I'm rather surprised he didn't say something like, "Genetic engineering has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, especially in Yorkshire. So my eleven looks like this: Top five, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott and to have a dash and look after the tail at number five, Boycott. Then, for the w'keeper and bowlers, slightly tweaked genetically with Yorkshire nanotechnology and cybernetics naturally, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott and, at number 11 - although he can definitely hold a bat as well as open the bowling at 250 miles per hour - Boycott. That's my best ever eleven. And you can't beat that."
The hotel at Headingley has rooms named after great Yorkshire cricketers. In the Geoff Boycott room, they repaint it for every guest so they can watch the paint dry and get the full Geoffery experience!
Edrich, the perfect opener. Gutsy, built an innings to great effect. Boycott would know. The game is different now, hard to compare eras, better bats these days hitting more boundaries.
Thanks for this great upload. My Dad had this video years ago and it`s been well over a decade since I last saw it. Ian Botham is probably the most celebrated and well known English cricketer of all time. Unfortunately I only saw him on TV towards the twilight of his test career not having been born earlier enough to watch him in his prime.
I'm rather surprised he didn't say something like, "Genetic engineering has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, especially in Yorkshire. So my eleven looks like this: Top five, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott and to have a dash and look after the tail at number five, Boycott. Then, for the w'keeper and bowlers, slightly tweaked genetically with Yorkshire nanotechnology and cybernetics naturally, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott, Boycott and, at number 11 - although he can definitely hold a bat as well as open the bowling at 250 miles per hour - Boycott. That's my best ever eleven. And you can't beat that."
Underwood and Knott. best ever spin, wicket keeper combo!
The hotel at Headingley has rooms named after great Yorkshire cricketers. In the Geoff Boycott room, they repaint it for every guest so they can watch the paint dry and get the full Geoffery experience!
Don´t tell me, it has him batting from 1 through 5.
Edrich, the perfect opener. Gutsy, built an innings to great effect. Boycott would know. The game is different now, hard to compare eras, better bats these days hitting more boundaries.
Watching Snow's action in slow motion was sheer poetry, I can only think, amongst England bowlers, of Fred Trueman who equalled his action
gower too unreliable. gooch was better
Cricket is boycott. Boycott is cricket.
Cowdrey looks technically smooth with so much time,looks pretty much as if he could play today.
'I'd pick Geoff Boycott to open, play 3, 4 , 5 and 6'
Footage of John Erdrich. So sad to hear of his death. Facing W I quickies, fearless. No nonsense. One of the greats. Pleasure to have seen him play.
Thanks for this great upload. My Dad had this video years ago and it`s been well over a decade since I last saw it. Ian Botham is probably the most celebrated and well known English cricketer of all time. Unfortunately I only saw him on TV towards the twilight of his test career not having been born earlier enough to watch him in his prime.
So great to see Sir Geoffrey.
Great video. Loved it.
John Snow. His greatest asset was his control and movement of the ball.
Alan Knott: what a player!
Boycott as a batsman second only to bradman.
My late Jamaican dad used to compare Graveney and Gowers technique and grace. He also had a Ken Barrington bat...which I lost at the park 😮
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Geoffrey Boycott is a God amongst men, says things as he see's it, a win at all costs attitude, the man should be running the country