You cannot arrive at the million-pound question and say: “Chris, I’ve thought about it, final answer... E.” Nor can you ask Carol Vorderman for two from the top, four from the bottom and a side of onion rings.
So, while the analysis of England’s batting brain-fade will be framed in some quarters as yet another debate over the merits or ills of Bazball (apparently, Brendon McCullum has now given up and come to terms with that label), really, that is to miss the point.
