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*Official* England in NZ 2023

RossTaylorsBox

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Pope is such a great microcosm of this. Here are his strike rates per innings since he was recalled at #3 as part of the Bazball era.


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There was definitely always a concerted effort to play with more freedom when McCullum/Stokes took over but I feel like the more people talk about it the more extremes they seem to take it to.
Wow just like capitalism
 

Pothas

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Pope is such a great microcosm of this. Here are his strike rates per innings since he was recalled at #3 as part of the Bazball era.


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There was definitely always a concerted effort to play with more freedom when McCullum/Stokes took over but I feel like the more people talk about it the more extremes they seem to take it to.
Yeah it got way more extreme from that first Pakistan test. The South Africa series was relatively normal. A lot of that has got to be down to conditions and attacks faced but yeah definitely an element of it self perpetuating.
 

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