Hi George - I am an introverted dude from a tiny little village in India. I have been following your work for the last 6 years starting with "Polite Enquiries" on Cricinfo to "Ask George" on "The Cricketer". I have immensely enjoyed your virtual presence in my life and I wanted to thank you for bringing me (and a lot of other people) tremendous joy with your insights, wit and humor over the years. There were a lot of "long" days in my life that ended on a positive note as I watched your videos before going to bed. If I had to repay the joy you brought to my life in monetary terms, it would probably be a billion pounds. But I can''t do that as I am broke as fuck. 😀So please accept my sincere gratitude and love. Hope you find tremendous happiness and peace in life. I also thank all the wonderful colleagues you had over the years (Melinda, Jarrod, Huw, Nick etc) for presenting the questions to you in an engaging manner. Hope all of you have a wonderful time. THANK YOU * 1000000. Peace!
george absolutely nails it as usual. i find the point about the bowlers incredibly pertinent. they've been let down too many times. not surprised they looked absolutely cooked in the final session.
Rip bazzball 🤣🤣🏴🤣🤣🤣when jaiswal clubbed the Anderson bowling allowing for three back to back sixes bazzball be like 👉🏻treat me a ball man dont take on roughly jaiswall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There are some great points made by George here. I enjoy the way England play I just wish they would be a little more honest when they've had a bad day. It's the hubris that makes people happy when they lose not the style of play. Cracking point about the bowlers not getting enough time with their feet up I really hadn't thought about that but it has to be a factor especially in India.
I agree Bazball is interesting. Top 3 Eng batsmen have impressed me with attacking cricket. But Joe Root - one of the greats should not try T20 shots in test. He should play anchor role the way he has been doing for years. I don't think Indian bowler can trouble him if he plays normal cricket.
Today was like day 3 (I believe) in Adelaide 2021, when England through Root and Malan got into a good position against an Australian attack without Cummins and Hazlewood, then they fell in a heap. Regarding the Root shot, it was completely the wrong time and the wrong place. He had been working hard and lining Bumrah up better than he had been, England are still over 200 behind, less than half an hour into the day, it was far too risky and opened the door. Compared to the attempt at Cummins second ball of the day at Edgbaston, he was coming off of a first innings unbeaten ton, England were in the lead, it was the first test of five and the idea was to send a message. No need to send a message in the position England were in at 224-2.
Without Kohli and Shami, With KL Rahul, Sheyas, Jadeja struggling with injuries and so many debutants in the squad and 11 and these almost flat pitches in all 3 games, if India would have faced Australia they might have clean sweeped indian team, bcz this is the weakest test 11 for india i have seen while playing in India due to unstable middle orders so many new commers etc and the flattest tracks ever used for whole test series in India, Ranchi is also going to be flat most probably and Dharamshala will be assisting to fast bowlers and offer Swing and seam as we all know.
please dont underestimate young players....they have strong track record to back it up and coverup almost any player...that's the strength of this Indian team....remember defeating AUS IN AUS with net ballers (who never played any intl game ever)
@@rajap411 gill ne to bas 1 innings kheli thi last match me, Ajinkya Rahane ne second test me tough time me 100 score karke india ko lead dilwayi thi uski wajah se 36 all ke baad bhi team ka confidence full ho gya, Lekin aaj koi Rahane ko yaad nhi karta sab bas sochte hai pant ho hero h, jabki Rahane the captain who never lost or Pujara yeh 2 experienced player ka role sabse important tha, aur underestimate koi nhi kar rha , Siraj ne diya tha performance me last match me usko tabse khila rhe hai or performance bhi de deta h kabhi kabhi, shardul ko bhi bahut chances dete hai overseas, Sundar to Ashwin,Jadeja,Axar ke aage aa nhi sakta kabhi, natrajan or saini ne 1 ya 2 wicket liye the unka aisa koi acha performance tha nhi ki unko aur moka de, yeh patidar 30 saal ka hai 3 innings flop hua h debut ke baad lagatar, Surya ko bhi 32 saal ki age me debut karwa rhe hai or Ajinkya, Pujara, Ishant Sharma ko nikaalne ke piche age ko main reason batate hai, jabki 35 ya 36 ki hi hai Rahane aur Pujara, Rohit or Kohli se to jawan hai
This is more of point than a question but I'd like to thank the likes of you, Berry (Telegraph) and Michael Vaughan for speaking for a sizeable portion of England cricket fanse the draw backs of Bazball. I get a real impression that there is a disconnect between Sky and The BBC almost Soviet Style propaganda and what we can see as fan
Root is a class player, he needs to play 20 or 30 balls at start to understand what's happening on the pitch and rubbing bazzball over him is not at all a good strategy atleast team with good bowlers. I've never expected him to get out like today.
