England, Australia
1981-07-30
Set just 151 to win, Australia were cruising at 105 for 4 when Mike Brearley persuaded a reluctant Ian Botham to bowl. Twenty-eight balls and one run later Botham had taken 5 for 1 and Australia had collapsed to 121 all out.
England, Australia
1981-07-07
After making a pair at Lord's and presiding over a 12-Test winless captaincy run, Ian Botham resigned the England captaincy minutes before the selectors were going to sack him.
West Indies vs England
23 June 1979
Vivian Richards' 138 not out off 157 balls and Collis King's 86 from 66 balls in a 139-run fifth-wicket partnership took West Indies to 286/9 in the 1979 Prudential World Cup final at Lord's. England, in reply, were dismissed for 194 — the chase undone by the slow-batting opening pair of Geoffrey Boycott (57 from 105 balls) and Mike Brearley (64 from 130). West Indies retained the World Cup with a 92-run victory.