{"id":693260,"date":"2026-07-15T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693260\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:13:08","slug":"in-test-cricket-v-bazball-test-cricket-won-and-we-should-be-grateful-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693260\/","title":{"rendered":"In Test cricket v Bazball, Test cricket won \u2014 and we should be grateful &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPMTBxcms5allrQ283MlNmak5Cb21OemRtTHdIakVEeVJfNzk1SG1rdnJQTnJZek1RWWZ1U1U3WXBzLWpRem8wSlZKaktmWFN1RFl1YndBN3BLRmQ1MXRfS0VvaXpfeHJ3UGxaY2laNFBRVjJLdnRoY0pORE5wMFpKX0VYS3FFRl9Cd1NiODY4VHh2NWczUUlKRHd3MXJ1YWdCbVZSWDVPQVRHTk1hd1dqbzlMdzVaVmdQZzRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In Test cricket v Bazball, Test cricket won \u2014 and we should be grateful<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTFBjM3ZCUzQtNWg4OUUzVVBObFdOQ19sVVY5SGNhVDBkVVpTUUs5bk44MUNfRXR2X2lsb0dvN3ZUczdtZEhMNmU3Uk04aEQ0TU1BWWZtREVELS04R3lRaGY3ZnpNSFF4Nl91?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brendon McCullum: Sacked England Test coach apologises for results<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNLW85QmdkUk5EX1UxcGJFMnlGV0pIaERCMHhVNVhBRWZKbjk4dWdvVkQ2THdXMm04RmVYOXQwcFZyT0JhS2ZKRXFNUmhNWHVfQkpxYWRPNU1KeFp6TXNyWGthUWk2cXhCREhBa0F0Z0otUlJkaHd1cUx4MkM5eUVwaVAtb01QQVZUckFNUWZqMTRzckF5STV2SzR6SHUxdTZwUnVfaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England may allow Andy Flower to miss Tests if he becomes next coach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxOVS1XZnF2X29HNmI5d2dxaGF0U1NoU0J5Y2poSXh4R2hrWi1iaEpJN0tUM1hPNl9QU0FvYTltQURlci1BUFRhcWxUSlVwSjIyaWx6UF9VT3E0NlRVZlp3a3FVOUo2UkZxWlRIVzZHZnZFaWV6MkdFLV8wTDNuUFp2NzdxVUpBVlpianBwRE56Y1RoVHRqTTV4RGp3VzBHQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brendon McCullum to stand down as England Men\u2019s Test Head Coach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNTlZZenR4cVREWlpFWHJ2cnZnOHhvdW5KUHcyaFpOZ3pMeGgtdXlsZlViMDYxQWNYa0hGM1NPUHJpcnl4YXBmcGV6aEI0bXYyOWRZRnlfX0VkNU1IbDFDSzQ4NU5DWWh1eGhtOEVyZkFMajlQQVJxWjhEQ21fUWlrZEN2TWxKNVF5SXRGb3NLTS1wY0pzeElhUS1LeEoyRDQtQldoaVdmY2lvQlk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flower power: can England tempt head coach back with an already flawed setup? | Ali Martin<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Test cricket v Bazball, Test cricket won \u2014 and we should be grateful&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesBrendon McCullum: Sacked England&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-693260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}