Follow UsGeoffrey Boycott, one of the most heard voices in English cricket, termed Will Jacks a ‘hit and giggle' T20 batter and a spinner of such low substance who can be batted against, even by the old man’s mum with his proverbial stick of rhubarb.
Lashing out at the English unit for selecting him in place of a proper spin bowling option, Boycott, in his latest column for The Telegraph, wrote, “Will Jacks took an amazing one-handed catch to get rid of the dangerous Steve Smith and in the second innings he made a gutsy 41.”
“But if he is a Test match cricketer… no disrespect intended, but he is a hit and giggle batsman in T20 and my Mum could play his bowling with my proverbial stick of rhubarb. There is no oomph or variation,” added the former Yorkshire man, who played more than 100 Tests for England.
Reasoning why a proper spinner was required, Boycott wrote, “In that energy-sapping heat, when the ball got soft and old, a proper spinner was required to save flogging the quicks.”
“England had three fast bowlers and Stokes to bowl seam. What they required was a quality spinner and, for me, England made a mistake in selection.”
Boycott didn’t even spare the English captain and his ‘Blueprint’ comment. Criticising Ben Stokes, he said, “Ben Stokes said England had a blueprint. They had been planning this tour for four years and know what they are doing. What a load of bulls***. We can’t believe anything Ben or his team say. None of them want to listen to anyone outside their own camp.”
Boycott, who slammed 22 Test tons, went sarcastic, saying, “But what do I know? I am just a has-been who did four England tours of Australia, winning two Ashes series and drawing the other two.”
England have their feet in deep waters as they only drew the Ashes at home and are already 0-2 down here. They did not win a series in India, and if Bazball is to survive, they must win the remaining three Tests.