England cricket legend Ian Botham was just lately rescued from a fall into the crocodile-infested Moyle River by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes.
In keeping with studies, Botham was on a four-day fishing journey with Aussie Merv Hughes in Australia’s Northern Territory. Botham tumbled into the river after his flip-flops have been tangled on a rope whereas trying to board a ship.
Botham’s long-time on-field rival Hughes reacted in a snap to assist him escape from the waters. Botham sustained a heavy bruising to the aspect of his torso.
“I used to be out of the water faster than I went in it. Fairly a couple of units of eyes have been having a peep at me,” Botham mentioned.
“Fortunately I had no time to consider what was within the water.”
Studies have additionally claimed that bull sharks have been swimming within the waters within the proximity of Botham and Hughes’ boat.
“The fellows have been good, it was simply a kind of accidents,” Botham mentioned. “It was all very fast and I’m OK now.”
Botham and Hughes have been within the highlight for his or her on-field clashes throughout the Ashes within the Nineteen Eighties. Botham had clubbed Hughes for 22 runs in an over, a then-record within the contest.
“It obtained ugly when Botham made 22 runs from a single over, scoring 2, 2, 4, 6, 4 and 4 off me. I’m embarrassed to say it was a report for essentially the most runs off an over in an Ashes Take a look at. I’d test the report books, desperately hoping some poor soul had been worse, and whereas I discovered there was as soon as 24 scored off an over, it was from an eight-ball over,” Hughes would later inform within the e-book ‘The Match of My Life: The Ashes’.
Hughes, 62, performed 53 Assessments for Australia, snapping up 212 wickets throughout a nine-year profession. Regardless of their a number of on-field clashes, Botham and Hughes have been buddies since their retirements.
The duo are slated to commentate collectively throughout Australia’s forthcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy, beginning with the primary Take a look at in opposition to India in Perth on November 22.
