This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgment
Travis Head’s latest masterpiece is three days old, the postmortems are complete and England supporters have done their pained vox pops in Australia. And somehow we’re still more than a week out from the second Ashes Test. It’s a hefty gap bound to be filled by rage, moving from the defeat in Perth to the preparation for a pink‑ball affair in Brisbane.
England’s first-stringers could pass the time with a day‑night knockabout against a prime minister’s XI in Canberra. Instead, as planned, it will be a Lions side that plays this weekend, joined by Josh Tongue, Matt Potts and Jacob Bethell, unused squad members in Perth. It is understandable why this has annoyed many, why Michael Vaughan’s soundbite – that it would be “amateurish” not to play the fixture – carries some substance.
Written by Taha Hashim
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/25/england-test-bazball-the-ashes-australia-cricket under the title “England can’t change now: Bazball approach must be seen through to its conclusion | Taha Hashim”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
