Friday, 25 September 2009

Nowt wrong wi' that

A superlative Boycs story:

On one of Ian Botham's first England tours the great man was struggling with form, so Beefy dropped by his hotel room to offer commiserations. Boycott was inside, naked except for his pads. He told Botham to sit on the bed, picked up his bat and demonstrated the famous forward defensive.

'Now tell me what's wrong with that,' Boycs said. 'Nothing, that's what'.


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10 comments:

  1. Ceci25 September 2009 at 08:46

    Boycott - naked except for his pads. Bloody hell OB that is HORRID

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  2. Mark25 September 2009 at 13:05

    Botham dropped by to offer 'comiserations'? Yeah, right!

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  3. Leg Break26 September 2009 at 17:59

    I wonder who of current players would practice in the nude.

    Apart from KP of course...

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  4. scorpicity27 September 2009 at 06:02

    Leg break... I can vouch for Shoaib Akhtar with his current treatment.

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  5. Leg Break27 September 2009 at 23:35

    @scorp

    Good point, so to speak.

    Dhoni would be another one I guess.

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  6. The Old Batsman28 September 2009 at 02:40

    Ace, we should compile a world XI who love themselves enough to practice nude:

    Boycs, KP, Shoaib, MSD, Warnie... all suggestions welcome...

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  7. KC28 September 2009 at 03:56

    Yuvraj for sure

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  8. Leg Break28 September 2009 at 11:57

    Nathan Bracken??

    Sorry guys; couldn't help myself.

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  9. scorpicity29 September 2009 at 11:04

    ha ha ha... Nathan Bracken... Good one!

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  10. Patricia30 September 2009 at 16:25

    I can't have people dissing Dhoni. That is either calumny or detraction. Dhoni is wonderful and far too good to be mentioned in the same breath as Boycott,Botham,KP etc...

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