Cricket: It's no fun for Botham Jnr

Sunday 11 May 1997 23:02 BST

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Liam Botham made a disappointing debut for Windhill Cricket Club and then insisted he is going to take his second sport seriously.

The 20-year-old has decided to opt for a career playing professional rugby with West Hartlepool rather than follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Ian. But Botham stressed he was not playing cricket for the Bradford League First Division side - for whom he scored just five in a rain-interrupted match yesterday - just for fun.

He said: "I don't take any sport for fun. If I go out there, there's 10 other guys in the dressing-room who you're playing for. I go out there to win because there's no point going out on to the field if you don't."

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