Bazball: An uncomplicated idea leaving a very complex legacy
The defeat that prompted the ECB to enact the break glass in emergency Kiwi option was a dire 10-wicket defeat against the West Indies in Grenada.Joe Root, overburdened and demoralised, resigned as captain. The recovery would need to be almost McCullum-like if it is to end in anything other than disaster.ABC Sport Daily podcastABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.The ABC of SPORTSports content to make you think... or allow you not to.
- ▪The defeat that prompted the ECB to enact the break glass in emergency Kiwi option was a dire 10-wicket defeat against the West Indies in Grenada.Joe Root, overburdened and demoralised, resigned as captain.
- ▪The recovery would need to be almost McCullum-like if it is to end in anything other than disaster.ABC Sport Daily podcastABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation.
- ▪We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.The ABC of SPORTSports content to make you think... or allow you not to.
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Sun, 5 July4/1503/153→ Cricket Score Centre analysisBazball is over as Brendon McCullum's deliberately uncomplicated regime falls foul of itself, leaving complicated legacySBy Simon SmaleTopic:CricketMon 13 Jul 2026 at 1:54pmMon 13 Jul 2026 at 1:54pmMon 13 Jul 2026 at 1:54pmBrendon McCullum's time as England coach is over. (Getty Images: Philip Brown)abc.net.au/news/bazball-brendon-mccullum-complex-england-legacy/106908826Link copiedShareShare articleThe Bazball experiment is over.Good riddance? Perhaps.
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