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#Bazball is BACK, lads

#cricket

#Bazball is BACK, lads

#cricket

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

https://newsletter.tf/james-rew-england-test-selection-april-11-2026/

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
https://newsletter.tf/james-rew-england-test-selection-april-11-2026/

So I am five books into the year, and this represents the next escapee from the teetering tower that is my to be read pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #TBRpile #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #Bazball #Cricket

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/10/an-ashes-retrospective/
A look back at #TheAshes series that recently concluded, and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #AustraliavEngland #Bazball #photography #birds #heron #comrorants #gulls

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/10/an-ashes-retrospective/
A look back at #TheAshes series that recently concluded, and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #AustraliavEngland #Bazball #photography #birds #heron #comrorants #gulls

Sir Alastair Cook expresses interest in joining England men`s coaching staff. Michael Atherton proposes a disciplined voice to restore performance standards. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/cricket/alastair-cook-england-coaching-role-atherton-proposal-ihi01w4e?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AlaisterCook #englandcricket #Ashes #BrendonMcCullum #bazball

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

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

So now we are back to #bazball #Ashes #cricket #Ashes2025

So now we are back to #bazball #Ashes #cricket #Ashes2025

England has struggled to maintain momentum, failing to win any five-match series against Australia or India, with 16 defeats in 33 matches. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/cricket/end-of-bazball-era-farewell-to-brendon-as-shastri-set-to-take-over-as-england-coach-efh2whxk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BrendonMcCullum #RaviShastri #Bazball #Ashes #England

"It's just the England cricket team back in town ..." (Moir, 23/12/25)
#ausnews #vicnews #moir #summer #ashes #cricket #england #australia #tests #bazball

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/opinion/alan-moir/moirs-view-1413/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

İngiltere’nin Ashes serisindeki Bazball stratejisi, beklenenden önce kayba uğradı. Bu durum, takımların hızla adaptasyon ve veriyle yönlendirilmiş strateji geliştirme gerekliliğini hatırlattı. Sizin takıma benzer bir dönüşümdeyseniz, deneyimlerinizi paylaşın.

🚩 #Cricket #Ashes2024 #Bazball #SportsStrategy

The best English team since 2010, isn't that right Broady? #Ashes #Ashes2025 #AUSvENG #cricket #bazball

The best English team since 2010, isn't that right Broady? #Ashes #Ashes2025 #AUSvENG #cricket #bazball

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

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

"With this sort of batting and bowling, they couldn't win an egg cup, let alone the Ashes urn," stated Geoffrey Boycott. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/cricket/bazball-in-ashes-stokes-says-the-dressing-room-he-captains-is-not-a-place-for-weak-men-kqckmp0b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BenStokes #Bazball #BrendonMcCullum #AustraliavsEngland #Ashes

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://www.fogolf.com/1107128/liv-golf-is-clear-winner-of-tussle-with-pga-tour/ LIV Golf is clear winner of tussle with PGA Tour #Bazball #business #Golf #GolfNews #IndianPremierLeague #LivGolf #news #PgaTour #RoryMcilroy #sport #SportBusiness #TheHundred

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

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

#Bazball on the Archers 🏏

#Bazball on the Archers 🏏

I see that Jacob Bethell is set to make his test debut batting at number three in the order, a position he has never previously occupied in professional cricket. England determined to learn nothing from either their own experience with Daniel Lawrence opening for the first time at test level or the recent brief and brutal test debut experience of Nathan McSweeney (Australia), opening for the first time in his professional career.
#cricket #TestCricket #NZvENG #Bazball

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

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

Forget #Bazball
#Ashwin hints at #Gamball
After #India shatter world records to beat #Bangladesh in 5 sessions
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/forget-bazball-ashwin-hints-at-gamball-after-india-shatter-world-records-to-beat-bangladesh-in-5-sessions-101727806434902.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

#BazBall going well then

#Cricket

#BazBall going well then

#Cricket

Highs and lows of #Bazball eh? 😐

6 already without a ball bowled. #Bazball run rate

6 already without a ball bowled. #Bazball run rate

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

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!