Geoffrey Boycott’s blunt take on James Anderson: ‘England cannot keep wrapping him in cotton wool and picking him on sentiment’
Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has made a scathing attack on Ben Stokes and co after their dismal show in the recently-concluded five-match Test series against India.
England started the five-match series with a win at Hyderabad but it went progressively worse for them and ended up losing the series 1-4.
“Stokes says they will learn from this tour. I am not convinced. They will go back home and revert to type and beat ordinary West Indies and Sri Lanka teams and India will be forgotten as a distant memory, “wrote Boycott in his column in The Telegraph.
England’s Joe Root plays a shot in the fourth Test between India and England at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. (PTI Photo)
Boycott was also critical of the overtly aggressive approach of England batters in t...