‘Brainless Bazballers’: Geoffrey Boycott calls England flat-track bullies after Pakistan series loss

The Englishmen lone added 814 runs successful 4 innings arsenic Pakistan rode connected a twin-spin onslaught led by Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to publication a melodramatic comeback 2-1 bid win.

“If you privation to beryllium rated a large batsman, you indispensable person a rounded crippled and people runs connected each types of pitches,” Boycott wrote successful his file for The Telegraph.

After 19 Tests this ICC World Test Championship, the Test broadside helmed by caput manager Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes has lone won 9 games.

Labelling the batting radical arsenic ‘brainless Bazballers’, Boycott wrote: “They are entertaining and fantastic to ticker due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what they are going to bash next, bully oregon bad, but Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum privation their squad to beryllium the best. Unfortunately they are wasting their accidental and hazard being remembered arsenic flat-track bullies unless they marque immoderate adjustments for conditions.”

“The saddest happening is that England bash not play successful India oregon Pakistan again connected spinning pitches for astir 3 years…It was annoying to perceive the England players saying aft the Pakistan bid defeat: “That’s however we arsenic a radical play,” Boycott lamented.

England besides conceded a 3-1 bid decision connected their travel to India earlier this year, with the batting crumbling against a potent rotation attack. Boycott was peculiarly captious of skipper Stokes, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope’s techniques against spin.

“For 2 Test matches our batting was pathetic against spin. In India earlier this twelvemonth the batsmen were anemic and easy spun out.

“As soon arsenic the shot grips Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook and Stokes are each astatine sea. They spell astatine the shot with hard hands and determination are gaps betwixt bat and pad,” Boycott added.

England’s WTC rhythm volition reason with a three-Test bid successful New Zealand successful November-December with Stokes’ men each but retired of reckoning for the last for a 3rd successive edition.