‘The amount of time he’s done that over his career of 99 Tests so far is unbelievable’ – Ollie Pope praises Captain Ben Stokes for his fantastic Test career
Ollie Pope (Source: X)
‘We’re not allowed to say Bazball’ – Ollie Pope reveals about ‘Bazball’ approach
No matter how much we praise the Bazball approach, the English players absolutely hate the term. Earlier in an interview Ben Stokes said that they didn’t come up with the word and nobody likes using it. Moreover, Ollie Pope also mentioned the ban of the word ‘Bazball’ in the dressing room. As per him, managing the situation and absorbing the pressure is much more important.
“It was sorted fairly quickly yesterday, but you’re sort of going on behind the scenes, hopefully within the next day or so. But now he’s in good spirits, the boys are getting around and he’s just happy to be out here training. Everyone bats differently in this team. We’re not allowed to say Bazball, but the start that we’re making isn’t always about attacking. A lot of the time it’s about absorbing pressure when we need to absorb pressure,” said Pope.
