IND vs ENG: Former England captain lashes out at Ben Stokes’ Bazballers- ‘It’s a members’ membership’ | Cricket News

England’s captain Ben Stokes gestures throughout the fifth day of the third cricket check match between England and India at Lord’s cricket floor in London, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham)

Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has slammed Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum for his or her inflexible method in persevering with with Zak Crawley, regardless of the opener’s struggles.Boycott mentioned he’s amazed by the truth that the England cricket administration isn’t searching for one other opener.“People ask me: ‘Haven’t we got another opener in county cricket?’ I say: ‘I don’t think the hierarchy are looking.’ It’s a members’ club and if you are in it… you can’t get out,” Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph.“Zak Crawley is a lucky lad because there is an old saying in cricket: ‘Never change a winning team.’“I don’t imagine that, however some do, and since they received, England will probably be tempted to select the identical gamers. I imagine in one other saying: ‘When you are winning, that is when you should try to improve your team.’”

The 27-year-old has already played 57 Tests for England and is averaging 30.89.“How many extra possibilities is Crawley going to get? He has realized nothing in his 57 Tests,” he mentioned.“A waft within the first innings, caught behind, and a front-foot drive within the second innings to a broad sucker ball, caught at gully.

“It was just a replay of too many of his dismissals. Time to go. Five hundreds and an average of 31 is not good enough.”Boycott mentioned the Australian troika of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood will probably be ready for Crawley to play within the Ashes, and it isn’t a good signal for the England workforce.“Most opposition bowlers can’t wait to get their sweaters off to bowl at him. Can you imagine what the Australian seamers are thinking about this winter’s Ashes series?“If Starc doesn’t get you, Hazlewood and Cummins will.”