the only reason england are any where near competing with india in india is because of the bazball approach...otherwise we are looking at a thrashing...so now is not the time to stop...england need to continue the approach and review after the 4th test may be...
I think Bazball is good , but does it give England a sense that they will chase glory every time like chasing big last innings , but be more game aware, they had great opportunity to bat long and put pressure on India with only four main bowlers.
After 1st test ind is getting used to bazball approach. Even in 1st test because of poor batting display ind lost. Today eng 112/8 also there is no bazball today because eng have scored slowly as ind shut the boundaries percentage.
If England want to win the series against India in India they have to be ruthless...They give chance to India to bring back in the contest...They can't afford gifting wickets to the opposition...
@@mariakhan5196 aussies have been humbled by india in india and their backyard too, just recently west indies done that...India w/o virat, shami, kl rahul, ashwin still dominating is the WORLD'S RUTHLESS GANG...the first test which england won was mainly bcoz India gave chances to pope...else we would easily 3-ZIP UP already after this test
@@rajap411 I have seen somewhere the Aussies were dominating the Indian team particularly in the WTC final in the neutral venue and world cup odi final in the Indian backyard...The Aussies have been dominating the world cricket since 1996 ...Come out from wishful thinking
Bumrah only got one wicket.... Or should that be he was gifted one? All things considered to keep Bumrah down to one wicket means you had a good chance at posting a massive score.
England are playing the way they think best! They will get slated either way, they are happy then let it be! Reports have the right to opinions but they are not playing! Give the guys a break, they have not turned up for a beating and not doing it deliberately!
I guess for joe Root it was brain feed moment, no need to play shot when you were in good position, If he play as per his potential result would be different. Bazball was in fast pitches , not in India. Bazz ball will back fire to England
The conversation from all sides about Root is reduced and oversimplified, that either you have to accept he will do some brain-dead batting or he has to revert back to Sib-crawl. If anything today's shot was not as offensive as the one he played in Visag. In Visag he was trying to hack a ball over mid wicket from well outside off. England need to work smarter as well as harder, because Bazball isn't an excuse for the "more hookers than Soho" hour of madness in the Ashes at Lords.
bazball is good for Crawley. But ffs, let root play his natural game and grind it out. It has now become the main reason for root not yet scoring a match winning double century on flat wickets.
Bazball does not win. Today was the moment that you win a series not a match. Root is the senior batsman and should of taken responsibility in scoring sensibly. He needs to be like a kane williamson and play within himself
Bazball is the best way to describe what England are doing - true to its namesake, it’s scintillating, courageous but intellectually questionable. I think you’ve got to give England the credit for following this template though because outside of their home conditions, they’ve got a very pedestrian bowling attack; so the only way they can even fancy a win is through high risk, maniacal batting display.
Exactly, I'm afraid that irresponsibility from a world class player undid the hard work of the top 3 and exposed the following batters. He's been a lost man this series and should be leaving Bazball to others.
Really respect Stokes as a sportsman and like the bazball to some extent. But results matter. Beating top countries in thier own backyards is the benchmark. Has bazball achieved that? Are we glorifying a commercial movie as a cult classic?
I cant understand why everyone is blaming root for playing that shot why no one is blaming that overrated player ben stokes. He also thrown the wicket. Actually 222/2 is ok to play attacking shot but to play attacking wicket when you are 5 down. Which is more pathetic shot. Come on stop prasing ben stokes. Its bullshit. 🧐
1st test- England need a miracle. Pope did one. 2nd test- England need a miracle. NOPE! 3rd test- England need a miracle. Here we go again. This can't be their plan to win a test match.
