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Sir Geoffrey Boycott (right), 78, was a polarising figure for his conservative batting and acerbic personality, but that didn’t stop him amassing 8,114 Test runs at an average of 47.72 in an England career that ran between 1964 and 1982. On the other hand, former England and Middlesex batsman Sir Andrew Strauss hit 7,037 runs in 100 Tests from 2004 to 2012.

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