With his departure from Test Match Special last weekend Geoffrey Boycott has been doing one of his favourite things, voicing his opinions.
In the Telegraph on Monday amongst other things he gave some thoughts on women sports commentators:
To provide expert analysis you need to have experienced the heat of Test cricket and understand what it takes to succeed.
You have to know the pressure, emotions and technique required and I do not believe you can learn that from reading a book or because you played club cricket, second X1 cricket, or, with great respect, women’s cricket. As good as the women are at their game, it bears no resemblance to the power and pace of men’s cricket
There is room for commentating,fronting as presenters and reporting. Many are excellent at it, such as Gabby Logan, Alison Mitchell and Clare Balding. But as an expert summariser in men’s cricket you need to have been out in the middle.
I’m not sure the new Ambridge cricket captain Tracy Horrabin would be impressed with this perspective and I’d describe it as weapons grade BS.
Let’s just be grateful he will no longer be polluting the cricketing airwaves with his BS.
he really is an unpleasant person.