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Test tours of England are notoriously difficult even for the best players.
Since 2012, when Graeme Smith’s South African team won 2-0, England have only lost 2 other series at home (at the time of writing this in September 2024).
The first was against Sri Lanka in 2014 (1-0).
The second came against New Zealand in 2021 (1-0) during some of the darkest days for the English Men’s Test team. If you want to learn more about this and the moments that led up to ‘Bazball’, head over to ‘Bazball’, Test Cricket’s Modern Enigma (Part 1).
And if you want even more on the ‘Bazball’ story, check out Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 also.
Winning in England is rare.
With that in mind, here is this week’s ‘Scenario Saturday’.
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