England great Boycott hit with throat cancer again

"In the last few weeks I have had an MRI scan, CT scan, a PET scan and two biopsies and it has now been confirmed I have throat cancer and will require an operation," Boycott said in a statement to the Daily Telegraph in London: 

"From past experience I realise that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and quite a bit of luck and, even if the operation is successful, every cancer patient knows they have to live with the possibility of it returning. 

"So I will just get on with it and hope for the best." 

Boycott played 108 Tests for England and scored 151 first-class centuries in a 25-year career. 

He subsequently spent 14 years as a pundit on the BBC's Test Match Special before retiring in 2020.