South Africa aren’t favourites anymore

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses England’s prospects, what impresses him about Tendulkar, and the free-to-air issue…

England count their blessings

The injury to Alastair Cook has been a blessing in disguise to the selectors who were rightly criticised for not taking a third opener on tour as the problem seems to have solved itself more by luck than good judgement.

Woeful bowling and muddled thinking

Geoff Boycott reviews England’s two T20 matches in South Africa.

The Aussies are a breed apart

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses Australia’s competitiveness, and why Ireland will not cut it at the top level…

What’s IN and OUT of Geoff’s team this week

In the second of a regular series on www.geoffboycott.com Geoffrey chooses whether your subjects make his XI this week. In this edition he decides whether One-Day Internationals, non-English players in the England team, Christmas and eight other subjects are IN or OUT of his team. Send your IN or OUT subjects to editor@geoffboycott.com and we [...]

The Geoff Boycott Podcast #2

Geoffrey will be talking cricket regularly with James Buttler and discussing issues of the day. Send your questions into editor@geoffboycott.com and we will include as many as we can in future podcasts. In our second podcast Geoff discusses the dangers of overkilling Twenty20 cricket, the use of technology in sport, and more…

New Zealand shade desert classic

These three cracking matches were all day-nighters and played on really good pitches in Abu Dhabi; flat and dry and even better than when the Aussies played here in April this year.

We don’t just want a captain, we expect a superman

The captain’s job is the most important position in the team because every side has to have a leader whether it’s at school, in a club, at county or Test level.

Boycott remembers his 100th Hundred

The greatest and most memorable day of my cricketing life began bizarrely. It was 4am in a stifling hot hotel room, and I was talking to the Night Porter about the air conditioning. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make it work.

Original BBC TV footage of Boycott’s 100th Hundred

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