More than the opponents, English fans have their brains scrambled. They love the aggressive batting but don't want to lose matches doing it. England is just being penny wise and pound foolish.
Sorry GD but I disagree. It's not Eng which should have been 2-0 up but India. Remember it lost the first test by 20 odd runs only due to an extraordinary inning by Pope. Bazball sucks....please tell that walking tattoo that it is test cricket, stupid!
All this bazzball is bs certain teams have played attacking cricket down the years but this is just glorified slogging , if this was West Indies it would be called calypso or brain dead
Hi George - I am an introverted dude from a tiny little village in India. I have been following your work for the last 6 years starting with "Polite Enquiries" on Cricinfo to "Ask George" on "The Cricketer". I have immensely enjoyed your virtual presence in my life and I wanted to thank you for bringing me (and a lot of other people) tremendous joy with your insights, wit and humor over the years. There were a lot of "long" days in my life that ended on a positive note as I watched your videos before going to bed. If I had to repay the joy you brought to my life in monetary terms, it would probably be a billion pounds. But I can''t do that as I am broke as fuck. 😀So please accept my sincere gratitude and love. Hope you find tremendous happiness and peace in life. I also thank all the wonderful colleagues you had over the years (Melinda, Jarrod, Huw, Nick etc) for presenting the questions to you in an engaging manner. Hope all of you have a wonderful time. THANK YOU * 1000000. Peace!
Dripping with sarcasm
Haha - prose too urbane to come from the parochial corners of the far pavilions
Root has bowled 89 overs in this series, more than what he scored..😊
Ravi Shastri line 😂
Bazball is blessing in disguise for the opposite team to grind the bowlers to their knees , like this test where they bowl for 4 days on Trott..
Correct!
@@java2architectThe question is the situation under which they tried to execute it. Pant had settled in while Root had just come in.
Sane and balanced as ever, George.
george absolutely nails it as usual. i find the point about the bowlers incredibly pertinent. they've been let down too many times. not surprised they looked absolutely cooked in the final session.
100%
Rip bazzball 🤣🤣🏴🤣🤣🤣when jaiswal clubbed the Anderson bowling allowing for three back to back sixes bazzball be like 👉🏻treat me a ball man dont take on roughly jaiswall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its funny how joe root came to India more as a bowler than a batsman. 😂
Ha bat se aise tedhe medhe short khel raha hai aur out ho raha hai and bowling me jaiswal se six kha raha hai.😂😂😂
There are some great points made by George here. I enjoy the way England play I just wish they would be a little more honest when they've had a bad day. It's the hubris that makes people happy when they lose not the style of play. Cracking point about the bowlers not getting enough time with their feet up I really hadn't thought about that but it has to be a factor especially in India.
when England see there end is coming, whole country start crying
"Thank goodness England saved test cricket for us" omg that was funny 😂😂😂
I agree Bazball is interesting. Top 3 Eng batsmen have impressed me with attacking cricket. But Joe Root - one of the greats should not try T20 shots in test. He should play anchor role the way he has been doing for years. I don't think Indian bowler can trouble him if he plays normal cricket.
Today was like day 3 (I believe) in Adelaide 2021, when England through Root and Malan got into a good position against an Australian attack without Cummins and Hazlewood, then they fell in a heap.
Regarding the Root shot, it was completely the wrong time and the wrong place. He had been working hard and lining Bumrah up better than he had been, England are still over 200 behind, less than half an hour into the day, it was far too risky and opened the door. Compared to the attempt at Cummins second ball of the day at Edgbaston, he was coming off of a first innings unbeaten ton, England were in the lead, it was the first test of five and the idea was to send a message. No need to send a message in the position England were in at 224-2.
