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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]
by
Sithara007
on 20/02/2024, 07:46:18 UTC
Bazball is interesting but it cannot be applied in every matches and pitch conditions, England won the first Test because of the way they played but they failed to replicate the same performance in winning the next two matches, even in the third Test, the way Ben Duckett played was extraordinary but the rest of the batsman were not able to take advantage of the situation and they kept loosing wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played one of the most incredible second innings and showed how and when they need to attack unlike Bazball, taking on James Anderson and scoring 3 consecutive sixes was extraordinary.

Bazball is not a bad option in this series for England. The one who used it (Ben Duckett) scored plenty of runs, and managed to put the Indian bowlers under a lot of pressure. On the other hand, those who played defensively, such as Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes didn't managed to get the scoreboard moving. At least against the Indian pacers, Bazball seems to be a good option. Duckett never allowed Mohammed Siraj to settle down (although Siraj came back strongly and cleaned up the lower order in first innings).