May draws Brexit inspiration from Boycott

Defiant Theresa May compared her premiership with an innings by England cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott.

The Yorkshire opener was famed for his dogged style and the Prime Minister has previously described him as her favourite player.

After being rocked by the resignations of two Cabinet ministers and calls to quit from senior MPs, Mrs May drew inspiration from the cricketer – now a strident commentator on TV and radio.

Asked if she would “resign as captain”, Mrs May told a Downing Street press conference: “One of my cricket heroes was always Geoffrey Boycott.

“And what do you know about Geoffrey Boycott? Geoffrey Boycott stuck to it and he got the runs in the end.”

Cricket-loving Mrs May was given personalised Tupperware by Boycott in 2017.

The gift was to make amends after Mrs May accused the former cricketer of keeping the container she used to take chocolate brownies to the Test Match Special commentary box.

Appearing on the show in 2017 she said: “I have made brownies for TMS before, once when Geoffrey Boycott invited me to Headingley I brought some brownies up and handed them to Geoffrey.

“I don’t know whether they ever made it into the TMS box … all I will say is Geoffrey Boycott has still got my Tupperware.”