Boycott recovering from heart surgery

FORMER England and Yorkshire batsman Geoffrey Boycott is recovering from quadruple open heart bypass surgery.

In a statement posted on her father’s official Twitter account, Emma Boycott said the 77-year-old had the procedure in Leeds on June 27, and spent 10 days in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit.

Boycott has been a commentator for the BBC’s Test Match Special, and, his family said, was hoping to be able to return to work for England’s third Test against India at Trent Bridge, which starts on August 18.

Boycott played 108 Tests for England between 1964 and 1982, scoring 8,114 runs at an average of 47.72. He hit 22 Test centuries and 42 half-centuries.