Former greats laud Eng for turnaround

OKHLA, India - Aug. 2, 2014 - PRLog -- Former England captains Geoffrey Boycott and Ian Botham have praised England for their triumph in the third Test. According to them, the home side looked much stronger than the tourists in every department of the game. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Boycott said: “England bounced back with an almost perfect performance. Whereas the seamers have been patchy all summer they finally bowled with energy, aggression and had more vibrancy in the field,“ he added. “From what was one of the worst performances I've ever seen from an England team at Lord's to one of the best in recent memory. The win at the Ageas Bowl was simply superb right from the off,“ Botham wrote in the Mirror.


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