'T20 and Test cricket will go side by side' - Ben Stokes
"The transition between the two games is so different but at certain periods in Test matches you do see that T20 side come out," Stokes said.
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T20 cricket is flourishing all over the globe, resulting in a rapid evolution of cricket. With the proliferation of the shortest format to increase the game's global popularity, cricket experts dread the imminent demise of the Test format. Ben Stokes, captain of the England Test team, believes that both formats can co-progress in international cricket.
England will play a lengthy summer of Test cricket, including a single match against Ireland and a five-match Ashes series against Australia. The England captain, speaking prior to the Ashes 2023, credited T20 cricket with attracting new players and admirers to the sport.
"I believe T20 and Test cricket can continue to be successful and advance simultaneously. The West Australian quoted Stokes as saying, "Look at what T20 has done for the game in general, the amount of attraction it's brought - new fans, new players it's brought into playing cricket regardless of format, and also what T20 has been able to bring to Test cricket."
The transition between the two games, according to Stokes, is entirely different, but T20 has helped players adopt an aggressive approach in Tests as well. "The transition between the two games is so dissimilar, but there are times in Test matches when a T20 team appears, simply because the players have been playing it." Therefore, I do not foresee a future in which T20 and Tests are not played."
Ashes will be Bazball's most challenging test.
Notably, England's captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum have the team playing an aggressive brand of Test cricket. Under Stokes' stewardship, England has won ten of twelve Tests and has dominated the format by scoring at an exceptional run rate.
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During the first Test of the three-match series against Pakistan in December, England scored at a rate of 5.50 runs per over to post 506/4 on the first day in Rawalpindi, a record for the most runs scored on the first day of a Test. The forthcoming Ashes will be England's greatest test of its Bazball strategy. Since 2017, England has not won the Ashes, and the forthcoming series will be their best opportunity to reclaim the urn.
