Editing Ian Botham (section)

===District cricket in Australia (1976–77)===
In the winter of 1976–77, after he had made his first two international appearances, Botham played [[Victorian Premier Cricket|District Cricket]] in Melbourne, Australia for the [[University of Melbourne Cricket Club]]. He was joined by Yorkshire's [[Graham Stevenson]]. They were signed for the second half of the season on a sponsorship arranged through the [[Test and County Cricket Board]] (TCCB) by [[Whitbread|Whitbread's Brewery]]. Five of the competition's 15 rounds were abandoned because of adverse weather.<ref>Doust (1981), p. 50.</ref> It was apparently on this trip that Botham originally fell out with the former [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] captain [[Ian Chappell]]. The cause seems to have been a cricket-related argument in a bar, which may have resulted in Chappell being pushed off his stool (the story is widely sourced but accounts differ). This became a long-running feud and, as late as the [[2010–11 Ashes series]], there was an altercation between Botham and Chappell in a car park at the [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 December 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |title=The Ashes 2010: Sir Ian Botham and Ian Chappell clash in Adelaide car park |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 December 2010 |location=London |archive-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209034431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |title=Botham v Chappell: time for a drink |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=December 2007 |access-date=28 August 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708045001/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |url-status=live}}</ref>