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Geoffrey Boycott was born in Fitzwilliam, and began playing county cricket for his home county in 1962. He began an illustrious Test career only two years later in the first Test of the summer against Australia. He went on to score 8,114 runs in an 18 year Test career spanning 108 Test matches. He was the first England cricketer to pass 8,000 Test runs and is still fourth on England's all-time running scoring list (behind Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart and David Gower). His average of 47.73 runs over 193 innings is a unique achievement amongst England players playing since 1970. His Test career included 22 centuries (an England record that he holds jointly with Wally Hammond and Colin Cowdrey). In 1977, Boycott became the first ever cricketer to score his hundredth first class century in a Test match when he scored 191 against Australia in the fourth Test at Headingley, his home ground.

As a commentator Boycott has renewed his renown, with his 'pull-no-punches' style in contrast to the 'let's-try-not-to-offend' style of most of his more middle class fellow commentators. In particular he is known for criticizing players, his strong Yorkshire accent, and his pre-match pitch reports, where he would stick a key into the wicket and assess its qualities (moisture and hardness)

 

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Boycott)