English cricket legend Sir Ian Botham rescued after falling into crocodile-infested water

England cricket Legendary Sir Ian Botham was rescued by his former rival after falling into a crocodile-infested river. Australia.

The 68-year-old went on a four-day fishing trip with his former Ash rival Merv Hughes to Moyle River in Australia’s Northern Territory.

However, “Music” Botham was involved in a scary incident when his flip-flops became tangled in a rope while he was trying to board a boat, causing him to fall into the river.

Hughes, 62, acted quickly to help pull Botham from the water and the former England international escaped with severe bruising to the side of his torso.

“I came out of the water faster than I entered it. There were several pairs of eyes looking at me,” Botham said.

“Luckily I didn’t have time to think about what was in the water.”

It was also alleged that bull sharks were swimming near the boat that Botham and Hughes were on.

“The guys were great, it was just one of those accidents,” Botham said.

“It all happened very quickly and I’m fine now.”

Botham and Hughes were rivals during England’s clashes with Australia in the 1980s.

During the 1986 Ashes, Botham scored 22 runs ahead of Hughes, which was then the highest in the tournament’s history.

Hughes also recounted the brutal dig he received from Botham during the 1986 Ashes in the book. Ash match of my life.

“It got ugly when Botham scored 22 runs in one over, scoring 2, 2, 4, 6, 4 and 4 from me. I’m ashamed to say it was a record for the most runs in an Ashes Test. “I checked the record books, desperately hoping one of the poor souls had it worse, and although I found that 24 were scored in an over once, it was from an eight-ball over,” Hughes wrote.

“On the second day at tea, after Botham had finally been bowled out for 138, I sat outside our dressing room watching the rain fall and trying to understand what had just happened when Botham left the England room. “You probably don’t remember me,” I told him. “But I was at the coaching clinic you attended in Benalla when you played cricket here in the 1970s.”

— Did I give you any good advice? he asked. “I told you I wanted to be a fast bowler, but you said I should take up tennis or golf because they are more fun and pay better.” He stood up to leave, turned to me and said, “You should have listened to me.”

“I will think about these words for the next six years as I establish myself as a Test player. I took 8-87 against the West Indies in Perth the year after the Brisbane defeat and then regained the Ashes in 1989 against an England team that included Botham. “I proved I’m good enough to play for Australia.”

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