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.

Excellent cricket performances around the world

Whilst everyone is focusing on the forthcoming Ashes series there have been some really excellent performances around the world from both national teams, and individuals. I really can’t decide which is the best.

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…

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.

Contrasting styles

Geoffrey Boycott looks ahead to the three match one-day series between New Zealand and Pakistan which will be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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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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