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Stop Giving Your Wicket Away To Stupid Over-aggressive Shots, Says Geoffrey Boycott To England Batters

By IANS News July 15, 2025 • 22:26 PM View: 395

Geoffrey Boycott: Former England great Geoffrey Boycott has come down heavily on England’s top order, urging them to move beyond the Bazball ideology and show greater discipline with the bat after their latest Test collapse against India

In his Daily Telegraph column, Boycott didn’t mince words, slamming the “stupid over-aggressive shots” from several English batters and singling out Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope for scathing criticism.

“Stop giving your wicket away to stupid over-aggressive shots because you can do better and England want more from you,” wrote Boycott. “The coach Brendon McCullum is on record recently saying that England don’t talk about Bazball and need to finetune their approach to batting. So no excuses any more.”

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