England's factory reset after Bazball adventure
Kolkata, Aug. 4 -- For the better part of a decade now England's Test team have tried to answer the wrong question. Lurching from one extreme to another, confusing style for substance, philosophy for performance, capitulating in some of the biggest tours and eventually showing up with barely anything, England could be excused for thinking they have thrilled.
They have, to be fair, in bits and parts, never to go all the way. These four years under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes was a dizzying ride of fast-forward cricket with heavy tailwind, taking England on the scenic route but ending up at the same place.
It makes England's decision of reverting to Joe Root as captain and Stephen Fleming as coach remarkable. It's not just a rebalancing a...
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