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Geoffrey Boycott memorabilia auction realises more than £200,000

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

100th hundred bat sells for more than £40,000 at Christie's online auction

Geoffrey Boycott puts memorabilia on sale, including 100th hundred bat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

130 lots up for sale after Boycott celebrates 80th birthday

Geoffrey Boycott hits out at BBC following Test Match Special omission

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Outspoken commentator criticises decision to leave him off commentary team in Twitter jibe

Geoffrey Boycott 'doesn't give a toss' about criticism of knighthood

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Senior female MP calls for a review of honour in wake of domestic abuse conviction in 1998

Strauss and Boycott to be awarded knighthoods

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former England openers honoured by former Prime Minister Theresa May as she stepped down from office

Boycott determined to bat on as he recovers from major heart surgery

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott's family have stated that he plans to return to commentary duties later this summer at Trent Bridge

The spirit of Boycott stalks Headingley as Yorkshire go back to basics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Yorkshire are challenging the attacking mindset in four-day cricket that they believe is a detrimental consequence of the rise of Twenty20

Boycott apologises for racist knighthood joke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott, the former England batsman and Test Match Special summariser, has made an "unreserved apology" after suggesting that he'd have a better chance of getting a knighthood if he "blacked up"

Boycott rebuffed by Yorkshire members

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Boycott's attempt to rejoin Yorkshire's board to limit expenditure has failed after his candidacy was rejected by 758 votes to 602 by Yorkshire members at the annual general meeting on Saturday

Yorkshire board 'misleading people' - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has hit back at suggestions that his involvement on the Yorkshire board could prove disruptive and reiterated concerns about the club's financial position

Yorkshire in profit but face Boycott rumble

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Yorkshire have returned to profit for the first time since 2009, as the club's on-field success was matched by an improved financial position

Bangladesh need to beat big teams abroad - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott believes Bangladesh's impressive series win over India is not enough "to send waves through the cricket world" since it has come in home conditions

Stern punishment if Anderson is guilty - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has said James Anderson should be given a "stern punishment" if he is found guilty of having abused and pushed Ravindra Jadeja at Trent Bridge

Countries should outvote BCCI on DRS - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Decision Review System (DRS) should be made mandatory and India's resistance to the system must be overcome by a majority vote in the ICC, Geoff Boycott, the former England batsman, has said

'England are ready for India' - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott believes England are ready for the challenge of taking on India, the world's No. 1 Test team, who arrive in the country next month for the start of a four-Test series

Boycott hails 'textbook' Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has hailed Mike Hussey's series-levelling efforts in the third Test as "textbook" and "magnificent"

England players need more first-class county cricket - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott has said the ECB needs to schedule County Championship games during the course of a home Test series to enable batsmen from the national team return to their counties and work on any weaknesses in the first-class format

ECB should sack Flintoff if he favours club - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has said the England board should pick Andrew Flintoff for matches only till the time he puts country ahead of any franchise or club

Flower defends under-fire Pietersen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andy Flower, the England coach, has defended Kevin Pietersen for his shot selection in Cardiff, and insisted the batsman would review his own performance and learn from the experience

Pietersen like a spoilt child - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott calls on the England team management to reprimand Pietersen

Ramiz and Boycott call for legalising doosra

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Their comments came after Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan offspinner was reported by the match officials for a suspect action over the doosra he bowled during the second ODI against Australia in Dubai on Friday

ECB denies Boycott coaching reports

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott has not been approached to take up a coaching role with England's leading batsmen, according to the ECB

Let umpires use Hawk-Eye - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A push to give umpires access to Hawk-Eye to help their decision-making has won support from an unlikely source, with Geoff Boycott insisting the ICC make the move as soon as possible

Harmison hits out at Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stephen Harmison, the England fast bowler, has struck back at Geoffrey Boycott after the former opening batsman had launched a scathing attack at him in a column for Daily Telegraph

Boycott upsets Australia with Tait's 'lack of character' call

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia has taken strong exception to Geoffrey Boycott's claim Shaun Tait showed a "lack of character"

'Hypocritical' Fletcher should be ashamed - Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has called Duncan Fletcher "a hypocrite" for his comments about Andrew Flintoff's drinking habits on tour

Boycott opens the batting for his future

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

THERE is a lot to be said for Geoffrey Boycott and Geoffrey Boycott is unashamedly saying it

England MBEs 'a joke' claims Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott has weighed in to the debate over the honours awarded to the England side in 2005

Former captains savage England

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former England captains reacted with dismay at England's spectacular defeat to Australia in the second Test at Adelaide on Tuesday

A miracle has happened

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Readers respond to Geoff Boycott's called for Duncan Fletcher to be sacked as England coach less than a month before the start of the Ashes

Boycott calls for Fletcher to go

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott has called on Duncan Fletcher to be sacked as England coach less than a month before the start of the Ashes