Without Kohli and Shami, With KL Rahul, Sheyas, Jadeja struggling with injuries and so many debutants in the squad and 11 and these almost flat pitches in all 3 games, if India would have faced Australia they might have clean sweeped indian team, bcz this is the weakest test 11 for india i have seen while playing in India due to unstable middle orders so many new commers etc and the flattest tracks ever used for whole test series in India, Ranchi is also going to be flat most probably and Dharamshala will be assisting to fast bowlers and offer Swing and seam as we all know.
please dont underestimate young players....they have strong track record to back it up and coverup almost any player...that's the strength of this Indian team....remember defeating AUS IN AUS with net ballers (who never played any intl game ever)
@@rajap411 gill ne to bas 1 innings kheli thi last match me, Ajinkya Rahane ne second test me tough time me 100 score karke india ko lead dilwayi thi uski wajah se 36 all ke baad bhi team ka confidence full ho gya, Lekin aaj koi Rahane ko yaad nhi karta sab bas sochte hai pant ho hero h, jabki Rahane the captain who never lost or Pujara yeh 2 experienced player ka role sabse important tha, aur underestimate koi nhi kar rha , Siraj ne diya tha performance me last match me usko tabse khila rhe hai or performance bhi de deta h kabhi kabhi, shardul ko bhi bahut chances dete hai overseas, Sundar to Ashwin,Jadeja,Axar ke aage aa nhi sakta kabhi, natrajan or saini ne 1 ya 2 wicket liye the unka aisa koi acha performance tha nhi ki unko aur moka de, yeh patidar 30 saal ka hai 3 innings flop hua h debut ke baad lagatar, Surya ko bhi 32 saal ki age me debut karwa rhe hai or Ajinkya, Pujara, Ishant Sharma ko nikaalne ke piche age ko main reason batate hai, jabki 35 ya 36 ki hi hai Rahane aur Pujara, Rohit or Kohli se to jawan hai
It's a gamble not a strategy, gambling is a mugs game
the problem with england i that they think bairstow is richards anderson is steyn and root is the best batsman of all time
This is more of point than a question but I'd like to thank the likes of you, Berry (Telegraph) and Michael Vaughan for speaking for a sizeable portion of England cricket fanse the draw backs of Bazball. I get a real impression that there is a disconnect between Sky and The BBC almost Soviet Style propaganda and what we can see as fan
George - the people playing the game MEN when the men bat they become a BATSMAN. What does “batter” mean?
Exactly. Apparently it's meant to be "batter" nowadays to be "gender neutral", but I still say and think of it as batsman, and always will.
Root is a class player, he needs to play 20 or 30 balls at start to understand what's happening on the pitch and rubbing bazzball over him is not at all a good strategy atleast team with good bowlers. I've never expected him to get out like today.
He played 30 balls and got out on the 31st. Your point is moot here.
the only reason england are any where near competing with india in india is because of the bazball approach...otherwise we are looking at a thrashing...so now is not the time to stop...england need to continue the approach and review after the 4th test may be...
I think Bazball is good , but does it give England a sense that they will chase glory every time like chasing big last innings , but be more game aware, they had great opportunity to bat long and put pressure on India with only four main bowlers.
Ultimately England's loss ratio under stokes will supercede their wins & we'll all be in the pre bazball era again.... wat a waste of the hype
Bairstow & Root are middle order batsmen and look at the poor state of their cricket. England are in deficit of 80 to 130 runs because of these 2.
They can’t repeat the miracle of 1st test with Baz ball every game and come back from behind to win.
After 1st test ind is getting used to bazball approach. Even in 1st test because of poor batting display ind lost.
Today eng 112/8 also there is no bazball today because eng have scored slowly as ind shut the boundaries percentage.
Great stream .. dobell is amazin
If England want to win the series against India in India they have to be ruthless...They give chance to India to bring back in the contest...They can't afford gifting wickets to the opposition...
If INDIA gets Chances then we go on a Rampage😂😂😂..
@@rohanagarwal7880 Its not about Rampage ..England lacks ruthlessness like the Aussies ...
@@mariakhan5196 aussies have been humbled by india in india and their backyard too, just recently west indies done that...India w/o virat, shami, kl rahul, ashwin still dominating is the WORLD'S RUTHLESS GANG...the first test which england won was mainly bcoz India gave chances to pope...else we would easily 3-ZIP UP already after this test
@@rajap411 I have seen somewhere the Aussies were dominating the Indian team particularly in the WTC final in the neutral venue and world cup odi final in the Indian backyard...The Aussies have been dominating the world cricket since 1996 ...Come out from wishful thinking
Bumrah only got one wicket.... Or should that be he was gifted one? All things considered to keep Bumrah down to one wicket means you had a good chance at posting a massive score.
