‘Just Get Back To Playing Normally’: Sarcastic Nasser Hussain Schools England Batsman After 122 All-Out

Birmingham: Former England batsman, Nasser Hussain has lashed out at the technique, style and attitude of the current Egland team. He was furious after England’s terrible second innings performance against New Zealand in the second Test match here. The English batsmen showed a dismal performance with the bat in the 3rd innings as they got all-out for a mere 122 runs. Hussain sarcastically wrote, “we’re going to have the bat coming across it, we’re going to stand funny, we’re going to swing outside our off stump because everyone else in the history” of cricket was wrong. 

Nasser Hussain’s pessimism stems from England’s unimpressive performance across three-Test series against Sri Lanka, India and now New Zealand. “”I’m not seeing ‘we are right’ at the moment, whether it be in Sri Lanka where Joe Root carried them, whether it be in India and they don’t have the excuse of the pitches turning here. Whether it being the seaming ball or the spinning ball, they are right and everyone else is wrong,” Nasser Hussain wrote in Sky Sports. 

“There seems to have been a reinvention of the wheel out there with batting. Techniques out there that everyone else who has played the game before – they are all wrong and we are right. We’re going to have these odd little techniques, we’re going to have the bat coming across it, we’re going to stand funny, we’re going to swing outside our off stump because everyone else in the history of the game – Viv Richards, you are wrong, and we are right,” Hussain continued. 

Most of the players in the England team have an unorthodox technique of batting that has been criticised time and again. Nasser Hussain has just reiterated that point of view. He stressed on the need to look at county cricket for players to play in the England team. 

“The other thing is, these are the lads that are getting the runs in county cricket. If you picked the five who are getting runs, these are them. So please, have a look at your game and more importantly have a look at the opposition – they are batting how you’re supposed to. It’s just chalk and cheese. Technically gifted, sound batsmen playing the game the way it’s supposed to be played – let the ball come to you, leave it well and play with a straight bat. Six changes they’ve made and they still look such a sharp outfit,” Hussain concluded. 

Meanwhile, New Zealand won the Test match and also the series. They chased down the modest total of 38 runs with 8 wickets in hand. They have announced themselves as strong contenders for the World Test Championship Final which they will play against India on June 18.