S8 Ep657: Summary 1 Jeremy Zakis discusses the failures of England’s aggressive "Bazball" strategy in five-day test matches. Australian cricket legends urge England to adopt a more conservative approach to remain competitive. The conversation also highlights a crit
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🗓️ 29 March 2026
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Summary 1 Jeremy Zakis discusses the failures of England’s aggressive "Bazball" strategy in five-day test matches. Australian cricket legends urge England to adopt a more conservative approach to remain competitive. The conversation also highlights a critical shortage of cricket balls in the Northern Hemisphere caused by supply chain disruptions in the Gulf. (1)
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| 0:39.2 | Jeremy's taught me enough of cricket. |
| 0:41.3 | I've never played it. |
| 0:42.8 | I've never been to a cricket match. |
| 0:44.9 | But I read about it now because Jeremy's given me the rules |
| 0:47.9 | and I understand the combat on the field, |
| 0:52.5 | how they think about throwing the pitching |
| 0:56.1 | and how they sense the other team and they position themselves. |
| 1:02.3 | What I am struggling with is to understand the English team psychology. |
| 1:07.7 | They continue to play basball. |
| 1:10.6 | It continues to be a loser, except in short matches. |
| 1:14.8 | But in the five-day test, it continues to be a loser, and they won't give it up. |
| 1:19.6 | It's so odd that the Australian team is now stepping forward to say, give it up. |
| 1:25.1 | Jeremy, is this unusual that Australia is trying to help England |
| 1:28.9 | not lose so badly? This is very unusual to say the least. And what's now happened this week is one |
| 1:36.0 | of our cricket stalwart, Adam Gilchrist, who's been a test captain many times, is a phenomenal |
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