Opinion

England’s ‘Bazball’ strategy was a failed evolution of cricket

Aggressive batting and fielding was going to save the English Test game. Australia had other plans.

Andrew ClarkSenior writer

Jun 22, 2023 – 6.11am

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Birmingham, a city in the UK’s West Midlands, hosted the development of James Watt’s steam engine 250 years ago. This powered the industrial revolution and changed the world.

More recently, the city’s fame, or notoriety, was bolstered by Peaky Blinders, a stylish BBC crime drama series set in post-World War I Birmingham.

Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years.