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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Dwaipayan Datta | TNN

Philosopher Brendon McCullum and the red-ball revolution

It was the 1992 World Cup when a Kiwi from Auckland changed the way limited-overs cricket would be played. Martin Crowe figured that the first 15 overs of the game against the new ball was the time to attack with the bat, a theory that stunned the cricket world and took the Kiwis to the semis, till they were stopped by a freak named Inzamam ul Haq.

Cut to 2015 ODI World Cup and here was Brendon McCullum, nicknamed Baz, who was hell-bent on bringing about another change. For the then captain of the New Zealand team, every ball was an opportunity to score and playing only for survival was not an option --- the birth of Baz Ball as we call it today.

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