Australia and England are getting ready to play each other in the much-anticipated Ashes 2023 series, which will start on June 16 at Edgbaston. Before the series, both teams will play one test against each other to get ready for the action-packed match. England just played a one-off Test against Ireland, which they won by 10 wickets. In the final of the World Test Championship in 2023, Australia will face off against India.
Before the Ashes, there was a lot of talk about whether England’s bazball plan would work against Australia’s world-class bowling attack. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh said the same thing and asked if England has a “Plan B” if the Bazball plan doesn’t work.
“That’s the big question mark about “Bazball.” How about Plan B? Do they have a backup plan? If they haven’t, they’re going to get caught. They have shown that they are good enough to play cricket this way, but the real test will be against Australia’s world-class bowling attack. ESPNCricinfo said that Waugh said this.
Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, play a very attacking brand of cricket. In the last year, they have scored runs at a rate of 4.85 per over. The Three Lions have changed Test cricket by winning 11 of the 13 games played during this time.
Steve Waugh continued talking about England’s plan by saying that Stokes and McCullum will give England the courage to go through with it.
“There’s no question that it won’t always work, but I think coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes will have the guts to try it. They can’t change their minds. Have they thought of a plan B? I’m not sure. “That could bring them to light,” Waugh said.
Since 2001, Australia has not won the Ashes in England.
The last time England won the Ashes was in 2015, when they won the series 3-2 at home. Since then, Australia has won the next three Ashes matches: in 2017-2018, 2019-2020, and 2021-2022. Australia hasn’t won the Ashes in England since 2001, and the most recent series ended in a 2-2 tie. So, they will be desperate to beat England in their own country and show that they are better than the team led by Ben Stokes.
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