15 JULY 2000, Page 27

Proof positive

From Mr Ross Clark Sir: Of course Geoff Boycott is innocent ('He did not bat her', 8 July). The prosecu- tion alleged that he got in 20 blows, all at once. If Boycott had really been responsi- ble, it would have taken him until about teatime on the third day.

Ross Clark Reach, Cambridge