Ricky Ponting’s Headingley Bloomer

The outcome of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia was based on a mistake by Ricky Ponting.

Kids with T20 Stars in Their Eyes

Pakistan’s two wins over Australia will be massive in their country and give them a huge boost during the time when they are banned from staging Test matches at home because of terrorism. More and more kids in Asia want to emulate the stars but it’s not Test matches that grab their imagination it’s Twenty/20 [...]

Michael Clarke is not a Twenty20 player

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoffrey Boycott discusses England’s change in fortune, what makes Pietersen click and more…

Twenty20 World Cup

After a few years of indifferent Twenty20 performances Australia and England finally got their acts together. They were the best two teams in the tournament.

A golden over

On Sunday 28th Feb New Zealand v Australia 20/20 in Christchurch was tied. You won’t see a better 20/20 innings than this, McCullam’s century was full of inventive strokes and brutal pulls and slogs. The Aussie bowlers tried fast Yorkers, some at 155K’s from Shaun Tait – but McCullam moved so fast outside off stump [...]

Afridi should apologise to cricket

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott talks about how to play spin and why cricket shouldn’t be part of the Olympics…

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 [...]

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…

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.

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…

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