Botham and Willis produce their latest vintage display
With the Headingley Test starting on Friday, Rick Broadbent recalls the heroic events of 25 years ago in The Times .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
With the Headingley Test starting on Friday, Rick Broadbent recalls the heroic events of 25 years ago in The Times.
The Headingley Test of August 1981 was sporting alchemy as England turned three days of the meek and middling into a win that upset Australia, the applecart and Ladbrokes, who were taking bets at 500-1 on a home miracle by the fourth day. At least Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh could take solace in their winnings. “I’ve met 500,000 people who were there that last day,” Botham says.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo