Bazball must occasionally bend the knee

DEREK PRINGLE: I admire and remain excited by many aspects of this new approach adopted by the men’s Test team; although not its wilder excesses or indeed, its excuses, which seem to be mounting now that defeats are beginning to outweigh the wins

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