“Join A Circus”: England Great Blasts Ben Stokes And Co, Namedrops IPL In Rant

Former England participant Geoffrey Boycott has lashed out on the England cricket group for its poor present, of late. Jos Buttler-led England had a forgettable ODI World Cup in India. In the quadrennial match, the aspect completed on the seventh spot within the ten-team desk with solely three wins to its credit score. It obtained poorer for England because the aspect’s much-talked ‘Bazball’ method within the Test format noticed it shedding 1-4 to India. Boycott acknowledged that “Test cricket is not an exhibition” and the gamers ought to “join a circus” if the outcomes do not matter to them.

“All we have had over the last few months is the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean, where England performed poorly, the Indian Premier League, which helped a few of our moderate to average Test players get rich, and before that a miserable 4-1 Test series loss in India where England started well, but in the end were hammered,” Boycott wrote in his column in Telegraph.

“In India last winter, ego and hubris got the better of some of our players. They came out with comments about being entertainers and how it was important to score quickly and thrill the crowds. All that is laudable but they should never lose sight that there is a winner and a loser and losing isn’t much fun.

“Test match cricket shouldn’t be an exhibition. If our gamers begin to suppose that outcomes do not matter then they could as nicely be a part of a circus or go world wide just like the Harlem Globetrotters basketball group doing methods, laughing and joking and never bothering who wins as long as everybody has a enjoyable time.

The England cricket group made a return to the longest format of the game with the primary Test towards West Indies being performed at Lord’s. The match kicked off on Wednesday additionally occurs to be the final worldwide look for England nice James Anderson.