Geoff Boycott

Geoff Boycott (born 21 October 1940) is an English former international cricketer.

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 * (James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.
 * The Guardian, 2008


 * My tactic would be to take a quick single and observe him from the other end.
 * On Shane Warne, 1994.


 * They should cut Joel Garner off at the knees to make him bowl at a normal height.


 * To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.


 * If my mum was alive she could captain England to play West Indies... hopeless, aren't they?
 * Via Cricinfo, 2007/8


 * He's a lovely guy, that Ricky Ponting. He likes the English so much he changed the series for them with the most stupid decision he'll ever make in his life.
 * On Ponting's decision to bowl at the crucial Edgbaston Ashes Test, 2005. Via Cricinfo.


 * This idea that umpires are always right is a load of old cobblers. What I want to know is: Who umpires the umpires? The players suffer from their mistakes, but no one ever seems to get rid of the umpires themselves. Being an umpire is a people job: that's why Dickie Bird was good at it. Yes, he was a loony, and he made mistakes - everyone does. But he knew how to deal with people, so they respected him.
 * Via Cricinfo, 2006.


 * He can be so rude to people that sometimes you just want to punch his lights out.
 * Co-commentator Mark Nicholas, Via Cricinfo, 2005.


 * We were brought up watching opening batsmen score nine before lunch. If Geoffrey Boycott flashed at a ball outside off stump in the first over of a Test match, questions were asked in Parliament. If he flashed at two, the ravens abandoned the Tower of London.
 * Brian Viner in the Independent, 2005.