Geoffrey Boycott will continue as a BBC Test Match Special pundit after offering an unreserved apology for an alleged racist comment. <\/p>\n
The 76-year-old former England and Yorkshire batsman suggested he would have a better chance of being knighted if he blacked up, the Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
And Boycott responded on Twitter, accepting his comments were unacceptable and clearly wrong. <\/p>\n
Boycott will remain an outspoken expert on BBC Radio 4s TMS, the BBCs flagship cricket programme, a spokesman for the corporation said. <\/p>\n
A BBC spokesperson said: He has rightly apologised unreservedly for these clearly unacceptable comments. He will be part of the team for the West Indies Tests. <\/p>\n
The Mirror reported that Boycott was speaking at a question and answer session during a break in play of the England v West Indies day-night Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. <\/p>\n
Boycott was alleged to have said knighthoods were handed out like confetti to West Indies cricketers, including Sir Viv Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Curtly Ambrose. <\/p>\n
The Mirror reported Boycott said: Mines been turned down twice. Id better black me face. <\/p>\n
Boycott wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: Speaking at an informal gathering I was asked a question and I realise my answer was unacceptable. <\/p>\n
I meant no offence but what I said was clearly wrong and I apologise unreservedly. I have loved West Indian cricket my whole life and have the utmost respect for its players. <\/p>\n
Boycott played 108 Tests for England, scoring 8114 runs at an average of 47.72. He hit 22 Test centuries and 42 half centuries. <\/p>\n
He was renowned for his defensive play, but more recently Boycott has become known for his at times scathing punditry on television and radio. <\/p>\n
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