‘The rules didn’t apply to us, we were the custodians of the spirit of cricket’: Xavier Doherty blasts England’s mob mentality, calls it a by-product of Bazball

England have at times played really good cricket and then done something terribly stupid and then just said, well, that’s just part of it.

Doherty says their England skipper Ben Stokes has been generally reckless in the ongoing Ashes.

At the moment in this Test they’ve put themselves in a reasonable position, but outside of Ben Stokes they’ve generally just been reckless and thrown the game back in Australia’s favour, Doherty said.

Moeen Alis was sacked last night, it’s just unbelievable. They got into a bit of a row and Ali and Stokes tried to wrestle the pace back, Pat Cummins bounces him, he gets a top edge and it was 20 meters short of the fielder, Australia very next ball, puts the fielder in the right place. the ball landed and he does the exact same thing and gets caught and walks away, just like we play.

It’s not bad in theory, but there’s a reason Test cricket is played the way it is.

Doherty, who has played 4 Tests, 60 ODIs and 11 T20Is, has called the outrage over Jonny Baristow’s dismissal a by-product of Bazball.

He said it’s just another excuse for the English to call Australia a fraud.

The cricket crowd there is turning into a football crowd with chants and abuse.

It’s just this Irresponsible mindset they have, the rules don’t apply to us anymore, so do and say whatever you want and then be the keeper of the spirit of cricket and tell others what they should do, he added. .

They are in their own world right now and this Bazball phenomenon has no doubt gone to their heads.