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Botham’s Explosive Counterattack In 1987, against Australia at the WACA, Ian Botham went into full attack mode, racing to a 32-ball fifty - the fastest ODI half-century of his career. He plundered 26 runs from a Simon Davis over (4,4,2,4,6,6), with the first six sailing twenty rows back over...

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