Mastodawn

Jonny Bairstow, not known for being a shy and retiring type, has had his say on his involvement with England and the Bazball regime.

Critical of what he perceives as the complacency of the squad, his ire over the handling of Mark Wood should really hit hard.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c239vl9ngy0o

#JonnyBairstow #Cricket #Bazball

Jonny Bairstow criticises "care" shown by England regime under Brendon McCullum and Rob Key

Jonny Bairstow criticises the England set-up, suggesting they need to bring "the care back in the game".

BBC Sport

Jamie Dowling Mar 16

Lancashire's Liam Livingstone may not quite be Brutus to Rob Key's Julius Caesar but he's certainly given Key and Brendon McCullum a kick somewhere painful, if not a knife in the back.

IMO neither Key nor McCullum warrant continuing in their positions. It's time for the Bazball ride and the Key-McCullum favouritism and cloying smugness to come to an end.

Each set up has a sell by date, after which the brand, the team, the attitude, the selection rationale is no longer lovable.

That time has come.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/liam-livingstone-interview-i-asked-england-for-help-i-was-told-i-care-too-much-1528115

#Cricket #Bazball #RobKey

Hampshire Cricket 🤖Feb 17

“Australians do THAT too” 👀🏏

So what does BAZBALL really mean to you? 🤔

#ashes #bazball #hampshirecricket #utilitabowl

Steve Mitchell Jan 22

So I am five books into the year, and this represents the next escapee from the teetering tower that is my to be read pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #TBRpile #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #Bazball #Cricket

Chris Marsden Jan 22

"English cricket remains a metaphor for the country at large: hollowed out and stripped down, a place of VIP queues and boarded-up high streets. A place where people are slowly tuning out, living paycheck to paycheck, bored of experts" #Bazball www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

English cricket remains a meta...

English cricket remains a metaphor for the country as travelling circus rolls on

As Brendon McCullum and Rob Key limp on, perhaps it is worth retracing the steps that brought us here

The Guardian

Thomas Jan 10

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/10/an-ashes-retrospective/
A look back at #TheAshes series that recently concluded, and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #AustraliavEngland #Bazball #photography #birds #heron #comrorants #gulls

An Ashes Retrospective

A quick look back at The Ashes series and a photo gallery.

aspiblog

Chris Marsden Jan 9

"Rob Key looks most vulnerable. Managing directors have to actually manage and direct. Too many details have been glossed. England’s Test, white-ball, Lions and Under-19 teams are all underachieving in a fug of cliquishness and blurred lines" Vale #BazBall #Ashes www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Sack the vibe: goodbye Bazball...

Sack the vibe: goodbye Bazball and hello England’s search for a cricketing soul

There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket’s problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fix

The Guardian

Jamie Dowling Jan 5

Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain are nailing it today in their review of the day's play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlydpiT9dr0

Yesterday I e-mailed the England & Wales Cricket Board politely highlighting some of the problems with the Bazball environment and saying that it is time for change.

The Chair and CEO of the ECB, Richard Thompson and Richard Gould, were in those roles at Surrey CCC in 2013 when they decided to sack the Team Director Chris Adams and 1st Team Coach and Ian Salisbury mid season.

They need to act similarly now.

#Bazball #Cricket #Ashes