Abstract: Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game's one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a Boy's Own rollercoaster ride. From the Miracle Ashes of 1981 to the wrong kind of headlines - with accusations of drink and drugs, affairs and ball-tempering - Beefy gives us the definitive story of his turbulent but remarkable life, in his own bluff, no-nonsense words.