Whenever David Green belched he would say “Boycott!” and since he belched a lot “Boycott” was probably one of the first few words I ever heard him say, followed, in short order, by a philippic against “whichever fucker” had forgotten to replace the cellophane wrap on the tray of sandwiches at the back of the press box, the admonishment of a sloppy piece of outfielding, and a caustic enquiry about whether any of the rest of us could possibly help him solve a cryptic crossword clue which he probably already knew the answer to.
Green, who played county cricket for 15 years, and wrote about it for another 30, was one of those characters people worry aren’t around any more. He died in 2016.
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/15/cricket-vices-harder-to-keep-secret under the title “Cricket’s vices are no more common – it’s just harder to keep them secret | Andy Bull”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
