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Roll up for Botham's testimonial

Posted on 07/20/2006 in Hampshire

No, not that one ... When Liam Botham took five wickets on his county debut aged 18, England thought they’d found a chip off the old block. Sadly for the cricketing fraternity, Liam thought better of trying to cope with the expectation of emulating his father and headed instead for rugby, where he ended up playing both codes. Cricket’s loss was rugby’s gain, until injury cut short his career aged just 29. To that end he’s been rewarded with a testimonial match … of cricket … which will see Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen line up against Shane Warne at the Rose Bowl this Sunday in a Twenty20 fest. Well, if your dad’s Ian Botham and he can’t pull in a few favours, who can? He’ll be there, too, of course. If you fancy heading down there, tickets are priced £10 for adults and £5 for children.

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