Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 6 12 0 392 137 32.66 1 1 2 Championship 8 14 2 523 124 43.58 2 1 2 Other Yorkshire matches 2 2 0 94 51 47.00 - 1 2 Season 16 28 2 1009 137 38.80 3 3 6 Career 499 827 123 39451 261* 56.03 124 191 206 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test matches 3 2 2 0 - - Championship 11 5 18 0 - - Season (6-ball) 14 7 20 0 - - Career (6-ball) 437.3 152 } 1240 36 4-14 34.44 (8-ball) 56.4 6 1981/82 - England in India This was Boycott’s final overseas tour with England and for him, statistically at least, a highly satisfactory one. He headed the first-class batting averages with 701 runs at an average of 77.88. However, he failed to complete the tour, returning home after the fourth Test in India “physically and mentally tired.” In the third Test match at New Delhi Boycott scored 105, his 22nd and last hundred for England. During this innings he passed 40,000 first-class runs and also overtook Sobers’ Test match aggregate of 8,032 runs. He had an undistinguished final match for England, his 108th, scoring 18 and 6 at Calcutta. Boycott’s Test match career ended with 8,114 runs, the highest aggregate in Test match history, at an average of 47.72. Although his 8,114 runs has since been exceeded by several players, he still shares the distinction of having scored the most hundreds for England, with Cowdrey and Hammond. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 500. England XI v India Under 22 XI, Pune, November 13, 14, 15 (England XI won by six wickets) not out 101 219-1d 339-7d did not bat - 303-4 180-2d 501. England XI v West Zone, Baroda, November 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c A.V.Mankad b U.C.Joshi 66 278-4d 179 1 not out 73 171-2d 197-4 502. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bombay, November 27, 28, 29, December 1 (India won by 138 runs) c K.Srikkanth b Kirti Azad 60 166 179 1 lbw b Madan Lal 3 102 227 503. England XI v South Zone, Hyderabad, December 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 55 186-0d 247-9d did not bat - 223-4 241-7d 504. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bangalore, December 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c S.M.Gavaskar b Kapil Dev 36 400 428 1 b D.R.Doshi 50 174-3d 505. England XI v North Zone, Jammu, December 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) lbw b M.Amarnath 35 154 167 not out 59 127-0 200-5d 506. ENGLAND v INDIA, New Delhi, December 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c Madan Lal b D.R.Doshi 105 476-9d 487 not out 34 68-0 d 507. ENGLAND v INDIA, Calcutta, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c S.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev 18 248 208 lbw b Madan Lal 6 265-5d 170-3 49