‘No one like Sehwag’: As England stumbles to 100/5, fans slam it’s overhyped ‘Bazball’ approach
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Baseball, England’s new attacking approach instilled by captain Ben Stokesbecame a butt of jokes on social media as it stumbled to 100 for 5 against a powerful South African seam attack in the first session of the first test of the three-Test series that started on Wednesday.
Opinion: What Bazball actually says about cricket: English are triumphing in home conditions
For the unversed, ‘Bazball’ refers to the new approach England have taken up in Test cricket, where the batsmen do not shy away from injecting a bit of pace into their batting innings.
Stokes’ approach has ruffled the feathers of Test purists with South African captain Dean Elgar daring Englishmen to try the approach against his team.
Baseball, England’s new attacking approach instilled by captain Ben Stokesbecame a butt of jokes on social media as it stumbled to 100 for 5 against a powerful South African seam attack in the first session of the first test of the three-Test series that started on Wednesday.
Opinion: What Bazball actually says about cricket: English are triumphing in home conditions
For the unversed, ‘Bazball’ refers to the new approach England have taken up in Test cricket, where the batsmen do not shy away from injecting a bit of pace into their batting innings.
Stokes’ approach has ruffled the feathers of Test purists with South African captain Dean Elgar daring Englishmen to try the approach against his team.
“I’d like to see them do it against our seamers,” said South Africa captain Dean Elgar in a provocative call to arms in the build-up to the series.
Elgar’s challenge seems to be bearing fruits so far as his pace battery has successfully thwarted England’s batting in the first session.
Here’s how fans reacted after England stumbled in its first session.
#BazBall when there’s help for the bowlers in the pitch and it’s overcast. #ENGvSA https://t.co/tcieOt9H5E
— Prantik (@Pran__07) 1660734121000
1st day.. 1st session of 3 tests series.. side effects of Bazball already? 100 in 25 but 5 wickets down.. South A… https://t.co/PrMj4QrWFx
— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) 1660737954000
Bazball when asked to bat first: https://t.co/O9BunaSnjk
— ء (@rustincohle_7) 1660735377000
Beginning of the end of bazball https://t.co/Cj5IVl3jXX
— Pranav Paraswar (@ParaswarPranav) 1660730422000
They said they’ll outplay us with their Bazball #ENGvSA https://t.co/jgwVii8gtS
— Bogobe Connoisseur (@alikomape) 1660735944000
@CricCrazyJohns Bazball against this attack..This gonna be fun https://t.co/Ia0z7tyrA2
— Kri (@KrishK74) 1660731312000
Hold your horses, SA fans
Resisting the urge to tweet “bAzBaLl” after every wicket because SA still has to bat https://t.co/FKdFiWEkDf
— 👁 (@halfageminii) 1660735195000
‘Bustball’
At least for now South Africa has turned “bazball” into “busball” hahahahaha SA’s pace attack has ripped through th… https://t.co/QHh4G5nn7c
— Waheed Khan (@waheedkhan) 1660735377000
Coincidence?
Ross Taylor releases his book. BazBall crumbles. Coincidence? I think not.
— Lily Franklin (@lilyffranklin13) 1660737378000
Interesting conversations
England: Knock KnockProteas: Who’s there?England: BazballProteas: Bazball WHO?#ProteaFire #EngvsSA @OfficialCSA @SuperSportTV
— brett Fish anderson (@BrettFishA) 1660735471000
English Press: What do you make of Bazball?Elgar: We’re not interested in Bazball.Stokes: Then why do you keep… https://t.co/pl4ShVXgDu
— Sean Wilson (@SimplySean_) 1660721748000
Jonny Jonny, Yes PapaFlat track bully? No PapaTelling lies? No PapaScore against SA? Hahahah..#CricketTwitter #ENGvSA #Bazball
— Anuj Nitin Prabhu 🏏 (@APTalksCricket) 1660736347000
All hail the guy who invented bazball
People before bazball 👇 https://t.co/yJzRNKme5B
— Raja Sekhar Yadav (@cricketwithraju) 1660707689000
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