England’s batsmen lucky to be playing in this era

Now that the dust has settled on the four Test series in South Africa it’s time to take a closer look at England’s performance. On the face of it drawing the rubber 1-1 is a good result but to be honest we could have lost it 3-1 and probably should have. We were lucky enough [...]

Strauss is naïve tactically

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott talks on Collingwood’s growth, Pakistan and captains, and the ball-tampering controversy at Newlands…

Kevin Pietersen’s batting has been irresponsible and extravagant

Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss should be embarrassed about England’s display at the Wanderers. There’s no shame in getting beaten: it’s how you lose that matters.

The Geoff Boycott Podcast #4

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 this week’s podcast James Buttler talks to Geoffrey about Feng Shui and ball tampering. After a succession of exciting Test Matches he [...]

Ball-tampering row is much ado about very little really

If anyone needs their wrists slapping after this risible ball-tampering row, it is South Africa.

India are the kings of world cricket

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott talks of his stars of the future and the moments that defined the last decade…

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Michael Owen should turn to feng shui

GB was in the news on Tuesday for recommending feng shui to help Manchester United Striker Michael Owen with his injury problems. Geoffrey will be writing further about the subject, on this site, very soon. In the meantime, his interview with the Daily Telegraph can be seen on their website here.

Lady Luck has helped Andrew Strauss and England in South Africa

Richie Benaud used to say that, as a captain, it’s better to be lucky than good. His line came back to me this week, because even Andrew Strauss would have to admit that the gods have smiled on England so far in this series.