England batting great Geoffrey Boycott was on Sunday readmitted to hospital after suffering a setback in his recovery from throat surgery, his family revealing "things have taken a turn for the worse".<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 83-year-old was discharged from hospital only on Friday after a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, he has now developed pneumonia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Thank you all for the well wishes, we've been blown away by the sheer number of them," read a statement from the family on Boycott's X account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse and my father has developed pneumonia and is unable to eat or drink so is back in hospital on oxygen and a feeding tube for the foreseeable."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Boycott had previously been treated for throat cancer in 2002 with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Boycott is one of a select group of cricketers to have scored 100 first-class hundreds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For England, he scored more than 8,000 runs in 108 Tests at an average of nearly 48.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also captained England in four Tests in 1978 in place of the injured Mike Brearley.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After his 24-year first-class career ended with Yorkshire sacking him in 1986, Boycott established himself as both a newspaper columnist and a noted broadcaster, developing a global fanbase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was a particularly popular figure in the Indian sub-continent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 2020, his 14-year stint as a commentator on BBC Radio's Test Match Special came to an end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Boycott said at the time that the quadruple heart bypass surgery he underwent in 2018, together with the coronavirus pandemic, were factors in his decision to end his BBC career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n