05-07-2022, 21:58
Genuinely incredible stuff at Edgbaston this weekend. Largest run-chase in England's Test history knocked off at a canter. Coincidentally, I'm currently reading Hitting Against The Spin, the excellent book published last year about data and innovation in cricket, and how risk vs reward drives new tactics in sport. I'm still not 100% convinced that Baz-ball is a long-term solution or a substitute for breeding a generation of red-ball batsmen who can occupy the crease, but as things stand, it does look like the start of something very revolutionary in Test cricket.
I guess the acid test will be what happens when teams get wise to England's strategy and begin to adapt.
I guess the acid test will be what happens when teams get wise to England's strategy and begin to adapt.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley