As defeats pile up Brendon McCullum’s brand of cricket now has the feel of a cool music video on the deck of a sinking ship
Two summers ago, with interest in the England Test team’s seductive new energy reaching an early peak, I wrote an article suggesting that Bazball was a cult.
There were some parts of the clinical definition of a cult that seemed analogous. A sense of mission. Charismatic, dominant individuals in charge. Presents itself as innovative and elitist. Aggressively hostile towards any kind of outside questioning.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/08/i-was-wrong-to-say-bazball-is-a-cult-in-fact-its-actually-a-death-cult
Author : Barney Ronay
Publish date : 2025-02-08 08:00:17
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