Sportspersons are a bunch of loud mouthed entity. Some boast, some are diplomatic and some poetic.
Boycott said that there was no reason for Cook to 'slag off Yorkshire folk' and would have been sacked in any other profession.
Geoffrey Boycott said that Alastair Cook is living in cloud-cuckoo land about his captaincy ability, claiming that the embattled Test skipper thinks he is untouchable.
Alastair Cook said that the jibe about being 'mediocre' helped the West Indies.
Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott hailed Alastair Cook for his batting abilities but criticised him for his leadership qualities.
England great Geoffrey Boycott said he feared "everything will stay the same" were Andrew Strauss put in charge.
Paul Downton had replaced Hugh Morris in October 2013, shortly before the Ashes whitewash in Australia.
Reducing Tests to four-day affairs would increase the physical strain on cricketers.
Incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves has suggested that Pietersen may yet be able to resurrect his England career.
The ECB could not itself introduce four-day Test matches, but it could push for changes to the Test format.