22 October,2020 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Debasish Datta
Sir Geoffrey Boycott
Sir Geoffrey Boycott celebrated his 80th birthday on Wednesday in a Yorkshire castle with his wife Rachael, daughter Emma, her husband Jeff and grandson Joshua.
Had it not been for the lockdown, the England batting great might have had a larger celebration but Boycott sounded delighted over a low-profile birthday party.
He also threw in a cricketing comparison to COVID-19. "I faced some of the fastest of bowlers, but this [pandemic] is more dangerous because I could at least see those bowlers and what they unleashed; not so in this case," he remarked.
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Boycott sought special permission to travel to the castle and will return to his Boston Spa home today.
He has not given up his admirable habit of calling a spade a spade. Earlier this month, he tweeted: "Early birthday present. Soon to be 80, my state pension is to increase by 25 pence a week!! Which gormless idiot thought that one up. How's it going to help ? Can't even buy a packet of chewing gum for that."
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