adminLONDON. — Geoffrey Boycott said on Tuesday the way in which English cricket had been run lately amounted to a “shambles” ahead of this week’s first Test against New Zealand.
England crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage and then managed only a 1-1 Test series draw in the Caribbean against a West Indies side labelled “mediocre” by new England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves.
Meanwhile there was off-field upheaval too, with news of former England coach Peter Moores’ sacking becoming public knowledge before he had been told himself and the mixed messages from officialdom over the international future of still-exiled star batsman Kevin Pietersen.
“The last six months have been traumatic for England,” wrote Boycott in his column for Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
“Our cricket has been poor and the administration of our game a shambles,” the former England opener added.
Boycott said it had been a “monumental mistake” to recall Jonathan Trott for all three Tests in the Caribbean only for the batsman to subsequently announce his international retirement after a run of low scores and fresh struggles against the short ball. — AFP.
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