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Claiming a Bazball victory against Ireland hardly counts so needs to be taken out of the stats, which means that the forgotten 1 against India keeps the win % the same.

The other factor to keep in mind is that Bairstow is terrible behind the stumps and cost the Poms at least 3 wickets against Australia. He cost the team 98 runs and only made 78 with the bat so that’s a negative 20 which would could been the difference??? Agree that England have few world class bowlers, most notably a spinner (will see how the young kid goes).

Bazball has been successful because of it’s shock factor, which mean teams have played differently against it. Prime example was the defensive fields Cummins set from over 1 which resulted in easy singles being picked off and then had fields being quickly changed when Root had success with an unconventional shot, which opened up the field for more conventional shots.

The other example was how Khawaja fell in the 1st innings when Stokes set a field right out of the table top felt based game Test Cricket we played as a kid. Instead of playing a conventional shot by pushing forward (the ball would have struck him outside the line of off) and opening the face for easy runs behind square, he tried to play a fancy shot by exposing all his stumps and got out to rank ball from a foul mouthed muppet. Patience and soft hands was all that was required instead of trying to beat them at their own silly game.

Once teams get over the shock of Bazball and cooler heads with better tactics prevail, we will see how long it lasts and how supportive the English crowds and press are when the losses start to rack up? That said, it certainly is entertaining to watch, especially when the test comes down to the final 28 balls for an Aussie win.

Bazball: You can’t fight mean reversion

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