Geoffrey Boycott ⚾⚾
Channel: TOP QUOTES
Date: 2019-09-10

Full name Sir Geoffrey Boycott
Born 21 October 1940 (age 78)
Fitzwilliam, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nickname Boycs, Fiery, GLY (Greatest Living Yorkshireman), Sir Geoffrey, Thatch
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Opening batsman
International information
National side 
England
Test debut (cap 422) 4 June 1964 v Australia
Last Test 1 January 1982 v India
ODI debut (cap 1) 5 January 1971 v Australia
Last ODI 20 December 1981 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1962–1986 Yorkshire
1971/72 Northern Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 108 36 609 313
Runs scored 8,114 1,082 48,426 10,095
Batting average 47.72 36.06 56.83 39.12
100s/50s 22/42 1/9 151/238 8/74
Top score 246* 105 261* 146
Balls bowled 944 168 3,685 1,975
Wickets 7 5 45 30
Bowling average 54.57 21.00 32.42 40.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/47 2/14 4/14 3/15
Catches/stumpings 33/– 5/– 264/– 99/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 December 2008
Sir Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born 21 October 1940) is a retired cricketer who also used play cricket for Yorkshire and England. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen. Since retiring as a player, he has pursued a successful career as a cricket commentator, despite his conviction in 1998 for assaulting his then girlfriend Margaret Moore.

Boycott made his international debut in a 1964 Test match against Australia.He was noted for his ability to occupy the crease and became a key feature of England's Test batting line-up for many years, although he was less successful in his limited One Day International (ODI) appearances.[6] He accumulated large scores – he is the equal fifth-highest accumulator of first-class centuries in history, eighth in career runs and the first English player to average over 100 in a season (1971 and 1979) – but often encountered friction with his teammates.