Graphic, The Times
Marxists sometimes refer to the falling rate of profit. That is that capital investment in industry over time brings less return (the UK economy being an example). This can be resolved by an economic crisis where some companies go bust and others are able to benefit from that.
Karl Marx is not known to have been a cricket fan but a broad parallel can be seen with Bazball. The more that is invested in Bazball as the way England play cricket the less the returns in the way of games won are.
The crisis may not be far off when Rob Key, Brendan McCullum and possibly Ben Stokes find that they are no longer the way forward for English and Welsh cricket.
Jonathan Agnew provides another perspective on Bazball. It must be less a mantra & more adaptable to specific conditions and matches. Or as Marx would have it, theory must be turned into practice
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