Bazball
English edit
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology edit
Baz + ball, Baz being the nickname of New Zealand cricketer and coach Brendon McCullum.
Noun edit
Bazball (uncountable)
- (cricket, informal, slang, neologism) An aggressive run-scoring approach to cricket.
- [2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41:
- BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.]
- 2022 July 13, Paul Newman, “World of Cricket”, in Daily Mail, London, page 70:
- THE effects of Bazball can already be seen in the wider cricketing world, too. No sooner had Ben Stokes put out a call to arms telling county cricketers they had to play his way to get in the England team comes evidence of a response from Dom Sibley.