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  1. England's Rew Conundrum: Purist or Player for the Moment?

    James Rew selected for England Test team on April 11 2026. Debate over his purist style vs Bazball. Who is affected and what happens next?

    #JamesRew, #EnglandCricket, #Bazball, #TestCricket, #CricketSelection

    newsletter.tf/james-rew-englan

  2. James Rew, aged 21, has been selected for England's Test team. This is a linear progression based on his first-class record, which averages 25.44.

    #JamesRew, #EnglandCricket, #Bazball, #TestCricket, #CricketSelection
    newsletter.tf/james-rew-englan

  3. ‘Brendon McCullum and I are the right people to carry on’: England skipper Ben Stokes ahead of 5th Ashes Test | Cricket News

    England captain Ben Stokes speaks with coach Brendon McCullum (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) England captain Ben S…
    #NewsBeep #News #Cricket #Ashes2025-26 #bazball #BenStokes #BrendonMcCullum #cricket #CricketNews #Englandcricketteam #EnglandTestcoach #EnglandvsAustralia #Sports #sydneycricketground #Testseries #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/348436/

  4. For all the hot takes about how #BazBall ruined the #BoxingDayTest, it was hardly the reason that Australia lost 20 wickets in 8 hours of play.

    Wherever the blame should fall, a big chunk is on our shoulders too.

    #Ashes #Ashes2025

  5. Harry Brook will rein in batting technique as England confirm team change for Adelaide Test

    England star Harry Brook has conceded he needs to rein his batting in, labelling the shots he played…
    #NewsBeep #News #Sports #Ashes #AU #Australia #bazball #Cricket #England #HarryBrook #sports
    newsbeep.com/au/349645/

  6. I don't feel Brendon McCullum should get the axe for this #Ashes debacle. I think the ECB should wait and see. Maybe after 3-4 more Ashes debacles they can make a decision. Ten debacles tops.

    #Cricket #AusVEng #Baz #Bazball

  7. According to Stuart Broad, this is the worst Australian team since 2010, and they've just thrashed the "best English team since 2010". Okay, what's going to happen when the first-choice players come back into the Aussie squad? 😎 #AUSvENG #Ashes #bazball

  8. @MattHatton I have a brilliant idea, let's pretend we are good at T20 and play that way in tests #BAZBALL

  9. Obviously nobody has taught Jamie smith the benefits of a good forward defensive stroke.
    😂🤣
    #ausvseng #ashes #bazball

  10. Cricket commentators asking if this is the evolution of Bazball.
    Waiting to pick the right ball to hit to the boundary.

    It’s called Test Cricket, been doing it for 150 odd years.

    #ausvseng #ashes #bazball

  11. We have rewatched the Head innings in the 1st test at Perth. It was probably one of the most incredible, idiosyncratic centuries in living Ashes history, but was it the best? No. The bowling was awful and Head got away with shots that other bowling sides would not have allowed.

    But Head's innings should have its spot in Ashes history for the audacity and the context in which he batted - no batsman had got over 50 in the game before him and certainly had not batted for anywhere near as long. His audacious stroke play definitely threw the bowlers off their plans and discipline.

    He was seeing that ball like a football. He transgressed all the rules of good batting technique by doing things like pulling balls that were pitching on the offside and cutting balls pitching on the leg. He used his thighs instead of his feet at times to rock into the right position to hit the ball. He middled the ball and timed it superbly. His technique is unique and probably impossible to imitate.

    Head deserves credit for volunteering himself to open the innings to replace Khwarja, the regular opener. Batting as an opener facing a brand new ball and responsibility to set the team up well, is very different to batting a wearing ball in the middle of the order.

    Travball is Bazball with brains. The English are late to that style of play. The Australians (eg. Gilchrist) and before them the West Indians, (Viv Richards et al.) started playing that way years ago. The English have got a lot to learn about this style of play. You still have to play to the conditions and adjust the way you play according to the ground you are playing in.

    #cricket #TheAshes #Ashes #BazBall

  12. CW: AUSvIND

    The Australians really should've rescinded their appeal. #Bazball #itsjustnotcricket

  13. The best bit of the Stokes dismissal was not just that he left a ball going on to hit the stumps, he also left a ball going on to hit his dick. That’s #Bazball, baby. #PAKvENG

  14. Stokes is trying to declare the West Indies innings. #Bazball

  15. Ugh, I'm not getting a lot of fun out of this session #cricket #TestMatch #bazball 🏏

  16. And England make the vital 300. Test #cricket is magic 🧨 #BazBall

  17. 6 already without a ball bowled. #Bazball run rate

  18. 67-1 at close for England. I might set an alarm to wake up early for the 4th. #BAZBALL

  19. Put a couple of quid on #Eng at 11-1 and after a blazing start they’re already down to 5-1. Still a hell of a long way to go and two quick wickets would immediately take the shine off. But with #BazBall you truly just never know!

  20. First time I've ever got into the #cricket and have been absolutely loving (although not so much today) #TheAshes. I've found #Bazball to really help as an entry point and was heartened to see the #ICEC report, which no doubt signals a coming era of positive change. However. I have just considered buying a couple of tickets for me and a friend and across all remaining Tests, you can't pick up a ticket for less than £300. Class-based discrimination indeed.

    #Ashes