Ian Botham saved from crocodile-infested waters by Ashes rival Merv Hughes

Former England cricketer was on fishing trip in Australia
‘At the end of the day Crocodile Beefy survived,’ he jokes

Ian Botham, the former England cricketer, has survived a fall into crocodile-infested waters on a fishing trip in Australia’s Northern Territory after he was rescued by his close friend and Ashes rival, Merv Hughes.

Botham, 68, got his flip-flops tangled in a rope as he tried to board a boat and fell into the Moyle River during the pair’s four-day fishing trip.

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