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'.


10 comments:

Ceci said...

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

Mark said...

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

Leg Break said...

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

Apart from KP of course...

scorpicity said...

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

Leg Break said...

@scorp

Good point, so to speak.

Dhoni would be another one I guess.

The Old Batsman said...

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

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

KC said...

Yuvraj for sure

Leg Break said...

Nathan Bracken??

Sorry guys; couldn't help myself.

scorpicity said...

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

Patricia said...

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...