- Nov 8, 2004
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Wonderful series, ironically lost to the English weather.
England should have won at least one of the first two
but threw the 1st with that awful first day declaration.
Batted too long yesterday especially in view of the weather.
In the main this has been a proper 5 day test series,
some fine bowling and outstanding batting from Root on the first day
to Labuschagne on what turned out to be the last.
Bazball has no place in a five day test, there are plenty of forms of cricket
where Bazball is not only appropriate but required.
It's not cricket but few seem to care
except us old fogies struggling to keep the flame alive in every sense.