ECB bosses 'don't have a clue about cricket'

Geoff Boycott doesn’t worry about upsetting people when he speaks, and that’s just as well as much of what he says is plain common sense. As England’s hierarchy puffs and splutters, the national side is fast becoming an international joke. Boycott, writing in The Daily Telegraph, thinks he knows why:

The reason is that there are no cricket people running our game any more. The decisions are taken by men in suits who might do a fantastic job on the business side, but they don't have a clue about cricket. Our domestic cricket is not strong enough or competitive enough. In Australia it's highly competitive. If you don't perform in domestic cricket you don't get picked to play for your country.

And he is again keen to offer his help:-

There is nobody on the panel who knows what winning against Australia is about. Where is Botham, Gower, Mike Gatting, Bob Willis or Geoffrey Boycott? We are not considered good enough to be on the review team. I played in eight Ashes series and only once finished on the losing side, in 1964 my first series. I played in four winning sides - two in Australia and two in England - and three drawn series. It's a better record than England have had against Australia in the last 18 years.