Icec chair slams ECB for lack of ‘moral backbone’ over Botham comments
The ECB showed a lack of backbone in failing to call out Ian Botham’s criticism of a report on discrimination, the chair of the report commission has told MPs
July 2023
Sportblog
Hard-boiled Botham hasn’t read cricket’s racism report but scrambles to attack it
Barney Ronay
Egg-fearing cricketing maverick is furious at carefully sourced report’s findings. Has he made his Durham position untenable?
November 2022
David English obituary
Actor, writer, bon vivant and charity fundraiser who made a huge contribution to English cricket
December 2021
Guardian Sport Network
When England last won an Ashes Test in Brisbane 35 years ago
England were written off as a team that ‘can’t bat, can’t bowl and can’t field’ but Ian Botham’s century kickstarted a superb victory
October 2021
Woakes dismisses Botham’s claim England used Covid as Ashes excuse
Chris Woakes has dismissed Ian Botham’s suggestion that England’s Test players had used Covid restrictions as an excuse to avoid committing to the forthcoming Ashes series
August 2021
Brief letters
Ascot scene in Pygmalion? Not bloody likely!
What exactly do Ian Botham and John Cleese offer ‘global Britain’?
Zoe Williams
Ian Botham as trade envoy? Never fear, it’s a job even Prince Andrew could do
Marina Hyde
Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
May 2021
Feeding frenzy: the central role of meal times in the life of a cricketer
In a new book extract, the former Observer and Guardian writer looks at cricket’s relationship with food, from fielders jostling for sandwiches to Viv Richards struggling for words
January 2021
Guardian Sport Network
The 80s and 90s Cricket Show: the podcast that revisits the bad old days
Is Britain's TV news at risk of being dominated by those who shout loudest?
Jane Martinson
November 2020
The grim reality that is ‘getting Brexit done’
Ian Botham at 65: 'I played the buffoon. But I listened more than I let on'
September 2020
The Spin newsletter
Somerset v Essex was a final that evoked their glory days of the 80s
David Capel obituary
July 2020
Evgeny Lebedev, Jo Johnson and Ian Botham among 36 peerage nominations
Boris Johnson urged to address House of Lords gender imbalance
Sportblog
Ben Stokes is still evolving and can lord it over even Ian Botham
'Not in a position to say': Ian Botham refuses to comment on peerage claims
