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Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born October 21, 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In an illustrious, but sometimes controversial career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's finest opening batsmen. He followed up his playing career by becoming an often outspoken cricket commentator on both radio and television. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ...

County career

Boycott was born in the mining village of Fitzwilliam in Yorkshire and began playing for his home county in 1962 after impressing in league cricket. He won his Yorkshire Cap in 1963 and was the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1963. His batting was based on a watertight defensive technique, with his favourite scoring shots being the on drive and forcing through the covers off the back foot. His grindingly effective style, honed through endless hours of obsessive net practice, gained him a reputation for being dour, perhaps reflecting his dogged personality. Fitzwilliam is a small village on the edge of West Yorkshire. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat in order to score runs without getting out. ...

Though he became renowned for his ability to occupy the crease for hours he was capable of attacking play when the spirit moved him. His highest one day score was a swashbuckling match-winning 146 for Yorkshire in the 1965 Gillette Cup final against Surrey. In his previous Gillette Cup match, the quarter final against Somerset, Boycott had taken 32 overs to accumulate 23 and so at Lord's, after Yorkshire had plodded to 22 for 1, captain Brian Close promoted himself to number 3 to urge Boycott into action. "I joined Geoffrey in the middle and said to him: "Listen, if I call, you bloody well run." Boycott and Ray Illingworth, who also played in the match, however said that the point of Close's promotion was that he was a left-handed batsman who would be able to play the Somerset left-arm spinner David Sydenham than his right-handed team-mates. Indeed, Boycott claimed this plan had been agreed on a fortnight previously. The Gillette Cup was the name of at least five cricket competitions with List A status: Gillette Cup (England) â€” an English knock-out one-days competition known as the Gillette Cup from 1963 to 1980, now known as the C&G Trophy Gillette Cup (South Africa) â€” a South African knock... The Gillette Cup was the name of at least five cricket competitions with List A status: Gillette Cup (England) â€” an English knock-out one-days competition known as the Gillette Cup from 1963 to 1980, now known as the C&G Trophy Gillette Cup (South Africa) â€” a South African knock... The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ... David Alfred Donald Sydenham (born April 6, 1934 in Surbiton) is a former English first class cricketer. ...

Brian Close wrote in his autobiography, I Don't Bruise Easily, about how he told Boycott to "start looking for ones" and "put some force into your shots" and then, after he stroked a boundary, said "Bloody marvellous. Now hit everything." He did, making 146 with 15 fours and three sixes. One of these shots, a lofted straight drive off England paceman Geoff Arnold was nearly caught by Boycott's team mates on the player's balcony. Close and Boycott added 194 for the second wicket as Yorkshire posed a then record 317. Boycott disputes Close's account of his chanceless innings however. "At no time did Close tell me to get on with it or anything remotely similar. Those who believe otherwise are mistaken." Whatever the circumstances of its inception, John Woodcock wrote in The Times that "His magnificent innings contained every stroke in the book." 17 years later, in 1982, Boycott and Graham Stevenson added a record 149 for Yorkshire's tenth wicket against Warwickshire; Stevenson smashing 115. Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Geoffrey Graham Arnold (b. ... John Woodcock (1974-75) Passed away in September of 1998 from a heart attack at his home in Fremont, California. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... Graham Barry Stevenson (born December 16, 1955, Ackworth, West Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1980 to 1981. ...

In 414 matches for Yorkshire he scored 32,570 runs at 57.85 with a best score of 260* against Essex and 103 centuries in all. He scored another 8,699 runs in List A one day cricket at 40.08. He twice averaged over 100 for an English first class season, 100.12 in 1971 and 102.53 in 1979 and remains the only player to have achieved this rare feat twice.

He was made captain of Yorkshire in 1971 but was sacked in controversial circumstances in 1978 after failing to win a trophy while in charge. There was more strife when he was dismissed and then reinstated as a player after a grassroots members revolt. He was known to be a divisive figure in the club, with strong emotions on both sides. He clashed with other strong personalities at the club during his career, including Fred Trueman, Brian Close and Ray Illingworth but remained hugely popular with the Yorkshire crowds. Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE (February 6, 1931 â€“ July 1, 2006) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ... Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ...

Test Match career

Boycott began his Test career only two years after his first class debut, in the first Test of the summer against Australia. Over the next 18 years he scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches for England. He was the first England cricketer to pass 8,000 Test runs and is still fourth on England's all-time run scoring list (behind Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart and David Gower). His average of 47.73 runs over 193 innings is second only to Kevin Pietersen among England players since 1970. His Test career included 22 centuries (an England record that he holds jointly with Wally Hammond and Colin Cowdrey). A Test match in progress. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963 in Merton, Surrey) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the English cricket team. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Walter Reginald Hammond (June 19, 1903 - July 1, 1965), often known as Wally Hammond, was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman, in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the Second World War. ... Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge CBE (December 24, 1932 - December 4, 2000) was an English cricketer, born in Ootacamund (India). ...

