New Delhi: England batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has been readmitted to hospital following a throat surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.
He was rushed back to a medical facility on Sunday two days after being discharged agter undergoing a successful operation.
But in a setback to his recovery process, the 83-year-old has developed pneumonia, with his family confirming that things have turned worse.
“Thank you all for the well wishes, we’ve been blown away by the sheer number of them,” a statement from Boycott’s family wrote in his X account.
“Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse and my father has developed pneumonia and is unable to eat or drink so is back in hospital on oxygen and a feeding tube for the foreseeable.”
The former opener suffered a relapse of throat cancer for which he had to undergo surgery, after undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy when he was first diagnosed with it in 2022.
A proper batting great, Boycott is one of the few cricketers to have scored 100 first-class hundreds. In his over two-decade career, he became the first Englishman to score over 8,000 runs in 108 Tests, averaging close to 48.
In 1978, he was also the captain of England for four Test matches, deputising for the injured Mike Brearley.
Following the culimination of his 24-year first-class career in 1986, he gained popularity as a newspaper expert and TV pundit.
Known for his forthright views, he decided to end his BBC commentary stint after 14 years in 2020, pointing to his quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2018 and the coronavirus pandemic as key factors behind his decision.
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