Today's Number: 30

Thursday 01 July 1993 23:02 BST
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The number of Test matches that Geoff Boycott voluntarily missed before returning to play in the third Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in 1977. Boycott scored a century as England won by seven wickets, their last victory over Australia at Nottingham and their first there since 1930.

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