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Ian Botham, a Rare card
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, former cricketer, chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017, and a charity fundraiser.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Ian Botham quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ian Botham card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
An all-rounder, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day ______ cricket.
Answer
International. An all-rounder, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. From the Ian Botham article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, former cricketer, chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since ____, and a charity fundraiser.
Answer
2010s. Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, former cricketer, chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017, and a charity fundraiser. From the Ian Botham article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ian Botham. Ian Botham 91 · Andrew Wakefield 88 · Philip Roth 83 · Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- An all-rounder, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket.
- He was a part of the English squads which finished as runners-up at the 1979 and 1992 Cricket World Cups.
- Botham played most of his first-class cricket for Somerset, also having played for Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ian Botham article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Ian Botham
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ian Botham (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nic Redhead, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

