How is this England team saving test cricket? This Bazball nonsense is an affront to test cricket. They picked a part time wicketkeeper who’s little better than club standard with the gloves, a half fit all rounder captain who could only bowl sparingly, a 40 year seamer who’s been crocked with injury all year and had bowling figures of 1 for 109 and a 37 spinner brought out of 2 year test retirement about 2 weeks ago and who gets injured and can’t bowl on Day 5.
Throwing away wickets batting in 20/20 mode, a wicketkeeper who couldn’t catch Covid, dropped coaches everywhere and a bowling attack so toothless it couldn’t skittle a few Australian tailenders on Day 5 who were able to knock off a 9th wicket match winning stand of 55.
That’s the 2nd time in the last 3 tests that England have declared with only 8 wickets down in the first innings and lost.