{"id":10430,"date":"2025-12-26T10:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=674865"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:03:28","slug":"eng-vs-aus-4th-test-boxing-day-test-harry-brook-starts-bazball-cricket-after-england-lose-4-wickets-for-16-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/eng-vs-aus-4th-test-boxing-day-test-harry-brook-starts-bazball-cricket-after-england-lose-4-wickets-for-16-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs AUS 4th Test, Boxing Day Test: Harry Brook starts \u2018Bazball\u2019 cricket after England lose 4 wickets for 16 runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Brook briefly <strong>brought Bazball back to life<\/strong> with an audacious counterattack, smashing <strong>Mitchell Starc over cover for a flat-batted six<\/strong>, stepping down the track and taking the fight to Australia just when England were in deep trouble.<\/p>\n<p>However, that lone flash of intent came in the middle of a dramatic collapse. <strong>England lost four wickets for just 16 runs<\/strong>, sliding from early hope into serious strife. Earlier in the innings, <strong>Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Zak Crawley and Joe Root<\/strong> were all removed cheaply, with <strong>Michael Neser and Mitchell Starc<\/strong> exploiting the movement on offer at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>Brook\u2019s six off Starc stood out as England\u2019s first real statement of intent, but it also underlined the desperation of the situation rather than a shift in momentum. With <strong>Ben Stokes walking in next<\/strong>, England were left needing resistance, not bravado, as Australia continued to dictate terms after bowling out the hosts for <strong>152<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Brook briefly brought Bazball back to life with an audacious counterattack, smashing Mitchell Starc over cover for a flat-batted\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}