Cam Green told The Grade Cricketer YouTube channel that he felt Bazball was “mentally exhausting”.
Australia were leading 2-0 after two Test matches in the 2023 Ashes. However, England performed spectacularly, winning two of her last three Test matches and leveling the series. However, a draw at Old Trafford meant Australia remained champions.
Cam Green played three Tests, scoring 103 runs at 20.60 and taking five wickets at 47 each. After the series ended, he gave an interview on his YouTube channel The Grade Cricketer and gave his opinion on England’s collective approach to baseball, Buzz Ball. Although not limited to aggressive batting in Test cricket
“I think it was quite taxing mentally, because so much happened so quickly!” Your mind spends all the time thinking about what your score will be. I feel like I’m wasting my time.
“If we slowed everything down, they gave us a lot of chances because of the number of points we scored.” But we saw how quickly the scores could move. They were so far ahead of the game on such a flat wicket that we were playing on most of the time that it would be very satisfying to actually get them out for 350. I just thought about it. Sometimes I saw the scoreboard change from before. So quickly I felt like I was way behind, but when I actually took a step back…I was actually very happy that they got 350 points [in those places]. Ta. .
“I think I was probably mentally tired. The game went so fast that I didn’t have time to think.”
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