Editing Ian Botham (section)

==Legacy==
Botham's career and ability level has been oft-debated.  For example, when naming him as a [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year|Cricketer of the Year]] in its 1978 edition, ''Wisden'' described Botham as "a determined character who knows where he is aiming, and who will, quite naturally and fiercely, address himself to the interesting view that he is overrated".<ref name=WCY78/> [[Denis Compton]] would dismiss Botham as "overrated" and said he "only did well because all the best players had joined [[Kerry Packer|Packer]]": i.e., for [[World Series Cricket]] (WSC).<ref name=DB324>Birley, p. 324.</ref>

Botham would readily give praise to his colleagues, for instance, his batting partners [[Hallam Moseley]] and [[Bob Clapp]] after the 1974 Benson and Hedges quarter-final against Hampshire;<ref name="WCY78" /> and to [[Bob Willis]], the man whose bowling spell won the test match at Headingley in 1981.<ref name="W327">{{cite book |last=Wisden |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 119th edition |edition=1982 |editor-last=Woodcock |editor-first=John |editor-link=John Woodcock (cricket writer) |publisher=MacDonald Queen Anne Press |location=London |page=327}}</ref>

The [[Richards–Botham Trophy]], set to replace the [[Wisden Trophy]] for winners of West Indies–England Test series, is named in honour of Botham and [[Viv Richards]].<ref>{{cite news |title=England v West Indies: Richards-Botham Trophy to replace Wisden Trophy |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53501048 |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 July 2020 |access-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725041305/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53501048 |archive-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>