England selectors have lost the plot

Before the one-day series started, I had high hopes that England would do well in the World Cup — and might even win the thing. After the Sydney Test, we all thought they were in magnificent shape. They were confident, focused and well organised.

GB’s Ashes thoughts – 4th test

Each day’s play reviewed by Geoff Boycott…

GB’s Ashes thoughts – 3rd test

Each day’s play reviewed by Geoff Boycott…

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 [...]

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.

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.

Now win in South Africa

It’s a fantastic achievement by England to win the Ashes, and we’re all thrilled to bits. Like the last home series four years ago, it was a contest of tiny margins.

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    Geoffrey Boycott was a leading light in English cricket for a quarter of a century making over 48,000 runs and scoring 151 hundreds in an often controversial career with Yorkshire and England. After his distinguished peformances on the field he faced the biggest battle of his life – against cancer. He recovered to become an outspoken commentator on the game, his trenchant views on all aspects of cricket at home and abroad highly respected.

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