Boycott reveals second cancer diagnosis

Former England skipper Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been diagnosed pinch pharynx crab for nan 2nd clip and will person surgery.

Boycott, 83, was told past week nan crab had returned, having been treated for nan illness successful 2002 pinch chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Boycott will person room to region nan crab successful 2 weeks' time.

In a connection to nan Daily Telegraph, external, Boycott said: "In nan past fewer weeks I person had an MRI scan, CT scan, a PET scan and 2 biopsies and it has now been confirmed I person pharynx crab and will require an operation.

"From past acquisition I realise that to flooded crab a 2nd clip I will request fantabulous aesculapian curen and rather a spot of luck and, moreover if nan cognition is successful, each crab diligent knows they person to unrecorded pinch nan anticipation of it returning. So I will conscionable get connected pinch it and dream for nan best."

The erstwhile England batsman scored 8,114 runs successful 108 Tests from 1964 to 1982 and was skipper connected 4 occasions successful 1978 successful spot of nan injured Mike Brearley.

Over nan people of his first-class career, Boycott, who played for Yorkshire, averaged 56.83 pinch nan bat and scored 151 hundreds of years and complete 48,000 runs.

After his retirement, Boycott went connected to go a successful broadcaster and was portion of nan BBC's cricket commentary team.

In 2020, his 14-year spell arsenic commentator connected nan BBC's Test Match Special ended.

Boycott underwent quadruple bosom bypass room successful 2018, which he said was a facet successful his clip pinch nan BBC coming to an end, arsenic good arsenic nan coronavirus pandemic.