IB
England · 1977–1992 · Retired
Sir Ian Botham
Right-hand middle-order batter / right-arm fast-medium
Duncan Fearnley Magnum
Made by Duncan Fearnley →Duncan Fearnley
- Willow
- English willow
- Weight
- 2lb 10oz
The player
England's greatest all-rounder of the modern era. The Duncan Fearnley Magnum — with its triple-stripe and bright yellow label — was on Botham's shoulder for the 1981 Ashes, his 5/1 at Edgbaston and the 149* at Headingley.
Botham's bat became the most-copied profile in British schools cricket through the 1980s and is one of the defining commercial relationships in the game's history.
Career snapshot
- Tests
- 102
- Runs
- 5,200
- Wickets
- 383
- Test hundreds
- 14
Notable innings with this bat
- 149* vs Australia, Headingley 1981
- 118 vs Australia, Old Trafford 1981
- 208 vs India, The Oval 1982