Boycott discharged after throat cancer surgery

Former England skipper Sir Geoffrey Boycott has near infirmary aft an cognition to region a tumour from his throat.

A update connected his X account, external from his family said Boycott had "been discharged from hospital" pursuing room and will proceed his betterment astatine home.

Boycott, 83, was treated for nan information successful 2002 pinch chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and was told past period nan crab had returned.

"Lots of symptom meds [medication] and a liquid-only fare for nan foreseeable but he's connected nan mend and looking guardant to watching The Open and England cricket astatine home," his family posted.

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

He captained nan broadside connected 4 occasions during nan 1978 play alternatively of injured regular skipper Mike Brearley.

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

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

He 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.