Greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss are given knighthoods in the resignation honours list of former Prime Minister Theresa May.
The pair will be recognised to game following long and successful careers in the county level and international.
Yorkshire opener Boycott is May’s athletic hero and she famously, final year compared her Brexit approach into some Boycott innings.
He played 108 Tests between 1964 and 1982, scoring 8,114 runs at an average of 47.72 – the very first England player to reach 8,000.
Boycott averaged 56,83 with 151 centuries for his first-class career and over 48,000 conducts in most – memorably scoring his 100th century in 1977 in an Ashes Test against Australia. Now 78, he still commentates on cricket.
Fellow opener Strauss performed for England and Middlesex , scoring 7,037 conducts in 100 Tests.
He moved on to captain his nation and was a member of the 2005 Ashes-winning staff; one of the couple England skippers to win Ashes series in the home and away, he led the group in the ICC world ranks.
Post-retirement he needed a charm as director of England cricket, instigating the accent on the game that ended at a World Cup success.
After the death of his spouse Ruth from a rare form of lung cancer, Strauss setup The Ruth Strauss Foundation, also Lord’s turned crimson in aid of this charity with the Ashes Test against Australia of this year.
England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tom Harrison said:”We couldn’t be more delighted that Sir Andrew Strauss combines other giants inside the game who were knighted for his or her achievements.
“He ended his playing career in 2012, having scored over 17,000 first-class runs for Middlesex and England.
“In May 2015, Andrew was invited to join the ECB as manager, England cricket, to form the future strategy of the men’s global teams – in part to enable an environment that could see England as dwell contenders for the World Cup in 2019, a goal they thus thrillingly delivered just a couple of short months ago.
“Apart from his accomplishments on and off the pitch, Andrew is broadly considered an exceptional person in our match and this great accolade is going to be famous around the cricketing world.
“Our heartfelt congratulations go to Sir Geoffrey Boycott – praised for his extended career and passionate dedication to the sport.”
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