Leicester wants Richard III to make money, says Boycott
BY Agencies12 Aug 2014 4:31 AM IST
Agencies12 Aug 2014 4:31 AM IST
Yorkshireman and British cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott has claimed that Leicestershire county only wants to reinter the body of King Richard III, over 500 years after his death, to make money. Speaking during the India-England Test match at Old Trafford, Boycott said the county had ‘pinched our Yorkshire king’. The 73-year-old former England batsman went on to say he should be returned to Yorkshire.But Jonathan Agnew, commentating with him, stuck up for Leicestershire, the county where he lives. The pair were speaking during the Fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford.
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