England are playing the way they think best! They will get slated either way, they are happy then let it be! Reports have the right to opinions but they are not playing! Give the guys a break, they have not turned up for a beating and not doing it deliberately!
I guess for joe Root it was brain feed moment, no need to play shot when you were in good position, If he play as per his potential result would be different. Bazball was in fast pitches , not in India. Bazz ball will back fire to England
Yesterday george is saying Ben stokes is the greatest England captain ever know he’s in total meltdown, christ
The conversation from all sides about Root is reduced and oversimplified, that either you have to accept he will do some brain-dead batting or he has to revert back to Sib-crawl. If anything today's shot was not as offensive as the one he played in Visag. In Visag he was trying to hack a ball over mid wicket from well outside off.
England need to work smarter as well as harder, because Bazball isn't an excuse for the "more hookers than Soho" hour of madness in the Ashes at Lords.
bazball is good for Crawley. But ffs, let root play his natural game and grind it out. It has now become the main reason for root not yet scoring a match winning double century on flat wickets.
YOU JUST DON’T REVERSE SCOOP BUMRAH. PERIOD 💪✊👊🤛🤝
Bazball does not win. Today was the moment that you win a series not a match. Root is the senior batsman and should of taken responsibility in scoring sensibly. He needs to be like a kane williamson and play within himself
Bazball is the best way to describe what England are doing - true to its namesake, it’s scintillating, courageous but intellectually questionable. I think you’ve got to give England the credit for following this template though because outside of their home conditions, they’ve got a very pedestrian bowling attack; so the only way they can even fancy a win is through high risk, maniacal batting display.
Match is not over yet who knows England can still win with never give up attitude
England are not winning. Very poor cricket
Exactly, I'm afraid that irresponsibility from a world class player undid the hard work of the top 3 and exposed the following batters. He's been a lost man this series and should be leaving Bazball to others.
root transform to batter to bowler😅😅😅
You cannot play that shot against Bumrah, that's too much of an arrogance and naivety from Joe.
Really respect Stokes as a sportsman and like the bazball to some extent. But results matter. Beating top countries in thier own backyards is the benchmark. Has bazball achieved that? Are we glorifying a commercial movie as a cult classic?
I cant understand why everyone is blaming root for playing that shot why no one is blaming that overrated player ben stokes. He also thrown the wicket. Actually 222/2 is ok to play attacking shot but to play attacking wicket when you are 5 down. Which is more pathetic shot. Come on stop prasing ben stokes. Its bullshit. 🧐
I just have one thing to say, England has lost the series with this match. England just don't want to learn or their mind has not been granted visa.
1st test- England need a miracle. Pope did one.
2nd test- England need a miracle. NOPE!
3rd test- England need a miracle. Here we go again.
This can't be their plan to win a test match.
More than the opponents, English fans have their brains scrambled. They love the aggressive batting but don't want to lose matches doing it. England is just being penny wise and pound foolish.
All fault of air india for england collapse today...
Sorry GD but I disagree. It's not Eng which should have been 2-0 up but India. Remember it lost the first test by 20 odd runs only due to an extraordinary inning by Pope. Bazball sucks....please tell that walking tattoo that it is test cricket, stupid!
Well said. Tests need to be played as tests, not odis. Idiots.
Due to dropped catch of Pope and timid batting in the 2nd inning is the reason for Indias loss
England only behind in this game as they dropped Rohit and lost the toss in the second test.
This team has three lions vibes 😅🤣🤣
This PR on Bazball! Slow down.
Root should play his. Natural game, he’s class without all this bazball shite
Bazball is nothing but the irresponsible gambling 😜
All this bazzball is bs certain teams have played attacking cricket down the years but this is just glorified slogging , if this was West Indies it would be called calypso or brain dead
No bazeball here ...
Only Jais ball here ...
Jaiswal has learned so much from watching England. Brilliant to see.