sport news Bazball is now official! Term used to describe England's aggressive style of ... trends now
sport news Bazball is now official! Term used to describe England's aggressive style of ... trends now
Bazball set to be included in the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary Term describes England’s style of play under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes Coach McCullum is not a fan of the phrase and described it as 'silly' last summer
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Bazball has officially entered the dictionary after being named as one of Collins’ 10 words of the year.
Listed as a noun, it has been given the dictionary definition of ‘a style of Test cricket in which the batting side attempts to gain the initiative by playing in a highly aggressive manner’.
Its origin is noted as ‘C21: after Brendon McCullum, known as Baz (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer and coach’.
The word has now been added to collinsdictionary.com and is set to be included in
