| A key attribute of being an already is being able to | | | | 1980 |
| consistently and significantly contribute with both the | | | | Ian Botham was England's greatest allrounder in his |
| bat and ball. For a batsman, scoring over 100 runs in a | | | | era and perhaps of all time. In the one-off Test |
| match is considered well beyond average. For | | | | against India at Bombay (now Mumbai), the England |
| bowlers, taking more than 10 wickets in a match is | | | | allrounder scored a test century and took two |
| exceptional. Fancy a player who scores over 100 runs | | | | five-wicket hauls (6/58 and 7/48) to help England to |
| and takes over 10 wickets in the same match. That | | | | a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over the Indians. |
| must be some feat! Such a feat is it, that (at the | | | | What was amazing was that Botham's 114 came in |
| time of writing) only three players have done this in | | | | an innings total of 296, where no other batsman |
| Test cricket's history - Australia's Alan Davidson, | | | | passed 43. His bowling effort also dominated the |
| England's Ian Botham and Pakistan's Imran Khan. | | | | wickets column, with John Lever being the next best |
| 1. Alan Davidson - 124 runs and 11 wickets in | | | | bowler with only four wickets in the match. |
| December 1960 | | | | 3. Imran Khan - 117 runs and 11 wickets in January |
| Against the West Indies in Brisbane, the left-arm fast | | | | 1983 |
| bowler from New South Wales scored 44 and 80 | | | | India - Pakistan Test matches were usually hotly |
| runs in the first and second innings respectively. The | | | | contested. Pakistan legend, Imran Khan, saved his |
| second innings half-century was also the allrounder's | | | | best all-round performance for his sub-continental |
| highest score in Tests. Davidson scalped two | | | | neighbours at Faisalabad in 1983. He opened the |
| five-wicket hauls - 5/135 and 6/87 - to leave the | | | | bowling, to take 6/98 as India was bowled out for |
| Aussies 233 runs to win. Although the NSW | | | | 372 runs in the first innings. Although that seemed to |
| left-handed batsman did his best to help Australia win, | | | | be a competitive score, India were forced to toil in |
| the match ended in a thrilling tie - the first-ever tie in | | | | the field as four Pakistan batsmen scored centuries - |
| Test history. | | | | including Imran's aggressive 117 off 121 balls. |
| 2. Ian Botham - 114 runs and 13 wickets in February | | | | |