BATTLE OF BAT AND BALL IS A THING OF THE PAST

Tyed in knots: Bowlers like Andrew Tye need to pick their moments or be picked off at will
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Thrilling though all the recordbreaking was by England at Trent Bridge, inflicting as it did Australia’s heaviest one-day defeat by virtue of runs, there was something strangely unsatisfying about all the boundary hitting.
It probably has something to do with me wearing my old bowler’s hat, but carnage like that should not seem routine. Jonny Bairstow has become an incredible batsman of sublime and powerful gifts, bu...