Former England cricket team captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has had a successful operation to remove cancer from his throat, as reported by his daughter Emma Boycott. The 83-year-old famous cricketer, who shared his cancer diagnosis earlier this month, has now faced this illness twice in his life. Boycott first fought cancer in 2002 when he was 62 years old, and he learned last month that the disease had come back. Following his first diagnosis, Boycott had 35 sessions of chemotherapy and said that his wife Rachael and daughter Emma’s constant support helped him recover.
Emma Boycott informed her followers on X about her father’s recent surgery, mentioning that it took three hours. She wrote, “I wanted to update everyone that my dad, Geoffrey, has successfully completed a three-hour surgery to remove throat cancer. I haven’t seen him yet, but the surgeon said everything went well. He asked me to share this news.” Geoffrey Boycott had a notable cricket career from 1964 to 1982, playing in 108 Test matches for England and scoring 8,114 runs, including 22 centuries. Famous for his solid technique and endurance on the field, Boycott also led the England team four times in 1978 when the regular captain, Mike Brearley, was injured.
Besides his global fame, Boycott had a very successful career playing cricket for Yorkshire, where he scored more than 48,000 runs and made 151 scores of 100 or more. Even though he did well on the field, he faced health issues off the field, like having heart surgery in 2018. This affected his choice to stop giving commentary during the COVID-19 outbreak.
People in the cricket world were surprised on July 2 when Boycott said that his cancer had come back. “Recently, I had an MRI, CT, and PET scan, plus two biopsies. Now, they’ve found I have throat cancer and need surgery,” he explained. “From my past experience, I know that to beat cancer again, I’ll need great medical care and some luck. Even if the surgery works, every cancer patient knows there’s a chance it could come back. So, I’ll just deal with it and hope for the best.”
