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.

India’s World Cup one day team

Working out in India commentating and writing about the tournament the question I am most asked about is my views on the Indian team – so here they are.

India whitewash the Aussies

Fantastic! What did I say? India are better at playing spin than the Australians, and they also have the better spinners.

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…

More tests would prove India the best

What a great come back by India in Kolkata and it reinforced what I said a week ago that they needed the mature, experienced players to stand up and be counted under pressure.

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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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