Jamie Smith insisted there is a method to England’s occasional moments of madness with the bat but he argued they are developing more of a “ruthless” streak which was evident in beating India.
England captain Ben Stokes dislikes the r-word but the calculated way in which they overhauled 371 at Headingley to go 1-0 up in the five-Test series was dubbed by Michael Vaughan as “Bazball with brains”.
