‘Bazball’ isn’t revolutionary but it is the kind of Test cricket needed now

England may have lost the match, but cricket was the ultimate winner in the first Test at Edgbaston

23 June 2023 - 11:15

By Stuart Hess AND Stuart Hess

Maybe England captain Ben Stokes in the aftermath of his side’s loss in the first Ashes Test should have channelled his inner Marcus Decimus Meridius and uttered: ‘Are you not entertained?’

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