Does ‘Bazball’ need to evolve?
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by England batter Tammy Beaumont, former opener Michael Carberry and Sussex Head Coach Paul Farbrace to discuss where it went wrong for England in the third Test against India.
You’ll hear Test head coach Brendan McCullum’s thoughts on England’s defeat and their style of play while we analyse the success and longevity of ‘Bazball’.
We also look ahead to how England can approach their next Test in Ranchi.
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| 0:48.6 | Hello, welcome to the Test My Special Podcast, England a 2-1 down against India after a hammering |
| 0:56.5 | in the third test over the next hour. We'll look at where it went wrong and whether England's |
| 1:01.3 | approach needs to evolve for the remaining two tests or maybe whether it's something else, who knows, alongside us for this one, |
| 1:07.8 | current England batter Tammy Beaumont, former opener Michael Carberry and |
| 1:11.8 | ex-assisted coach Paul Farbrace now in charge of Sussex. |
| 1:14.8 | One from each view on all of this and then we're going to hear from Brendan McCollum. |
| 1:19.7 | But three matches in Tammy, two one down you are you glass half empty or half full |
| 1:26.0 | half full kind of girl I think we're obviously trying to emulate something similar with the women's team |
| 1:31.6 | so I'm fully on board with |
| 1:33.7 | Bazball or I don't like the name so yeah for me I'm I think the best is yet to come |
| 1:38.7 | Michael half full or half empty? I'm concerned. |
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