Geoffrey Boycott
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'Brisbane was a horror show': Former England cricketer lambasts his side after second Test defeat
Cricket | Dec 08, 2025, 11:45 AM ISTFormer England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott took centre stage and slammed England for their performance in the ongoing Ashes 2025-26, after the side lost the second Test of the series at the Gabba in Brisbane.
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'They seem to think they invented the wheel': Boycott blasts flat-track bullies England
Cricket | Oct 28, 2024, 02:08 PM ISTEngland were beaten hands down by Pakistan in the last two Test matches as the visitors lost by 152 runs and 9 wickets in Multan and Rawalpindi respectively after having begun with a win. Geoffery Boycott has come down heavily on Ben Stokes and Co after being hammered on turning tracks.
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ENG vs IND | Geoffrey Boycott to England: No more platitudes, no more being nice
Cricket | Sep 08, 2021, 08:49 PM ISTBoycott was critical of England's batting, saying they cannot keep waiting for Root to rescue them with a big knock.
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England won Headingley Test as they played the new ball better than India: Boycott
Cricket | Aug 30, 2021, 07:38 PM ISTEngland won the third Test at Headingley against India by an innings and 76 runs. The win also got the hosts to level the five-match series 1-1.
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ENG vs IND: Bowlers only need a few good balls to get England batsmen out, says Boycott
Cricket | Aug 09, 2021, 03:10 PM ISTFormer captain Geoffrey Boycott has slammed the England batsmen for showing a lack of patience and technique in the drawn first Test against India.
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IND vs ENG 3rd Test: We had first choice on surface; India were better than us: Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Feb 26, 2021, 07:29 AM ISTFormer England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott said that there are no rules on "what type of pitches should be prepared."
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'England should be ashamed' of it: Boycott angry over 'unfair' treatment of English batsman
Cricket | Feb 12, 2021, 11:29 AM ISTFormer England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott lashed out at England team management for their 'unfair' treatment of English batsman.
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Prolific Joe Root has potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's Test record, says Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Jan 26, 2021, 10:09 AM ISTRoot, whose next assignment is the four-Test series India starting February 5, also became the fourth-highest run-getter in Test cricket for England and the first ever captain to hit two double-hundreds.
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Boycott thought my father 'Tiger Pataudi' was lying about visual impairment, says Saif Ali Khan
Cricket | Jul 20, 2020, 11:05 AM ISTSaif Ali Khan has revealed how Geoffrey Boycott 'made him angry', saying that his father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was 'lying' about his visual impairment.
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Don't give a toss about criticism of my knighthood, it is just recognition of my cricket: Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Sep 11, 2019, 02:33 PM ISTGeoffrey Boycott said the knighthood was a recognition of his cricketing achievement and doesn't care about people, who are questioning it.
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Former England captains Andrew Strauss and Geoffrey Boycott awarded knighthoods
Cricket | Sep 10, 2019, 08:22 AM ISTAndrew Strauss and Geoffrey Boycott were given knighthoods in former Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation honors list.
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Geoffrey Boycott calls India's batting performance 'stupid' after their Lord's setback
Cricket | Aug 14, 2018, 09:25 PM ISTBoycott felt that the Indian batsmen lack application while trying to flick outswingers, referring to Murali Vijay's mode of dismissals.
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Geoffrey Boycott sorry for 'unacceptable' racist remarks about West Indies greats
Cricket | Aug 22, 2017, 06:53 PM ISTEarlier, Boycott alleged that knighthoods were handed out like “confetti” to West Indies cricketers, including Sir Viv Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Curtly Ambrose.
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Geoffrey ‘boycotts’ Indian greats in dream team, says ICC Dream XI a ‘joke’
Cricket | Dec 16, 2016, 12:23 PM ISTIt may be hard to believe but former England opener Geoffrey Boycott has no Indians, not even cricket legends like Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar or Sachin Tendulkar, in his list of all-time best World-XI.
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India doing well as it is batsman's World Cup: Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Mar 06, 2015, 12:16 PM ISTMelbourne: Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has said that the Indian cricket team is doing well because so far it has been a "batsman's World Cup" and they will continue to be a "big threat"
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BCCI's enormous power hurting international cricket, not IPL: Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Sep 08, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTLondon: Days after cricketing legend Ian Botham called for IPL to be scrapped, former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has said it is not the T20 tournament but the Indian Cricket Board wielding enormous power that
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Ind vs Eng: India know Oval Test is lost says Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Aug 17, 2014, 10:07 AM ISTLondon: Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott said that the Indian players know that the Oval Test is already lost and praised India skipper Mahendra Singh for his valiant 82 in the first innings.Thanks to Dhoni's
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Ashes series: Won't be easy for England, says Boycott
Cricket | Jul 09, 2013, 05:00 PM ISTLondon, July 9: England great Geoffrey Boycott has a poser for English cricket fans: Are England that good to give Australia a hiding in the Ashes? His answer is an emphatic "No". He doesn't think
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Virender Sehwag may not play for India again, will 'sadly fade away': Geoffrey Boycott
Cricket | Apr 11, 2013, 03:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 11: Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott says Virender Sehwag is unlikely to play for India again and the opener will "sadly fade away" after playing a bit of Indian Premier League.Sehwag was
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Treat people like adults, not school kids: Boycott
Cricket | Mar 14, 2013, 11:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 14: Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Thursday criticised Australian coach Mickey Arthur for treating the players like “school children” and said he finds the idea of setting the cricketers written tasks