SYDNEY — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. The 68-year-old Botham reportedly got tangled in some ropes while moving to another boat, causing him to slip headfirst into the Moyle River, 200 kilometers southwest of Darwin in Australia’s …
In their feuding Ashes heyday, Merv Hughes was the one who would bare his teeth at old foe Ian Botham as England's finest all rounder clouted his bowling. But 40 years on, things have changed dramatically, with the English cricketing great now left saluting his old Aussie adversary for rescuing him from the teeth of lurking crocodiles deep in the …
England cricket great Ian Botham said he was “nearly catch of the day” after being pulled out of crocodile-infested waters by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes while on a fishing trip in Australia. thanks boys for getting me out.” England’s Botham and Australian fast bowler Hughes crossed swords on the pitch in the late 1980s but have remained friends. …
Almost 150 years of cricket’s fiercest rivalry, the Ashes, has been put on hold. All it took was for one of England’s greatest players, Lord Ian Botham, to find himself in mortal danger in crocodile-infested waters. The mustachioed Victorian Hughes cut a menacing figure on the field as a fast bowler who played 53 Tests for Australia, but Lord Botham …
