File image of Nathan Lyon of Australia.
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Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has dismissed assertions that “Bazball”, an aggressive model of cricket displayed by the England Test group, has revolutionised the sport.
Lyon, who’s simply 4 wickets shy of 500 wickets in Test 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 Test coach final 12 months.
“I’m 2-0 against Bazball so I am happy,” Lyon joked on Channel 7’s Front Bar programme. “It’s a load of s***, if you ask me. It’s a brand of cricket that the English want to keep going with. Now, it’s in the dictionary, which is pretty extraordinary.” It was not the primary time Lyon mocked ‘Bazball’ and right here once more he termed aggression as a capability to shift by way of the gears throughout the course of a Test match.
“I know everyone keeps talking about BazBall, to be honest, I didn’t really see BazBall… throughout my two Tests against them.
“I have a look at the Australian cricket group and the batters we have had, David Warner for instance… I’ve seen him rating tons of in a session and that is off taking part in an attacking model of cricket.
“I think there’s a lot of smoke and mirrors with BazBall, if I’m being honest with you, and I feel like if you’re going to play an aggressive brand of cricket anyway, it’s about being able to go up and down in gears and understanding the moments in the game,” he added.
Australia had retained the Ashes with the five-match sequence ending at 2-2 final 12 months.
