Boycott back in hospital with pneumonia

Former England skipper Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been readmitted to infirmary aft processing pneumonia pursuing crab surgery.

The 83-year-old was discharged from infirmary connected Friday aft an cognition to region a tumour from his throat.

However, Boycott's family said successful a connection connected his X account, external: "Unfortunately things person taken a move for nan worse.

"My begetter has developed pneumonia and is incapable to eat aliases portion truthful is backmost successful infirmary connected oxygen and a feeding conduit for nan foreseeable."

The family added they had been "blown away" by nan number of good wishes since Boycott was primitively discharged.

Boycott, who was put connected a liquid-only fare pursuing his discharge, was first diagnosed pinch pharynx crab successful 2002 and was treated pinch chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The crab returned earlier this year.

The erstwhile England opening batsman played successful 108 Tests betwixt 1964 and 1982, scoring 8,114 runs including 22 centuries.

Boycott, who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, averaged 56.83 arsenic a batter pinch much than 48,000 runs and 151 centuries.

He spent 14 years pinch nan BBC's commentary squad aft retiring from playing, moving connected Test Match Special until 2020.

Boycott had quadruple bosom bypass room successful 2018, which he said was a facet successful his determination to measurement distant from commentating, arsenic good arsenic nan coronavirus pandemic.