Bazball

Two of England’s best cricket journalists tell the gripping story of how England embarked on a new brand of Test cricket -- Roger Alton * Sunday Times * Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult are ideal witnesses to this unfolding drama -- Michael Henderson * Spectator * Authoritative . . . a fascinating read, and confirms and enhances the reputations of both its authors -- Martin Chandler * Cricketweb * The popular image of Bazball is that it means T20 cricket in the five-day game. The analysis by two of cricket’s most experienced journalists delivers a much more subtle and meaningful definition . . . this is a thoroughly enjoyable read -- Richard Lawrence, Association of Cricket Statisticians Entertaining . . . Bazball is not just timely– this summer’s Ashes series plays a major role; there is also impressive context and insight into the main characters * Observer * This excellent account of the Stokes-McCullum revolution is a welcome opportunity to recall the remarkable triumphs enjoyed by the England Test team over the last couple of years -- Simon Evans * Choice * Meticulously researched and brilliantly told, this is an excellent Christmas present for any England supporter -- George Dobell * Cricketer * For those of us who . . . love the game to distraction, this book will feed and water us. It’s a work of journalism by journalists, to be sure, but done with such thoroughness, style and love for the game that it certainly qualifies as an early history of a revolution in its infancy. Will Bazball endure? I haven’t a clue, but whether it does or not, this book might -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail * Bazball is about the radical transformation of the England Test Cricket team by its new coach . . . A much maligned English institution transforming itself to become innovative, exciting, and world-leading? Bazball may have a thing or two to teach the Church of England! * Church Times: Favourite Books of 2023 * Bazball [details] the revolution in English cricket brought about by Brendon McCullum * Telegraph: The Best Sports Books of 2023 * Bazball is a superbly sourced account of how Ben Stokes and Brendon “Baz” McCullum reinvented Test cricket, revving up a 145-year-old format from a stately amble into an intoxicating, risk-taking, headlong sprint . . . Here’s how and why Bazball took conventional cricket wisdom and whacked it out of the ground * The Times : 13 Best Sport Books of 2023 * An enjoyable romp through a purple patch of English cricket that culminates in one of the greatest Ashes series of all time. A winter tonic for the current World Cup blues * Guardian: Best Sport Books of 2023 *