Geoffrey Boycott

Personal information

Full name

Geoffrey Boycott

Born

21 October 1940 (age 76)
Fitzwilliam, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Nickname

Boycs, Geoff, Fiery, GLY (Greatest Living Yorkshireman), Sir Geoffrey, Thatch

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Batting style

Right-handed batsman

Bowling style

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

1962–86

Yorkshire

1971–72

Northern Transvaal

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	108	36	609	313
Runs scored	8114	1082	48426	10095
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	3685	1975
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	–
Best bowling	3/47	2/14	4/14	3/15
Catches/stumpings	33/–	5/–	264/–	99/–

Source: CricketArchive, 7 December 2008

Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born 21 October 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen and since retiring as a player, he has found further success as a cricket commentator. 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. 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 team mates. Journalist Ian Wooldridge commented that "Boycott, in short, walks alone", while cricket writer John Arlott wrote that Boycott had a "lonely" career. Others, however, have stated that the extent of his introverted nature has been exaggerated, and that while he was "obsessed with success" he was not a selfish player.

After 108 Test match appearances for England, Boycott ended his international career in 1982 as the leading Test run scorer with over 8,000 Test match runs, earning an OBE for services to cricket. When dropped from the Yorkshire team in 1986 he was the leading run scorer in first-class cricket. In 1965 while still a young player he had been named as one of five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden, the cricket almanack, and he was inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame in 2009.

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