Editing Ian Botham (section)

==Libel cases brought against Imran Khan (1994–1996)==
In 1994, the year after he retired, Botham became embroiled in a legal dispute with [[Imran Khan]] who, in an article for ''[[India Today]]'', had accused Botham and [[Allan Lamb]] of bringing cricket into disrepute. Botham and Lamb instigated a libel action in response.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garner |first=Clare |date=16 July 1996 |title=Khan v Lamb and Botham; Botham steps up to crease for libel battle |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/khan-v-lamb-and-botham-botham-steps-up-to-crease-for-libel-battle-1328935.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429080959/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/khan-v-lamb-and-botham-botham-steps-up-to-crease-for-libel-battle-1328935.html |archive-date=29 April 2012}}</ref> The case was heard at the [[Royal Courts of Justice|High Court]] in 1996 with the court choosing to hear on the second day a separate action brought solely by Botham against Khan, who had suggested in a newspaper article that Botham had been involved in [[ball-tampering]].<ref name=OG2006>{{cite news |date=13 December 2006 |last=Adams |first=Tim |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1807210,00.html |title=The path of Khan |work=The Observer |location=London |access-date=27 December 2006 |archive-date=31 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231065437/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1807210,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/72416.html |title=Imran Khan To Face Botham, Lamb in Court |date=17 July 1996 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404162339/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/72416.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This would become the subject of a court case later on, one that Khan would go on to win. Botham was liable for all expenses in the court case in the ruling, including those incurred by Khan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/botham-and-lamb-bowled-over-by-defeat-in-pounds-500000-high-court-test-1307606.html |title=Imran wins! |work=[[The Independent]] |location=UK |access-date=25 June 2011 |first=Jojo |last=Moyes |author-link=Jojo Moyes |date=1 August 1996 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007211938/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/botham-and-lamb-bowled-over-by-defeat-in-pounds-500000-high-court-test-1307606.html |url-status=live }}</ref>