, Benefit 1984 1977 - Debut for England 1987-1991 - Worcestershire Cap 1987 1987-1988 - Queensland 1992 - Durham 1993 - Retired from first class cricket Tests 102 in total Batting - 5,200 runs, average, 33.54, Highest score-208 v India, 14 centuries, 22 fifties, 120 catches Bowling - 21,815 balls, 10,878 runs, 383 wickets, average 28.40, best bowling, 8-34 v Pakistan Lords 1978, 5 wickets in Inns 27 times, 10 in a test four times. Captaincy 1980-1981 - Led England 12 times : lost 4, drawn 8 Other Feats 1977 - Took five Australian wickets on test debut, first day at Trent Bridge including Aussie skipper Greg Chappel 1985 - Struck 80 sixes in season, First class record for any country 1986 - Holds world record of just 21 tests to record 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. Greatest wicket taker in 115-year history of English Test Cricket Cricketers most admired: Viv Richards, David Gower, Allan Border and Andy Roberts, the fastest bowler I've ever faced! Other Awarded O.B.E. for services to cricket in 1992. The Autumn of '94 saw the release of Ian's official Biography, simply entitled "Botham Don't tell Kath", written with the help of Peter Hayter. In all formats this book has now sold well in excess of 300,000 copies, and is by far the best selling sports book ever. This summer also sees the release of a comedy cricket novel, entitled "Deep Cover", co-written by Ian, and published by Harper Collins. Ian has a current involvement as a main cricket commentator for Sky Sports, a role which will take him overseas for the next three winters. Ian will be undertaking a thirty-date theatre tour in November this year, with Allen Lamb, and compere David English. This is an extra evening of film, anecdote, humour, and question and answer, and has developed into a vastly popular evening's entertainment.