Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has dismissed assertions that “Bazball”, an aggressive model of cricket displayed by the England Check workforce, has revolutionised the sport.
Lyon, who’s simply 4 wickets shy of 500 wickets in Check cricket, mentioned he didn’t see ‘Bazball’ within the two Ashes fixtures he was a part of final 12 months earlier than getting injured for the remaining three.
The time period “Bazball” got here into being after Brendon McCullum, who’s nicknamed Baz, was appointed England Check coach final 12 months.
“I am 2-0 towards Bazball so I’m blissful,” Lyon joked on Channel 7’s Entrance Bar programme. “It is a load of s***, when you ask me. It is a model of cricket that the English need to hold going with. Now, it is within the dictionary, which is fairly extraordinary.”
It was not the primary time Lyon mocked ‘Bazball’ and right here once more he termed aggression as a capability to shift by the gears throughout the course of a Check match.
“I do know everybody retains speaking about Bazball, to be sincere. I did not actually see Bazball all through my two Checks towards them.
“I take a look at the Australian cricket workforce and the batters we have had, David Warner for instance I’ve seen him rating a whole lot in a session and that is off enjoying an attacking model of cricket.
“I feel there’s numerous smoke and mirrors with Bazball, if I am being sincere with you, and I really feel like if you are going to play an aggressive model of cricket anyway, it is about with the ability to go up and down in gears and understanding the moments within the sport,” he added.
Australia had retained the Ashes with the five-match sequence ending at 2-2 final 12 months.