Boycott was always a controversial figure. His highest Test score was 246 not out against India in June 1967 on his home ground of Headingley, but he was dropped for the next match for slow scoring (even though England won comfortably by six wickets). He had come into the test in wretched form, scoring just 124 runs in his previous nine innings including his only pair in county cricket, and fought grimly to restore his touch through his 10 hour innings. While out of the team for the second test he amassed 584 runs for Yorkshire in four innings for just once out and was soon reinstated to the Test team. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven. ...

He spent three years from 1974-77 in self-imposed exile from the England team. He claimed he had simply lost his appetite for Test cricket^{[citation needed]}, but the move may also have been linked to the appointments of Mike Denness and then Tony Greig as England Captain in preference to him. Boycott was very critical of Denness' captaincy in his autobiography.^{[citation needed]} Critics claimed the period of exile enabled him to avoid fast-bowlers Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Andy Roberts, and Michael Holding at their peaks, but he came back to face the West Indies pace battery at its most fearsome in the late 70s and early 80s. External reference Cricinfo page on Mike Denness Categories: Cricket stubs | 1940 births | Scottish cricketers | English cricketers | English batsmen | Kent cricketers | Essex cricketers | English ODI cricketers | English test cricketers | English cricket captains | Wisden Cricketers of the Year ... Anthony Tony William Greig (born October 6, 1946) is a former test cricketer and currently a commentator. ... Dennis Keith Lillee (born July 18, 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Anderson Montgomery Everton Andy Roberts (born 29 January 1951 on the island of Antigua in the West Indies) is a former West Indian cricketer. ... Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954) was a West Indian cricketer. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

In his autobiography and an interview, Boycott has responded to these accusations by pointing out that Lillee had been out of cricket for a long time suffering from a serious back complaint and that Thomson had been almost an unknown before the 1974-75 Ashes series, which he declined to take part in. In Barbados in January 1974, playing for the touring England XI, he scored a career-best 261 not out against a West Indies Board President's XI including Andy Roberts and a young Michael Holding.^[1] Anderson Montgomery Everton Andy Roberts (born 29 January 1951 on the island of Antigua in the West Indies) is a former West Indian cricketer. ... Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954) was a West Indian cricketer. ...

England did not lose a test match in which he scored a century and only 20 of his 108 Tests ended in defeat, mainly when he failed to blunt the new ball attack. He won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for his Test Match century in 222 balls for England against the Rest of the World at The Oval in 1970. The Trophy was presented for the most meritorious innings of the series as opposed to the fastest century that year. Surprisingly, for a man with such a run hungry reputation, only 3 of his Test tons passed 150. He was dismissed for 99 in the first innings against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1973-74 and scored 112 in the second. Holding did master him on occasion, bowling him for a duck at Bridgetown in March 1981 with the final ball of perhaps the most fearsome first over in test history. The Walter Lawrence Trophy is an annual award made to the player who has scored the fastest century in English first-class cricket that season, in terms of balls received (not counting wides). ...

In his "comeback" Test against Australia at Trent Bridge in 1977 he famously ran out Derek Randall in front of his home crowd before going to make a century. In this match, in which Ian Botham made his England debut, he confirmed his ability to occupy the crease by batting on each of the five days of the match: his first innings 107 started at the end of the first day, he batted throughout the second day and was dismissed on the third day; he started his second innings at the end of day four and batted throughout England's successful run chase scoring 80 not out. Among England batsmen, only Allan Lamb and Andrew Flintoff have emulated this feat of batting on all five days. On 11/12 August 1977 he scored 191 against Australia in the fourth Test in front of an adoring full house at his home ground of Leeds, becoming the first cricketer to score his one hundredth first class century in a Test match. Boycott reached the milestone with a characteristic punched on drive from the bowling of Greg Chappell through mid-on for four. For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Derek Randall, known to cricket fans as Arkle after the famous racehorse but always Rags to himself, was a Nottinghamshire and England batsman of the late seventies and early eighties beloved far beyond what his figures might suggest. ... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Both, Beefy, Beef or Guy the Gorilla) is a retired England Test cricketer. ... Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a first class cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ... Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. ... Gregory Stephen Chappell (born 7 August 1948 in Unley, South Australia), is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, which he held until 1983. ...

Appointed vice-captain for the ensuing tour of Pakistan and New Zealand that winter, Boycott took over as captain in 1978 for two Tests when Mike Brearley was injured. In one match, the rest of the team in the pavilion decided that Boycott was scoring so slowly that he was in danger of costing England the match; Botham ran him out, later claiming in his autobiography that he had done it deliberately. Indeed, some have suggested that this was a team order.^{[citation needed]}. Boycott disputes the suggestion that the run-out was deliberate in his autobiography, refering to the story as "a tale which becomes more fanciful with every telling".^{[citation needed]} Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... John Michael Brearley (born in Harrow, Middlesex, on 28 April 1942) was a cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. ...

