BazBall is Dead

[Peterlee James]

Agree with the first two but who would replace Stokes as captain?

Ollie po…. Would need to be Harry Brook.

That’s my worry, I think we’re stuck with Bazball for a while tbh, unless a new coach comes in and says certainly not.

Brook is textbook bazball and would just try and move it forward exactly the same way as stokes did/does

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Ollie po…. Would need to be Harry Brook.

That’s my worry, I think we’re stuck with Bazball for a while tbh, unless a new coach comes in and says certainly not.

Brook is textbook bazball and would just try and move it forward exactly the same way as stokes did/does

Brook will take it to a whole new level. Shit for brains that lad when he needs to properly think

 

[Peterlee James]

Brook will take it to a whole new level. Shit for brains that lad when he needs to properly think

Totally agree mate, seems thick as mince.

“We will just go harder”

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

40 years ago the criticism was about an amateurish panel of selectors led by a bloke who had been a good player, Peter May, who wasn’t involved in the game and had a career in the City of London. Under this supposedly professional set up we are actually worse.

 

[smoker]

You know exactly what I mean though. Crawley especially is a genius at it

I do. That 75-85 every six to eight innings keeps the useless twat in the team.

At what point do we decide Crawley and Pope have had sufficient opportunity to progress and should be dropped for their performances, if only to preserve a meritocratic pathway into the team and healthy competition for places?

Central contracts need to go as they create sunk cost fallacy where players are safe as houses once they're on the list.

 

[sonson]

Test cricket is a very specific mindset which the ECB is basically diametrically opposed to.

Fundamentakly there isn't the respect for the form - see how many Bazball games have been about trying to reduce the amount of time played - and the bottom line is over a format almost exclusively about investment in a certain set of qualities you'll get found out eventually if your heart isn't in it.

Mind I would add that there is an English mentality in every sport to wildly overestimate talent irrespective of form. The odds going in to this tour on the basis of every demonstrable factor were that it would be a pasting.

 

[elder]

they haven't really played bazball though, have they...?
they've just batted really badly, no foot movement + poor shot selection, particularly from the top order "batsmen" and they've generally bowled a woeful line and length (as usual here).

there's grade cricketers here that would do better than some of this test side. basic, basic cricketing errors made each and every session.

 

[Beau Peep]

40 years ago the criticism was about an amateurish panel of selectors led by a bloke who had been a good player, Peter May, who wasn’t involved in the game and had a career in the City of London. Under this supposedly professional set up we are actually worse.

That was when he had the best 198 first class cricketers playing four days of first class cricket every ten days all summer to select from! When selectors selected and actually had selections to make!

 

[Ongo Baglogian]

Stokes is going to be the first captain in a long time who hasn’t won a 5 match series. Even Root beat India 4-1.

 

[smoker]

Stokes is going to be the first captain in a long time who hasn’t won a 5 match series. Even Root beat India 4-1.

Would have beaten India 3-1 but for a couple of zany arse selections.

 

[Beau Peep]

Would have beaten India 3-1 but for a couple of zany arse selections.

One baffling selection of a chubby middle of the road county utility player, Craig Overton, one selection of Jacob Bethell, a T20 slogger straight out of sixth form without a FC century (both ostensibly for their ability with the bat), and one selection of a flat batted slap to mid off by a dimwitted ADHD Yorkshireman who couldn't resist any more after almost winning us the test and series.

 

[Aidan11]

Let's hope we've seen the last of bazball.

It was entertaining at first but it's proven to be very flawed.

 

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[Eggman]

Would have beaten India 3-1 but for a couple of zany arse selections.

Which presumably he had a say in.

I don’t think he’s the zany, inspirational captain that some of the media would have you believe. More of a stubborn skipper with one plan and one plan only

Let's hope we've seen the last of bazball.

It was entertaining at first but it's proven to be very flawed.

McCullum never played his cricket under the same scrutiny as he gets with England. As a player he could afford to be carefree as that attitude only affected his game, but the same attitude doesn’t transmit well when you are meant to set the standards.

We could do with a player calling him out, but I’ll not hold my breath