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The Fall Guys

October 16, 2006

Ian Botham

Arguably the greatest England all-rounder, Ian Botham was suspended briefly from playing cricket in 1986 for smoking cannabis, the psychoactive drug also known as Hashish.

Botham was, however, recalled soon against New Zealand at the Oval and took two wickets in his first two overs to equal and pass Dennis Lillee's then-world record of 355 Test wickets.
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