With England’s defeat by New Zealand in the Third Test at Hamilton the Scorecard for Bazball 2024 is now complete. England Men don’t play another Test until May 2025.
They lost 4 Tests against India, 1 Test against Sri Lanka, 2 Tests against Pakistan and 1 Test against New Zealand.
Alternatively they won 1 Test against India, 3 against the West Indies, 2 against Sri Lanka 1 against Pakistan and 2 against New Zealand.
There were no draws. We’re not quite at the end of the Men’s Test year but so far there has been only one draw in all Tests in 2024 a new low. It reflects in part the influence of the Bazball method beyond England but more particularly the impact of short form cricket now played a great deal more than Tests. Cricket is speeding up, which is not always ideal for those who remember the days of ebb and flow and a draw could seem like a moral victory
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