Leadership changes shouldn’t hurt Sri Lanka
In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses the best-led teams in the World Cup, Yorkshire’s chances in the County Championship, Australia’s selection debate and how to improve one’s game on the off side.
India’s World Cup final victory over Sri Lanka fitting reward for a superb team effort
Before the final everyone was talking about the big two, Muttiah Muralitharan and Sachin Tendulkar. Could Murali go out with a big bang? Or Tendulkar score his hundredth hundred and make a billion people happy? No. To both.
Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga hold the key to success in the World Cup final
India are not a team that play well under pressure but I believe they are capable of handling the hype to become the first team to win the World Cup in their own country.
England should start preparing for the next World Cup and that means Andrew Strauss must go
Just after Christmas England were the World Twenty20 champions, had just won the Ashes and were on a high. We were not the best one-day side but we were not the worst and fancied our chances in the World Cup.
India v Pakistan will be settled by cool heads
Today’s semi-final is about as big as cricket gets. Pakistan against India is a match that brings in history, politics and huge nationalistic passions. Let’s hope the game lives up to its billing.
Sri Lanka, India have a slight edge
In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses the World Cup semi-finals, Ponting’s future, Shoaib’s unfulfilled talent, and his memories of the late Fred Titmus.
Geoffrey Boycott on Sri Lanka v New Zealand
New Zealand are the underdogs of the semi-finals. They have no players who excite the imagination. But they like being discounted and underestimated: that is what makes them feel most comfortable.
Sri Lanka and South Africa the best sides at the World Cup but Bangladesh worse than before
We have been here for nearly five weeks and the first quarter-final does not start until Wednesday. It is barmy. This World Cup is too long and it is hurting the credibility of the game.
Top teams will fancy facing inconsistent England
If England get through to the quarter-finals I will not be putting my money on them.
Umpires at fault, not the DRS
In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott discusses England’s troubles, Kamran’s wicketkeeping woes, the challenge of the batting Powerplay and questions surrounding the review system..
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