During the 1978-79 Ashes series, Boycott unusually went in at No. 11 in the second innings of a match against state side South Australia (not due to injury) ^[2].

Against Australia at Perth in 1979-80, he became the first man to be marooned on 99 not out in a Test when he ran out of partners. He was the first batsman to receive a ball in a one day international and his was the first wicket to fall. Boycott was also a medium-pace inswing bowler, often bowling while wearing his cap turned back-to-front in jaunty fashion. He was never a genuine all-rounder but took seven wickets at Test level at an average of 54.57. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (963x492, 7 KB) This graph details the Test Match performance of Geoff Boycott. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (963x492, 7 KB) This graph details the Test Match performance of Geoff Boycott. ... Muttiah Muralitharan bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ... An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ...

The "controversial" tag for Boycott comes from many incidents spread over his playing career, but two in particular stand out. During an England tour of India he claimed that he was too ill to field in a Test Match, but it was later discovered that he was playing golf while his teammates were still out on the field; this led to being dropped from the side. He claimed in his autobiography that he went to the golf course following medical advice to get fresh air.

Such was his longevity in the game that he had 16 opening partners for England - Dennis Amiss (19 innings), Bob Barber (26), Ken Barrington (1), Mike Brearley (21), Alan Butcher (2), Colin Cowdrey (2), John Edrich (35), Graham Gooch (49), Wayne Larkins (2), Brian Luckhurst (12), Colin Milburn (6), John Murray (2), Derek Randall (3), Brian Rose (6), Eric Russell (3) and Fred Titmus (2). Dennis Leslie Amiss (born April 7, 1943 in Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire) was an English cricketer, who played cricket for both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and England. ... Robert (Bob) William Barber (born on 26 September 1935 in Withington, Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Lancashire and Warwickshire from 1954 to 1969. ... Kenneth Frank Barrington, generally known as Ken Barrington, was an English cricketer who played for the English test team and Surrey County Cricket Club. ... John Michael Brearley (born in Harrow, Middlesex, on 28 April 1942) was a cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. ... Alan Raymond Butcher (born January 7, 1954) was an English cricketer who is part of a family know for its strong cricketing connections. ... Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge CBE (December 24, 1932 - December 4, 2000) was an English cricketer, born in Ootacamund (India). ... John Hugh Edrich (born 21 June 1937) in Blofield, Norfolk, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... A hard hitting opening batsman of the seventies and eighties, Wayne Ned Larkins terrorised county attacks for Northamptonshire and Durham throughout his long career. ... Brian William Luckhurst (February 5, 1939-March 1, 2005) was an English cricketer who was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. ... Colin Milburn (born October 23, 1941, Burnopfield, County Durham, died February 28, 1990, Aycliffe Village, County Durham) was an English cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1966 to 1969. ... John Thomas Murray MBE is a former English cricketer. ... Derek Randall, known to cricket fans as Arkle after the famous racehorse but always Rags to himself, was a Nottinghamshire and England batsman of the late seventies and early eighties beloved far beyond what his figures might suggest. ... Brian Charles Rose (born June 4, 1950, Dartford, Kent) is a former English cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1977 to 1981. ... William Eric Russell (born July 3, 1936, Dumbarton, Scotland) is a former English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1961 to 1967. ... // Overview Frederick John Titmus (born November 24, 1932 in Kentish Town, London) was an English cricketer whose first-class career spanned five decades. ...

In 1982 he was instrumental in organizing, in defiance of a United Nations and TCCB ban, a so-called "rebel" tour of apartheid South Africa by 13 current and former England Test cricketers who were almost all nearing the end of their careers. All the players were banned from international cricket for three years as a result.

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As commentator

As a commentator, Boycott has renewed his renown, with his 'pull-no-punches' style in contrast to the 'let's-try-not-to-offend' style of most of his fellow commentators. In particular he is known for criticizing players. Once, after witnessing a dropped catch, he said "I reckon my mum could have caught that in her pinny", and in 2005 he mocked the Australian captain Ricky Ponting for electing to bowl first on a flat track, saying he was a "nice man" for being so generous to the England team. Another feature of Boycott's commentaries was his pre-match pitch report, in which he would stick a key into the wicket and assess its qualities (moisture and hardness). He would also sometimes bounce a ball on the pitch. However, due to a change in the cricket laws neither action is now permitted. Girl wearing a white pinafore over her dress (about 1910). ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). ...

