Bazball 2.0 takes shape with senior England players left out of Test squad
30 June 2024 at 04:30
- Bairstow, Foakes and Leach miss West Indies series start
- Surrey keeper Jamie Smith handed maiden Test call-up
The end of Jimmy Andersonβs remarkable Test career will also be the start of a new chapter β Bazball 2.0, perhaps β after England named a 14-man squad for the start of the forthcoming series against West Indies, with change very much afoot.
Out with the old, in with the new is the call from Rob Key, the menβs team director, having now settled the old wicketkeeping debate of Jonny Bairstow or Ben Foakes. The answer is the pair of them dropped after the 3-1 defeat by India this year with Surreyβs Jamie Smith, 23, handed a maiden Test call-up and the gloves.
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