Former England captain Michael Atherton thinks that England’s ‘bazball’ model of cricket isn’t about all-out aggression however a calculated one and added that it has felt that England are usually not in command of what they’re doing. “If you go back to last summer, England’s approach is one of calculated aggression. Here, it seems to be all-out aggression, no matter what,” Atherton informed Sky Sports.

England are behind within the sequence 0-1 after shedding the primary Ashes take a look at at Edgbaston. In the second take a look at, English gamers adopted the identical method within the sport which didn’t work within the earlier match.

Australia within the first innings posted 416 and in response to that England had been capable of rating 325 of their first innings at Lord’s. At the top of day three, Australia had been batting at 130/2, with Khawaja (58*) and Steve Smith (6*) unbeaten.

“They were just the wrong side of reckless in that innings, and this morning in particular with the dismissal of Harry Brook,” Atherton mentioned.

Atherton additionally talked about that the godfather of ‘Bazball’ cricket in England was Eoin Morgan and he would additionally suppose that England is slightly reckless.

“Even Eoin [Morgan] who I reckon is kind of the spiritual godfather of ‘Bazball’ might have thought that that was slightly reckless,” the previous English participant added.

“I don’t know whether it’s because of the Ashes, whether it’s the pace of the bowling. Pace makes you do funny things, it can take you out of your comfort zone. All of the chat around England’s approach, you can sometimes forget what got you to this position,” he added.

Atherton additional mentioned that England are usually not in command of what they’re doing within the match.

“Think about Jonny Bairstow‘s innings at Trent Bridge against New Zealand, that was grasping a moment where he thought it was right to attack. It was calculated risk-taking. Here, it has felt England are not in control of what they are doing,” he mentioned.