Geoff Boycott

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Geoffrey Boycott (born 21 October 1940 in Fitzwilliam, Yorkshire) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In an illustrious, but sometimes controversial career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's finest opening batsmen. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965.

Boycott made himself unavailable for 30 Tests in his prime because he felt that he should have succeeded Ray Illingworth as captain without this exile he would have became the first cricketer to reach 10,000 Test runs. He returned to international cricket in 1977 and scored two centuries in his first two Tests, the second was his 100th first-class hundred.

He followed up his playing career by becoming an often outspoken cricket commentator on both radio and television.