Boycott was born in the mining village of Fitzwilliam, near Wakefield and Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the eldest of three sons of Jane (née Speight) and Thomas Wilfred Boycott, a colliery worker from ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Commentating
Cricket commentator and statistician Simon Hughes states that Boycott is fastidious in the … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Boycott has written a number of works on cricket, including his own autobiography and a joint project on the biography of umpire Dickie Bird:
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Boycott began playing for his home county in 1962 after topping the averages for Leeds, Yorkshire Colts and Yorkshire Second XI. In 414 … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Over Boycott's 18-year career he scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches for England. He was the first England cricketer to pass 8,000 Test runs and, as of 2023, is seventh … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Boycott's playing style revolved around intense concentration, solid defence and attention to detail, while avoiding heavy hitting or slogging. He was described in The Complete … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

• Wisden, a Cricketer of the Year for 1965, when he played nine Test matches, scoring 617 runs with one century and four fifties at an … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