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Ashes 2025-26 | ‘Don’t let the bulls get you down’: Geoffrey Boycott offers advice to England ahead of the series opener against Australia at Perth | Cricket News

Ashes 2025-26 | ‘Don’t let the bulls get you down’: Geoffrey Boycott offers advice to England ahead of the series opener against Australia at Perth | Cricket News

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Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has urged the visitors not to let the negative talk in the newspapers affect them during the upcoming Ashes series. The 85-year-old said that England will need to “steel themselves” from the words written in the Australian press, admitting that some of it could be downright “nasty”. “The West Australian” newspaper had called Ben Stokes “Cocky Captain Complainer” after he reached the country, a fortnight before the first Ashes Test at Perth on November 21. “Then there are the Australian newspapers, who have already started having digs at Stokes. If you think our journalists offer criticism, then you ain’t seen nothing until you go on an England tour of Australia.” Story continues below this ad “It is mainly negative coverage, some of it downright nasty, and it will continue throughout the tour. They treat individuals and the team as fair game and if they can beat you down so that their country demolishes you, then they believe they have done a good job. Steel yourselves, get ready for it, and …

England’s top three go into the Test series against India full of confidence: Geoffrey Boycott after batters performance against Zimbabwe | Cricket News

England’s top three go into the Test series against India full of confidence: Geoffrey Boycott after batters performance against Zimbabwe | Cricket News

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The first home Test of England against Zimbabwe has ended up as a one-sided affair. The hosts looked like a well-oiled machine, both in the batting and the bowling departments. Batting first, England has posted 565/6 with Zack Crawley, Ben Duckett, and Ollie Pope all scoring tons. And with the ball, Shoaib Bashir ended up with nine wickets, helping Ben Stokes’ side win by an innings and 45 runs. Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott acknowledged that Zimbabwe has not been the toughest opposition, but was also wary of the fact that the top three do go in with full confidence for the upcoming series against India on the back of the runs they have scored. “The top three of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope made hundreds. Well done. It is not their fault the bowling was so poor. It was exactly what any batsman wants early season: easy runs. Runs breeds confidence, confidence sets you up for the summer. Form and confidence is everything. They did their job but, if we’re honest, it …

Geoffrey Deuel, known for playing Billy the Kid in John Wayne’s Chisum, dies at 81 | Hollywood

Geoffrey Deuel, known for playing Billy the Kid in John Wayne’s Chisum, dies at 81 | Hollywood

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Dec 28, 2024 10:16 AM IST Veteran actor Geoffrey Deuel, best known for portraying famed outlaw Billy the Kid in the 1970 John Wayne vehicle Chisum, has passed away. He was 81. Veteran actor Geoffrey Deuel, best known for portraying famed outlaw Billy the Kid in the 1970 John Wayne vehicle Chisum, has passed away. He was 81. Veteran actor Geoffrey Deuel has died at the age of 81. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Geoffrey Deuel died on December 22 in hospice care in Largo, Florida, after a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His wife Jacqueline Deuel confirmed the news of his demise to the portal. Deuel appeared on many TV shows from the mid-1960s through the mid-’70s, showing up on The Monkees, The Invaders, The FBI, The Flying Nun, Medical Center, Mannix, Adam-12, The Mod Squad, Mission: Impossible, The Streets of San Francisco, Ironside, Cannon and The Young and the Restless, among others. Geoffrey Jacob Deuel was born in Lockport, New York, on Jan. 17, 1943, and raised in nearby Penfield. His father, …

Geoffrey Boycott warns England side under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum will be remembered as ‘flat-track bullies’ after series loss to Pakistan | Cricket News

Geoffrey Boycott warns England side under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum will be remembered as ‘flat-track bullies’ after series loss to Pakistan | Cricket News

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England have won the first Test in Multan on a docile surface against Pakistan with comfort. However, they were found out in the second and third Tests in Multan and Rawalpindi when Pakistan decided to roll out turners. Both Sajid Khan and Noman Ali went on to pick 40 of the 39 English batters from the two Tests to help Pakistan win the series 2-1. Former English player Geoffrey Boycott will warn the side to be remembered as “flat-track bullies.” “Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum want their team to be the best. Unfortunately, they are wasting their opportunity and risk being remembered as flat-track bullies unless they make some adjustments for conditions,” wrote Boycott in his column for the Telegraph. “If they do not learn their lessons, they will not be remembered as a great team. Yes, they are entertaining and fantastic to watch because you never know what they are going to do next, good or bad.” “It gives the impression that they think they know it all and have nothing to learn. Richie …

“The Saddest Thing…”: England Great Geoffrey Boycott Tears Apart Bazball After Pakistan Series Defeat

“The Saddest Thing…”: England Great Geoffrey Boycott Tears Apart Bazball After Pakistan Series Defeat

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File image of Brendon McCullum (centre).© AFP Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott has slammed the England cricket team batters, labelling them “flat track bullies”, as they slumped to a 2-1 series defeat against Pakistan. After winning the first Test in Multan, England lost the second and third Test, exposing a glaring weakness against spin bowling. All 40 English wickets across the second and third Tests were taken by spinners, with Sajid Khan and Noman Ali combining for a total of 39 wickets. Boycott sharply criticised the England batting, and the aggressive ‘Bazball’ approach of batting implemented by coach Brendon McCullum. “England are flat-track bullies on good batting pitches… spinning pitches demand adjustments,” wrote Boycott, writing in his column for The Telegraph UK. Boycott pointed out the example of Harry Brook to emphasise his point. After slamming a stunning triple hundred in the first Test, Brook’s form nosedived miserably. “A perfect example is Brook. He scored a brilliant 317 in the first Test and in the next four innings he was naive with no …

‘Brainless Bazballers’: Geoffrey Boycott calls England flat-track bullies after Pakistan series loss | Cricket News

‘Brainless Bazballers’: Geoffrey Boycott calls England flat-track bullies after Pakistan series loss | Cricket News

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Former England cricket Geoffrey Boycott did not mince his words as he criticised England’s abject batting display against spin in the Test series loss to Pakistan in Rawalpindi. After England’s batters totalled a record 823/7 decl. at a run-rate of 5.48 on a flatbed Multan pitch, resulting in an innings victory over the hosts, Pakistan resorted to rank-turning strips for the second and third Tests of the series. The Englishmen only added 814 runs in four innings as Pakistan rode on a twin-spin attack led by Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to script a dramatic comeback 2-1 series win. “If you want to be rated a great batsman, you must have a rounded game and score runs on all types of pitches,” Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph. After 19 Tests this ICC World Test Championship, the Test side helmed by head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes has only won nine games. Labelling the batting group as ‘brainless Bazballers’, Boycott wrote: “They are entertaining and fantastic to watch because you never …

Geoffrey Boycott’s verdict on England’s loss: ‘Stokes says they will learn from this tour. I am not convinced’ | Cricket News

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Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has made a scathing attack on Ben Stokes and co after their dismal show in the recently-concluded five-match Test series against India. England started the five-match series with a win at Hyderabad but it went progressively worse for them and ended up losing the series 1-4. “Stokes says they will learn from this tour. I am not convinced. They will go back home and revert to type and beat ordinary West Indies and Sri Lanka teams and India will be forgotten as a distant memory, “wrote Boycott in his column in The Telegraph. England’s Joe Root plays a shot in the fourth Test between India and England at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. (PTI Photo) Boycott was also critical of the overtly aggressive approach of England batters in the series. “They (English batters) were not confident of their ability to defend, especially with fielders around the bat, so they looked to attack instead. That idea is fraught with danger against quality spinners,” he wrote. Boycott also warned the …

‘I thought he made a big error…’: Geoffrey Boycott gives his take on Ben Stokes’s captaincy and reason visitors lost 4th IND vs ENG Test in Ranchi | Cricket News

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Defending 192 runs in the 4th Test in Ranchi England got to the worst possible start on the evening of Day 3 when the visitors gave away 40 runs in no time without threatening to pick a wicket on a pitch that was aiding the spinners and had invariable bounce. Skipper Ben Stokes opted to open with Joe Root and Tom Hartley who struggled with their accuracy and gifted full-tosses and half-volleys to Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. “I like Stokes’s captaincy but I thought he made a big error by opening the bowling with two spinners, Root and Tom Hartley.” Geoffrey Boycott would write in his column for The Telegraph. “Stokes was thinking that a harder new ball would bounce more and a raised seam would create more spin.” “The problem is that unless you are experienced at bowling spin with a new ball then the lacquer makes it slip out of the fingers so it is difficult to drop it on a length. When I played, spinners could rub the ball in the …

“Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum Besotted With…”: England Great Geoffrey Boycott Blasts ‘Bazball’

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The high-flying ‘Bazball’ was brought down to the ground by the Indian cricket team as Rohit Sharma‘s men secured a 106-run triumph against England in the second Test of the 5-match series in Vizag. Chasing a target of 399 runs in the second innings, England hit self-destruct as many batters departed while trying to score runs quickly. The lack of patience in batters saw wickets falling at regular intervals, prompting criticism from one of England’s greatest players ever, Geoffrey Boycott. In his column for The Telegraph, Boycott slammed the ‘Bazball’ approach, suggesting there’s no glory in defeat. “Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes are besotted with attack, attack, attack. It’s as if they say ‘if we can’t win, we will go down in glorious failure instead.’ But there is no glory in failure or defeat,” Boycott wrote. “Bazball is great entertainment when it comes off. But once you believe in an ideal over substance, then you have lost the plot. Today England gave the match away. Bazball was a failure.” Giving the example of …

Stop defending the indefensible: Geoffrey Boycott asks Rohit Sharma supporters after ‘past his best’ comments | Cricket News

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English legend Geoffrey Boycott who a few days ago had said that Rohit Sharma is nearly 37 and past his best, on Saturday reiterated the comment saying that the supporters of the Indian captain should stop defending the indefensible. The 83-year-old, however, said that Rohit was still a good batter but still good nobody gets better after age 36, adding that the Indian has to use his experience to combat his age. “Supporters of Rohit stop defending the indefensible he’s been a super batsman & still good but nobody gets better after age 36, we all decline in fitness reactions speed of thought endurance etc. doesn’t mean he can’t make runs but has to use all his experience to combat his age,” Boycott said on X, formerly Twitter. supporters of Rohit stop defending the indefensible he’s been a super batsman & still good but nobody gets better after age 36, we all decline in fitness reactions speed of thought endurance etc. doesn’t mean he can’t make runs but has to use all his experience to …