I put up up there Sir Geoffrey,he doesn't give a shit what people think
I only saw Sir Geoff in the tail end of his test career and there were not too many runs, he was always falling out with someone!
Boycott was a class batsman but not a team player, he played for his own ends and was more bothered about his average than being part of a winning team.
I like listening to him as he speaks his mind but i imagine he would be a nightmare to captain .
Reminds me of the time he was batting and willis was vice captain when Botham went in to join boycott with the instructions to 'run the bastard out ' - Botham duly obliged and boycott stood shocked repeating ' what have you done , what have you done? '
Bothams infamous reply - 'I've run you out you "
The clip is on youtube - wonderful.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WAeFm22xB7Q&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWAeFm22xB7QBob Willis, the vice-captain, furious and frustrated by Boycott’s stonewalling, promoted young Ian Botham in the batting order with the now famous instruction, “Run the bugger out.”
Botham walked out and first told Chatfield exactly what he thought about his Mankaded effort. The fast-medium bowler had been struck on the temple by a Peter Lever delivery on his Test debut at Auckland in 1974-75, and had to be resuscitated on the pitch after his heart had stopped for a few seconds.
Now, Botham greeted him saying, “Be careful what you do son, you have already died in a Test match once.”
After this exchange of pleasantries, Botham pushed the ball to short extra cover and called Boycott for an impossible single, in the process running him out by miles. Boycott, stunned beyond belief, kept muttering “What have you done, what have you done?” To this Botham replied, “I’ve just run you out.”
