2023 Ashes series

They are just so disappointing.

I, I didn't mind the rarity of the one at Perth last year to start the Ashes, mainly because it was Australia flogging the Poms in two days.

But generally, two-day tests just feel so underwhelming, so hollow, and it w- it was...

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I mean, absolutely I do.

That's just the way it goes in cricket.

You know, you think about Australia last summer in the Ashes without Cummins and Hazlewood.

You know-

This change in era has been p- perhaps been defined by a switch in mindset from a fear of failure burdened, risk-averse cricket side to a more positive, exciting, and risk-seeking team.

This mindset switch was well covered in the doc- documentary, The Test, which included the 2023 Ashes.

Joe Root infamously said to Nathan Lyon, "We're in the entertainment business.

No more draws." This quote is great behind the scenes content.

The insight captured in the Amazon docuseries must be first contextualized.

It happened on the first morning of the 2023 Ashes at Edgbaston, the first marquee series for this new regime following their appointments in 2022.

[whoosh] What followed in this test match I see as a bit of an encapsulation of the Bazball era, and even more specifically on the first day, which was filled with many eye-catching moments.

Crawley's first ball four and Stokes's reaction.