Something Beefy
From The Ashes , a new film on the 1981 Ashes series that’s scheduled to release this summer, showcases how Ian Botham’s deeds remain imperishable despite all the changes England have witnessed says Barney Ronay, writing in the Guardian .
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
From The Ashes, a new film on the 1981 Ashes series that’s scheduled to release this summer, showcases how Ian Botham’s deeds remain imperishable despite all the changes England have witnessed says Barney Ronay, writing in the Guardian.
There are so many elements to the story … My first thought had been: maybe this isn't just a story about Botham. Perhaps Botham could be cast more broadly as an icon of changing times, a triangulation of early 1980s power fringes alongside Di and Thatch. And there are many other fascinating actors in the piece, notably the Australians Rod Marsh and Kim Hughes. Really, though, what comes through still is the self-contained brilliance of Botham's deeds … uncobwebbed by three decades of subsequent superlatives.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo