*Official* India tour of Ireland and England 2022

[BazBall21]

Yay, Crawley gets three more tests!

Oh and lol India choke

South Africa fan?

 

[Flem274*]

Whatever happens tomorrow, this match is another clear marker of the quick improvements we’ve made. A year ago not only would we have not got a sniff at a chase like this, but I also don’t think we’d have fought back to keep the target below 400 like we did.

Everyone knows there are holes in this side and things we need to do better but it’s really pleasing to watch and every ball I don’t see at the minute gives me FOMO whereas last year every ball I watched made me cry unless Root was batting

No one is meant to have a sniff against roughly 400 lol. Your team is stupid. Imagine the team meetings. McCullum has turned "he's **** bro just smash him bro" into a strategy.

 

[SteveNZ]

BazBall is just Bairstow scoring really quickly and succeeding spectacularly, Stokes playing with wanton abandon with mixed results and Root scoring the same number of runs he has been for ages, but maybe scoring a bit quicker. And others playing their normal game.

Non?

Yep, this is a pretty spot-on assessment. Without YJB, England aren't much more than they were 4 weeks ago.

 

[Flem274*]

I think the best part of Bazball is a couple of other teams will try this* and just fold for 50 several times.

*Probably mine.

 

[slippy888]

Even if England scored 3 runs an over still India would have had 200 runs heading into day 5 which would have made it more of a challenge

 

[Adders]

As much as I'm thoroughly enjoying this apparently rejuvenated England, it would be nice if Baz could get them to turn up for the first 3 days of a test match instead of just arriving on day 4.........as entertaining as this all is.

 

[TheJediBrah]

No one is meant to have a sniff against roughly 400 lol. Your team is stupid. Imagine the team meetings. McCullum has turned "he's **** bro just smash him bro" into a strategy.

That's a solid strategy tbh

works against mediocre attacks like NZ

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Bairstow to 1 Jan 2022: 79 matches, 6 tons. Avg 33.49
Bairstow to now: 87 matches, 11 tons. Avg 37.05 inc. current test.

Not a bad improvement. But probably shows much chaff is in that first subset of 79 matches.

 

[Aritro]

It was only the other week people were discussing whether he's the worst player ever to make it to 80 tests.

 

[Nintendo]

Yep, this is a pretty spot-on assessment. Without YJB, England aren't much more than they were 4 weeks ago.

If YJB isn't there then brooks would be playing, and considering the county form he's been in I would expect similiar results to YJB.

 

[SteveNZ]

If YJB isn't there then brooks would be playing, and considering the county form he's been in I would expect similiar results to YJB.

Well Mrs Brook (I presume you mean Harry Brook, and not Jack Brooks), I certainly appreciate your input and I congratulate you on the success of your boy.

 

[straw man]

Love to see India getting Bazballed too.

#JusticeForSouthee

 

[straw man]

BazBall is just Bairstow scoring really quickly and succeeding spectacularly, Stokes playing with wanton abandon with mixed results and Root scoring the same number of runs he has been for ages, but maybe scoring a bit quicker. And others playing their normal game.

Non?

Bazball is just some guy with sunglasses and a hat sitting on a balcony while everyone speculates endlessly about what this all really means, man.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

BazBall is literally nothing more than the coach being one of the lads and getting the ball changed once in a while

 

[Aritro]

I find it hard to imagine coaches doing anything much at all seeing as we only ever see them looking pensive in shorts.

 

[Bahnz]

Leach: Hey guys, what' going on?
Stokes: Shhh, we're hypnotising Jonny
Bairstow: I've earned the right...6 slips and 3 deep square legs is a normal field set...Mark Reason is a ****...

 

[TheJediBrah]

If YJB isn't there then brooks would be playing, and considering the county form he's been in I would expect similiar results to YJB.

Bro are u srs

 

[Chrish]

May as well call this out. England just produced 3 incredible chases in a row in one series, at some stage they're not going to get one right. To call it embarrassing is pretty out there. These are cricketers, not cyborgs, they're going to fall in their mission at some stage.

Overreacting much? Anyways, I didn’t mean not to give credit to this incredible effort. Just saying they are in a dominant position and would suck if they loose from here..

 

[Chrish]

And it’s amusing seeing Kiwis trying to justify their recent belting based on this game

 

[Flem274*]

And it’s amusing seeing Kiwis trying to justify their recent belting based on this game

if the english scum (and i would like to emphasize the word scum here) pull this off its worse than us. india even picked a sensible number of bowlers.