Described by Richie Benaud as the greatest Test match ever played, and the game where the legend of Ian Botham started, the Test of Headingley 1981 occupies a special position in the Ashes folklore.

The man who coined the term 'mental disintegration' led a team of modern-day greats with unflinching ruthlessness - once batting on one leg to score ... Ashes cricket." Voting breakdown: I Botham ...

Since the inaugural Ashes series in 1883, the cricket world has seen some of the ... badly beaten in the first two Ashes Tests, Ian Botham showed why England needed him in the third Test ...

England cricket great Ian Botham has sold off more than 200 souvenirs from his career at a London auction, with items from his celebrated role in a 1981 Ashes triumph among the most highly-valued ...