Bazball : the inside story of a test cricket revolution
Booth, Lawrence2024
Book
The inside story of how England transformed the way Test cricket is played. Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult, two of the game's most respected writers, reveal how Bazball swept the England dressing room and transformed the team's fortunes. After one win in 17 by the start of the summer of 2022, England needed something new. For 145 years, Test cricket was played mainly in one way: batters laid a foundation before daring to attack - and, even then, only if circumstances were favourable. Bowlers tried to bowl maidens, calculating that they would eventually force an error. But the old ways weren't working. Then came 'Bazball', driven by new head coach in Brendon ('Baz') McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. What followed was one of the most thrilling revolutions in any sport, as a rudderless and ridiculed England Test team became - almost overnight - cricket's most talked-about phenomenon. They embarked on a brand of Test cricket that breathed life into an ailing format, breaking records as they went on to win 11 out 13 Tests before taking on world champions Australia in a dramatic Ashes contest that ended 2-2.
Main title:
Bazball : the inside story of a test cricket revolution / Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult.
Author:
Booth, Lawrence, authorHoult, Nick, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.©2023
Collation:
viii, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781526672063 (paperback)
Dewey class:
796.35865796.3586
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
494369