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Boycott warns England not to believe their own hype
Coventry Telegraph
|September 17, 2025
SIR Geoffrey Boycott has warned England not to believe their own hype ahead of this winter's Ashes, suggesting they do not need to act like 'Harlem Globetrotters' to defeat Australia.
As player, captain and pundit, Boycott has long been a cautionary voice about the excesses of modern cricket. Now 84, the Yorkshireman is optimistic about the prospects of Ben Stokes regaining the urn, but only if England show the necessary cutting edge.
Name-dropping the American basketball team, who play exhibitions to excite crowds rather than lift trophies, Boycott told Betfair's Stick to Cricket podcast:
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