Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 0 378 155 75.60 2 - 1 Championship 11 15 5 1160 175* 116.00 4 7 3 Season 15 20 5 1538 175* 102.53 6 7 4 Career 449 739 111 35761 261* 56.94 115 170 181 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test matches 7 3 8 0 - - Championship 45.2 20 84 9 4-14 9.33 Season (6-ball) 52.2 23 92 9 4-14 10.22 Career (6-ball) 365.3 128 } 1114 32 4-14 34.81 Career (8-ball) 56.4 6 1979/80 - England in Australia and India Boycott returned to Australia just twelve months after his disappointments of the previous winter, this time to compete in a triangular tournament with Australia and the West Indies. He scored hundreds against Tasmania and South Australia. His 110 against South Australia was his 117th first-class hundred, the same number scored by Sir Donald Bradman, and was made on the Don’s home ground. England lost all three Test matches against Australia although the Ashes were not at stake. In the second innings of the first Test match Boycott “carried his bat” for 99 in a vain effort to save the match. He was the first batsman in Test match history to be left stranded on 99 at the close of an innings. His performances later in the tour were moderate, although he finished with an unbeaten 43 in Bombay to help England to a ten wicket win against India in the Golden Jubilee Test match. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 450. England XI v Queensland, Brisbane, November 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c G.S.Chappell b D.C.Schuller 11 176 4 0 19 0 219-9d c G.J.Madders b D.C.Schuller 20 226-5d - - - - 97-1 451. England XI v Tasmania, Hobart, November 30, December 1, 2 (England XI won by 100 runs) not out 101 214-3d 71-3d did not bat - 135-1d 178 452. England XI v South Australia, Adelaide, December 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c and b P.R.Sleep 110 252-2d 226-4d 1 not out 63 227-7d 181-3 453. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, December 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 (Australia won by 138 runs) lbw b D.K.Lillee 0 228 244 1 not out 99 215 337 454. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 4, 5, 6, 8 (Australia won by six wickets) b G.Dymock 8 123 145 c R.B.McCosker b L.S.Pascoe 18 237 219-4 455. England XI v New South Wales, Canberra, January 27, 28, 29 (England XI won by eight wickets) c S.J.Rixon b G.F.Lawson 2 203 212-7d c P.M.Toohey b G.R.Beard 51 254-2 243-2d 456. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Australia won by eight wickets) c A.A.Mallett b G.Dymock 44 306 477 b D.K.Lillee 7 273 103-2 1 457. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bombay, February 15, 17, 18, 19 (England won by ten wickets) c S.M.H.Kirmani b R.M.Binny 22 296 242 not out 43 98-0 149 44