Test Pakistan v England (3 Test Matches)

[sabso]

The better modern tailend batsmen bazball already, and it works pretty well for them in confidently taking on bowling without letting such petty things as technique get in the way. Think southee in this nz India game or sajid twatting 48 off 48.

The idea with these England guys is to give top order players a tailender mentality. So Pope can play forward to a back of a length turner without worrying that such shithousery will cramp his style.

Bazball started with a crop of below-par test batsmen averaging mid-30s and it still has a crop of below-par test batsmen averaging mid-30s.

 

[PhatBoy]

They did it before, people are right. They played attacking cricket without throwing their wicket away however. For someone who spends all his day in this forum you really know nothing.

Bazball is an extension of attacking cricket that is higher risk. Australia played attacking cricket but at a lower risk than Bazball. Simple. But you know according to you Australia are satan incarnate and have never done anything worthwhile.

Jog on brother. There’s a rally in Corowa that need someone to hand the masks out. I’m not wrapping them you clown.
Of course people played attacking cricket before.

Saying this has been done before is like saying ‘this has been done before’ when Shane Warne came along because people had bowled leg spin previously.

Yes it had been done but not at the extreme that he did it.
People have always attacked. Gilbert Jessop did it. George Bonnor did it. Victor Trumper did it.
No one has scored this consistently fast in history, though. Debate its effectiveness all you want. But that’s not what is being argued.

Twenty20 cricket had been done before - Martin Crowe’s CricketMax - do you think that his product was at the extent of t20

Hang on I’d better go suck off Michael Slater because he crushed a few hundreds at a strike rate in the 50s

 

[corbies]

The disdain he shows for being asked a fair and reasonable question here is incredible. It is genuinely a cult.

McCullum was the exact same when questioned by Hussain.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

A bit of credit needs to go to Pakistan here, they got their foot on Englands throat and they didn’t let up. Shakeel was magnificent, and the tail did their job.

Ali and Khan changed their length and speeds beautifully to trap the English bats in no man’s land.

Stokes looks like he needs a few months off, weight of the world on his shoulders. That leave to be trapped LBW was as bad as you’ll ever see.