Boycott keeps job despite remarks

MUMBAI : Geoffrey Boycott will not be asked to resign from his role as an expert in the Test Match Special (TMS) radio show, the BBC has confirmed after the former England captain-turned-commentator made racial remarks on the topic of getting a ‘knighthood’.

“He has rightly apologised unreservedly for these clearly unacceptable comments. He will be part of the team for the West Indies Tests,” a BBC spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Guardian.

According to the report, Boycott had also made a stinging remark that the honour has been handed out to cricketers from the Caribbean like ‘confetti’.