Boycott writes off England's chances

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the eve of England's first match of the Champions Trophy, Geoff Boycott, the former England batsman turned commentator, has virtually written off their chances in the tournament due to a spate of injury woes

Boycott concerned over Vaughan's future

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott, the former England and Yorkshire batsman, has expressed his concern over Michael Vaughan's future with England

More than 100,000 tune in to Sky

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sky may have shown a huge commitment to covering the Tests, but you can't argue with viewing figures

Sky fives all round

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It's the first day of life as we must now know it on the airwaves

Boycott comes in from the cold

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After almost 30 years of hostilities, Geoffrey Boycott has been invited in from the cold by his former county, Yorkshire, who have nominated him for a place on the club's board

Boycott sees Udal as major asset

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shaun Udal, the Hampshire off-spinner, could play a key role if selected as the second slow bowler, believes Geoff Boycott

Boycott slams ICC and Test minnows

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott has slammed Test cricket's minnows and launched a stinging criticism of the ICC

Bird and Boycott back ECB initiative

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dickie Bird and Geoff Boycott have pledged their support to the Chance to Shine campaign

Boycott hits out at South African selection policy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott, the former England captain, has criticised South Africa's selection policy and warned that they needed to sort it out quickly before they could compete with the best teams in the world

Ganguly welcomes Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly has spoken out enthusiastically in favour of the Indian board's decision to invite Geoffrey Boycott to spend a couple of days giving batting tips to the Indian side

Geoffrey Boycott to work with Indian team

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott, the former England opener and current television commentator, is all set to spend a couple of days offering batting tips to the Indian team, reports the Press Trust of India

One good century deserves another

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At the end of the perfect Test match, the perfect finish: the man who had been told his head was on the chopping block, the man who was getting out bowled too often, the man who ran out the local hero, smashed consecutive fours to bring up his

Boycott to coach at India's academy?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott is likely to become the coach of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore

Geoff Boycott's exile ended by Channel 4

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Five years after being unceremoniously axed from British television, Geoff Boycott has been brought in from the cold by Channel 4 and will join their commentary line-up for next summer's tours by New Zealand and West Indies

Dashing Denis

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1947 Playing for Middlesex at Lord's, Denis Compton took yet another century off the touring South Africans in his golden summer

England suffer Whispering Death

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1976 One of the most extraordinary pieces of sustained fast bowling ended with Michael Holding becoming the only West Indian to take 14 wickets in a Test

Fletcher hits back at Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Duncan Fletcher has hit back at the criticisms of his management style

Boycott calls England's performance 'pathetic'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has launched a scathing and wide-ranging attack on the state of English cricket, in an interview on Radio Five Live

Botham does it again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1981 Australia needed only 151 to win at Edgbaston - but Ian Botham was lying in wait again

Flintoff can be England's Gilchrist: Boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has said Andrew Flintoff could be an even more effective one-day international player if he was promoted to open the innings

Boycott on the mend

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has revealed that he is close to returning to work following his successful battle to overcome throat cancer

Major pulls out of Yorkshire opening after famous sons complain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former Prime Minister John Major has pulled out of opening the new West Stand at Headingley after the choice of the now Surrey President had come under fire from some of the county's most notable old boys

Boycott to return again in May, September

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Karachi: Former England opener, Geoffrey Boycott, will visit Pakistan again in May and September in connection with his coaching assignment at the National Academy in Lahore

Boycott inspires Pakistani cricketers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Boycott, in Lahore on a McDonalds-sponsored coaching stint, has decided to stay quiet and not talk about his assignment, or anything else for that matter

Boycott's reticence creates confusion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Confusion appears to surround the appointment of Geoffrey Boycott as coach to Pakistan's youngsters

Average century score in test cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Scoring a century has always been a great achievement in Test cricket

Boycott loses appeal over assault conviction

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoffrey Boycott has lost his appeal to overturn an assault conviction

No wrist slap for slow coach Hussain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Durban - Mud sticks, so does the stigma of being axed by the national selectors for playing a slow innings, although it is 34 years since Geoff Boycott was ditched by England selectors then headed by Doug Insole

Conviction costs Boycott outlet for unique voice (12 November 1998)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

DICKIE Bird was umpiring once at Headingley when Geoffrey Boycott appeared on the pavilion balcony in civvies

Broadcasters drop Boycott as assault conviction is upheld (11 November 1998)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

GEOFFREY BOYCOTT faced an uncertain future in sports broadcasting and a £200,000 legal bill last night after a French judge upheld a conviction for assaulting his former girlfriend

Boycott sentenced to three months suspended (10 November 1998)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Grasse, France, Nov 10 (AFP) - British cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott was given a three-month suspended jail sentence Tuesday and ordered to pay a 50, 000-franc (9,000-dollar) fine for beating up a former girlfriend

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Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT