England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, along with Hughes and a group of friends,

England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham was rescued by his former rival after a fall into a crocodile-infested river in Australia. The 68-year-old was on a four-day fishing trip with his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes Moyle River in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Ian Botham has been saved from being eaten by crocodiles by a former Australian cricket rival after he fell into a river during a fishing trip.

The retired all-rounder was on a fishing trip with his former nemesis when he tripped and fell from a boat into the Moyle River in northern Australia.

England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, along with Hughes and a group of friends,

Almost 150 years of cricket’s fiercest rivalry, the Ashes, has been put on hold. All it took was for one of England’s greatest players, Lord Ian Botham, to find himself in mortal danger in crocodile-infested waters.

On seeing the news about Ian Botham and a river full of deadly Australian predators, one felt like echoing the words of another England cricketer: “Beefy, who writes your scripts?” The whole story, with its crocodiles and sharks,