article_snippet.sent: Other big-name cricketers who have been linked with UKIP are Botham but Other big-name cricketers who have been linked with UKIP deny any association.
article_snippet.sent: Botham called speculation that UKIP wanted Botham to stand at the General Election
article_snippet.sent: And Geoffrey Boycott said his only UKIP connection of any sort was through being a long-time friend of the party’s biggest benefactor, Yorkshire business tycoon Paul Sykes.
article_snippet.sent: Botham called speculation that UKIP wanted Botham to stand  against Ed Miliband