Geoffrey and me: four decades with Boycott, on and off the field | Vic Marks

As an England teammate and TMS colleague I’ve admired Geoffrey Boycott’s work as a batsman and broadcaster

This is not an obituary. There is life after Test Match Special. Henry Blofeld, recently back from the Real Marigold Hotel, is proof of that, although the odds on Geoffrey Boycott following him on to that programme in the next series may be slim.

Geoffrey will no longer be a regular on TMS, which is hardly surprising in this summer of all summers. He is in his 80th year and even he recognises it is a good idea to shoulder arms to the pandemic.

Related: Farewell Boycott, a mess of contradictions whose TMS innings lasted far too long | Andy Bull

It would be a disappointment – and a surprise – to his employers and the majority of his listeners to hear Geoffrey start a sentence with “But on the other hand …”