Australian cricket great Glenn McGrath says the self-absorption with which England play their cricket is “rubbish”.

Under the leadership axis of coach Brendon ‘Baz’ McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, the English men’s Test team have adopted the brash and uber-aggressive game style that the cricket world has come to know as Bazball.

At times, it has been devastatingly effective. After McCullum was appointed in 2022, England won seven Tests in a row, including becoming the first team to clean sweep a three-match series in Pakistan, and did so with record-shattering run-rates.

But on balance, they’ve finished fifth and fourth inhhj the past two World Test Championship tables respectively, they’ve won 14 of their past 28 Tests, and just five of their past 15 against fellow ‘Big Three’ natio

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