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A year ago, Jonny Bairstow strode out to bat at Trent Bridge, and bludgeoned 136 in little over a session that left, the then,…
It didn’t come as a great surprise to me that Marnus Labuschagne went on to have a great Australian summer. As an Australian who’s…
They have definitely made mistakes, it depends how they learn from it. Last year, thay simply turned up the aggression, which worked for them. Might be different against Australia.
A year on: What to make of the emergence of Bazball?
Agreed, I’m sure he’ll be tested as teams work to find holes in his technique. But it was a promising start.
The summer of Marnus was no surprise
But in the right conditions two average sides can make some very entertaining cricket.
Newlands Test the tonic after flat Australian summer
Tougher batting conditions produce better batters, the flatter Aussie wickets do nothing to help our batsmen when they tour. Warner in the recent Ashes is a perfect example of a fish out of water.
Newlands Test the tonic after flat Australian summer
Bankers, builders or bin men, everyone gets the day off but this has made me realise how I’ve inadvertently used an English term in an Aussie article.
The summer of Marnus was no surprise
Thanks Paul. I’d never heard of Labuschagne before the Ashes warm up matches and in the first five minutes of his call up I just felt the poor guy was horribly out of his depth. But I was proven wrong and by the time Smith was set to return to the team Labuschagne had earned his place through merit.
It was a gritty, promising start and it was pleasing to see him score runs back home.
As for my wife….. the more runs he scores the more she dislikes him so it’s not going well at the minute.
The summer of Marnus was no surprise
Fair points made. There’s more to Bazball than an aggressive batting approach, it’s more about not letting your dictating the game and keeping you opponent on the back foot. I felt the Aussies fell into that trap and were a bit more reactive, especially in the field. I think they’ll learn from that and the win instantly put pressure back onto England before the second test even started.
A year on: What to make of the emergence of Bazball?