In 1996, Boycott was accused by Margaret Moore, a former lover, of assault. Boycott denied the charges, claiming she had fallen over and hit herself. He pointed to the fact that Moore was in financial difficulties and said that he would never hit a woman. However, in January 1998, Boycott was convicted before a French Magistrates court and given a three-month suspended sentence, which he appealed against. According to Boycott, Moore had grown angry when he refused to marry her, stating that 'he was not the marrying kind'.^[3]

The conviction gravely jeopardized Boycott's commentating career. At the time of the conviction he was working for BSkyB and BBC Radio, commentating on England's tour of the West Indies. He was sacked from both roles.^[4]^[5] He was also sacked from his columnist's job in The Sun, which announced the dismissal in an article on the front page with the headline "Sun Sacks Boycott the Brute",^[6] suggesting it was too noble to employ him. A BBC television spokesman said "Geoffrey Boycott is not under contract with the BBC [television] and there are no plans to use him in the future."^[7] British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... This article is about a British tabloid. ...

Boycott was offered a role by talkSPORT, who chose to back him in spite of his conviction (subsequently upheld on appeal^[8]). He continued to commentate for the station, along with various satellite and Asian channels, until 2003, when his career was further threatened by throat cancer. Having successfully undergone chemotherapy, Boycott's career enjoyed a renaissance as he returned to high-profile commentating with Channel 4, which had meanwhile taken over from the BBC in televising England's home Test games. In November 2005, Boycott rejoined the BBC's Test Match Special to provide commentary for England's 2005 tour of Pakistan. In January 2006, Boycott joined Asian channel Ten Sports. His opinions, as ever, are strong and sometimes controversial. He delivered the Colin Cowdrey Lecture in 2005, speaking about the need for cricket to adapt to changing circumstances and embrace innovations like Twenty20. talkSPORT is the only dedicated national commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ... Throat cancer is a common way of referring to some head and neck cancers, usually squamous cell carcinomas. ... Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world. ... A view of the Twenty20 match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl. ...

He joined Mark Nicholas and Simon Hughes (from the Channel 4 cricket team) to commentate on highlights of England's home games from 2006-2010 on Five, live coverage having been taken on exclusively by Sky Sports from 2006. Boycott was a member of the BBC Cricket Team for commentary on the 2006/7 Ashes series. His role, as in his other commentary-related work, was to contribute to discussion of the main talking points. Mark Nicholas Mark Nicholas (born 29 September 1957 in Westminster, London) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. ... Simon Peter Hughes (born 20 December 1959) is an English cricketer and journalist. ... Five (often referred as five, as per the logo), formerly, and more commonly known as Channel 5, is the British fifth and final national analogue terrestrial TV channel. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ...

When appearing on television, Boycott is usually well dressed and often wears a panama hat. During his time as a BBC commentator he would often give his thoughts on the day's play at the end of a highlights programme, either alone or with another commentator such as Ian Chappell or Ravi Shastri. Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in Unley, South Australia) is a former Australian Test cricketer, who captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before becoming one of the central figures in the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation. ... Ravishankar (Ravi) Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. ...

He supported the United Kingdom Independence Party in the European Parliament election, 2004.^[9] Despite his strong Yorkshire background, Boycott is surprisingly a big fan of Manchester United ^[2]. The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced // ) is a British political party. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

Boycott has been credited as having a high level of influence in the game, with Yorkshire CCC Chief Executive Stewart Regan crediting Boycott over the completion of a deal for Younis Khan to play county cricket for Yorkshire in the 2007 Season. "Without Geoffrey's invaluable assistance we would not have been able to make the deal. It was through his contacts I was able to get in touch with Younis. Geoffrey provided us with a list of players - and the top batsman on the list was Younis Khan. A lot of people will be unaware of the contribution which Geoffrey has made towards securing Younis' services - the other members of the board and myself are extremely grateful to him." ^[3] Chief Executive may refer to: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive Officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mohammad Younis Khan (Urdu/Pushtu: Ù…ØÙ…Ø¯ ÛŒÙˆÙ†Ø³ Ø®Ø§Ù†), (born November 29, 1977 in Mardan, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan) popularly known as Younis Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Pakistani cricket team since February 2000. ...

He remains the only living cricketer to have an English Pub named after him; in this case, the "Sir" Geoffrey Boycott OBE in Westtown, Dewsbury, a local CAMRA pub of the year in 1996. Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ... CAMRA (the CAMpaign For Real Ale) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation in the United Kingdom, with the main aim of promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. ...

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References

^ President's XI v England XI at Bridgetown, 23-26 Jan 1974
^ http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/ENG_IN_AUS/ENG_SOA_22-24DEC1978.html
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/49075.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/51608.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/51237.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/211959.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/211569.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/211569.stm
^ Q&A: UK Independence Party (English). BBC News. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.

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