England allrounder Stuart Broad predicts this summer season’s Ashes collection towards holders Australia shall be “one hell of a series” notably after the roaring success of his group in latest occasions.
Australia haven’t relinquished the well-known urn since reclaiming it in 2017-18 however will face a buoyant England group who’ve gained 10 of their final 12 Tests below captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon “Baz” McCullum.
England’s extremely entertaining “Bazball” strategy threatens to revolutionise Test cricket and Broad can’t wait to see the way it fares within the five-match collection starting in Birmingham on June 16.
“It’s going to be an incredible summer,” Broad instructed Sky Sports.
“For us as a team though, with the style of cricket we’re playing, we’ve quite openly said that we try to take the results out of it.
“It’s about entertaining the group and taking part in the type of cricket folks need to watch on the TV and take heed to.
“That’s going to be our style, whoever we play against. We’re going to look to entertain and have fun – and it would be great to do that against Australia.”
England’s swashbuckling batting has notably stood out and Broad had no doubts his teammates would dominate Australia’s formidable bowling assault too.
“The Aussies will be coming here pretty fresh, fit and ready. But we’ve played against some brilliant bowling attacks with the style of cricket we’ve played … and that won’t change against Australia.
“We know they have a very good assault and an amazing batting line-up, so it will be one hell of a collection.”
Stokes has requested for “eight match quick bowlers” for the Ashes series and all-rounder Chris Woakes is optimistic of being one of them despite not playing any first-class cricket following knee surgery last July.
“There’s no cricketer within the nation who would not need to be part of that,” Woakes was quoted as saying by the Guardian newspaper.
The 34-year-old said he soon would have a chat with Stokes about a possible Ashes recall.
“I’ll give him a name to seek out out what he is considering from my perspective, whether or not he desires me to play in a sure technique to get my approach again in.
“I know Ben well and it will be an easy call to make. It’s easy to see (the style of play) from the outside but there’s probably more specific messages in the dressing room.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
