#test wicket record

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Hadlee Passes Botham — 374th Test Wicket, Bangalore 1988

India, New Zealand

1988-11-12

On 12 November 1988 at Bangalore, Richard Hadlee took his 374th Test wicket — overtaking Ian Botham as the leading wicket-taker in Test history.

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Ian Botham's 63-Day Cannabis Ban and First-Ball Comeback — 1986

England, New Zealand

1986-08-21

After admitting in the Mail on Sunday to having smoked cannabis, Ian Botham was banned for 63 days by the TCCB in May 1986 — and came back at The Oval in August to take a wicket with his first ball and pass Dennis Lillee's world Test wicket record.

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