Sir Geoffrey Boycott re-admitted to hospital with pneumonia and is 'unable to eat or drink' - after undergoing cancer surgery last week

Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been re-admitted to hospital and is being treated for pneumonia, after having undergone surgery last week.

The 83-year-old former England Test cricketer had been diagnosed with throat cancer earlier this month and on Wednesday, had undergone a three-hour surgery to remove the cancer.

Boycott was released from hospital 48 hours after the procedure, which had been a 'success'. But on Sunday, his family released a statement on social media confirming that the ex-batsman had suffered a setback in his recovery and was being treated for pneumonia.

'Thank you all for the well wishes, we’ve been blown away by the sheer number of them!' his daughter, Emma, wrote on her father's X (formerly Twitter) account.

'Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse and my Father has developed pneumonia and is unable to eat or drink so is back in hospital on oxygen and a feeding tube for the foreseeable.'

Earlier this month, Boycott had revealed to The Telegraph that his cancer had returned. 

It comes more than 20 years after he had been first diagnosed with the illness back in 2003, with Boycott going into remission following a spell of radiotherapy treatment. 

'In the last few weeks I have had an MRI scan, CT scan, a PET scan and two biopsies and it has now been confirmed I have throat cancer and will require an operation,' he said.

'From past experience I realise that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and quite a bit of luck and even if the operation is successful every cancer patient knows they have to live with the possibility of it returning. So I will just get on with it and hope for the best.' 

During a distinguished playing career, Boycott would establish himself as one of England's all-time greatest batters, scoring 8114 Test runs for England between 1964-1982, ranking him seventh in England's all time leading runs scorers. 

Boycott would also amass more than 48,000 first class runs for Yorkshire during his domestic career, while hitting 151 centuries. 

He would retire from cricket in 1986 and would step into broadcasting, spending 14 years with the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team, stepping away from the broadcaster in 2020. 

He would also undergo a quadruple heart bypass in 2018, which he stated played a part in his reason to step away from commentary.