‘The South African team keep saying they’re not interested but then also keep talking about it,’ said Ben Stokes on England’s attacking style before the first Test at Lord’s
Ben Stokes has claimed on the eve of the first Test against South Africa that England’s ultra-positive approach to the format – commonly known as “Bazball” – has got into the heads of their opponents, even if the Proteas captain, Dean Elgar, continues to insist is as likely to lead to embarrassment as glory.
“At the end of the day, it’s bat against ball, whoever plays best over a Test match is more than likely to win. We don’t dive into it too much, but I’m happy for Dean and the South African team to keep saying they’re not interested but then also keep talking about it.”that enthusiastically adopted the first-team approach, a match that delighted one side and has been dismissed by the other.
“But what I will say is they’ve had more time to prepare than New Zealand or India had, because they’ve seen what we’ve done in four games. We won’t look at it like that. The focus is all on us and how we are going to play, combating whatever they have with what we have, in our way.”
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