Boycott: England players 'can't think for themselves'
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Test Match Special summariser and former batsman Geoffrey Boycott has said England are not able to think for themselves.
Speaking to Mark Chapman on 5 live Sport, Boycott said. "You’ve too many coaching staff, too much blackboard stuff, too much information about so much going on.....you stop thinking for yourself.â€
"If you’ve been doing it for a while and if you’ve been doing it all the time in matches, then you’re able to handle it.â€
"When you’re batting or bowling in big matches, big situations, your mum can’t help you, your auntie, the Queen of England, nobody. You’re on your own." he said.
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