It was at that stage, I assure you. And, with S. Africa's best bowler off the field, that should have been the time to capitalise. Instead Cook prodded and nudged at the thing as though it were a live hand grenade. ****.
Funny...you can find a lot of youtube clips of Boycott playing some pretty ugly shots. He isn't the prettiest to watch.
That said, some of the wickets he is batting on look rather suspect.
Either way....lets not criticise a batsman for scoring slowly. Its silly. Some of my best innings were my slowest.