Haddin and Johnson should have been banned

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses why England and South Africa need to take risks, and Ntini’s legacy…

England’s harum-scarum batsmen need to be less exciting

The first thing that came out of the Centurion Test was that life without Andrew Flintoff is going to be very tough. There is simply no balance in this England team without a world-class all-rounder.

GB’s Christmas message

I wish my readers all over the world a happy festive season and hope they will enjoy many a good day at the cricket in the coming year.

Sporting Heroes: Fred Trueman

In the first of an occasional series Geoffrey brings to life some of the immortals from his past.

End of an era for Australia – Correction!

Glad you were all paying attention to the deliberate mistake! In fact it was a slip of the pen and my apologies to all my friends in India. Of course India won 2-0 and any time you beat the Aussies can’t be bad. It was the previous series in 2004 which Australia won 2-1.

Don’t take rankings literally

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses if India are really No. 1? How good is Sehwag? And should Gayle captain West Indies?…

End of an era for Australia

I’ve always believed that batsmen put you in a position to win Test matches but it’s the bowlers who seal victory and watching over the last few years it’s quite obvious that Australia without Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath are finding it harder to win.

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

In the third of a regular series on www.geoffboycott.com Geoffrey chooses which of your subjects make his XI this week. In this edition he decides whether tired cricketers, Murali’s Test wicket haul, reality TV 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 #3

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 third podcast Geoff discusses the recent one-day series between South Africa and England and more…

Bowlers hold the whip hand

India’s 100th Test match victory by a massive innings and 144 runs over Sri Lanka just shows the precarious nature of sport because in the previous Test they had been hanging on for a draw.