England’s method below coach Brendon McCullum – one which’s been in buzz since final English cricket summer time – has been put below scanner with back-to-back defeats within the ongoing Ashes sequence in opposition to the World Test champions. 

Ashes – Third Test – England v Australia – Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, Britain – July 9, 2023 England’s Ben Stokes and Harry Brook stroll off at lunch. (Reuters)

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has an recommendation for the England males’s Test cricket crew. Abort the hyper-attacking fashion of batting a.ok.a Bazball.

“As for Bazball, forget it. It happened against lesser quality bowling, but against a top-class Australian attack it’s back to good old grinding batting and not T20 shots,” Gavaskar wrote in his latest column for Mid Day. “Test cricket is after all, Test cricket.”

England’s method below coach Brendon McCullum – one which’s been in buzz since final English cricket summer time – has been put below scanner with back-to-back defeats within the ongoing Ashes sequence in opposition to the World Test champions.

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Under McCullum’s tenure as head coach, England have defeated New Zealand 3-0 at dwelling, drawn in opposition to the Black Caps 1-1 away, gained a Test sequence in Pakistan, and defeated India and Ireland in one-off Tests.

Pat Cummins’ Australian facet profitable the Edgbaston and Lord’s Test because the English batters fizzle out owing to aggressive shot choice has been a bigger theme of debate.

In the continuing Headingley Test, Ben Stokes and Co are 153/4 at Lunch on Day 4, chasing 251 after Australia had been dismissed for 224 within the second innings on Saturday.