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Captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum promised to stick with England’s new style of swashbuckling and aggressive bowling for Test cricket despite a crushing defeat in the first game of a three-track series. pre-check South Africa

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Ben Stokes tells Mel Jones that defeat to South Africa at Lord’s was not a wake-up call and has not dampened his England team’s confidence

Skipper Ben Stokes dismissed the idea that England should return to their gung-ho style after a crushing 12th-half loss to South Africa at Lord’s.

Stokes’ men started their second inning after 161 runs, but couldn’t even start the game on Friday evening after a spectacular hit when they were thrown out with a 149.

There are few indications that ‘Bazball’ aggressive batting approach helped England to four straight Test wins before their latest collapse in the 40-round round against Proteas.

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Highlights from day three of the first test between England and South Africa at Lord

“It’s not a wake-up call or anything like that, just unfortunately we weren’t able to perform the way we wanted to play this week and South Africa was better than us.”

Ben Stokes

“Obviously we were disappointed to lose, it would be silly for me to say anything different,” Stokes said. Sports sky.

“If we go into this too much, one result is a three-match series, what we don’t do then is expect what we’re coming up with. We have two more games to recover. recover from this and then hopefully make it 2-1.”

Stokes was also quick to dismiss the idea that England should consider their attacking play ahead of the second test at Old Trafford next Thursday, saying: “Absolutely not. I look at the captains before me, captains after me, they will always be criticized at certain times for how they want to go out and play.

“It’s just part of life, I guess. We know when we’re at our best we can go out on the pitch and put on some incredible performances – like everyone did. can be seen in the four matches before this one.

“This is not a wake-up call or anything like that, just unfortunately we weren’t able to perform the way we wanted to play this week and South Africa was better than us.”

He also played down the impact of England not having warm-up matches in the first division, adding: “I don’t think I want to use that situation as an excuse.

“We’ve all played a lot of cricket. Maybe there’s an opportunity to hold a first-class match there where the players come out and play.”

Stokes wants Britain to have no baggage to return

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“It’s been a side game for us, and that’s totally fine. It’s not something I’m going to throw our toys out of a stroller,” Stokes said at his press conference.

“The message from me and Baz upstairs would be, did we commit to everything the way we committed to the first four Tests of the summer?

“If people can say ‘yes, 100%, we didn’t make it’ then everything will be fine. We’ll move on to the next Test, and go out there, try and win.”

Now, Stokes wants his side to trail behind defeat, with the almighty saying: “It’s disappointing to lose a game. Taking a breather is a bit of an extreme thing. I just love to ride the wave of any player. whatever comes.

“The way we reacted after the first Test match just continued to be what we are going home with. You have to live in the moment and ride the wave, whether it’s success or failure.

“We have two games left. If we hold this game for too long and carry our baggage into the next game, we are one step behind South Africa. I want us to be the team that we are. I’m one step ahead.”

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McCullum: ‘South Africa deserves to win’

“As we said at the beginning, you have to buckle up for the ride. It’s not nice in times like these but we’ll come back stronger.”

Brendon McCullum

It was England’s first defeat since Brendon McCullum was appointed head coach.

And McCullum admitted England were “beaten by the better horse in the race”, saying: “I think South Africa played exceptionally well, they took advantage of the conditions they were offered and they deserved. deserve to win.

“We have a bit of work to do but you can’t go from a good cricket team a few weeks ago to a bad team overnight, so we’ll try to maintain some of the positivity and beauty that we have. We get the chance to come back in a few days.”

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Brendon McCullum doesn’t panic after witnessing England’s crushing defeat to South Africa

Like Stokes, McCullum denied the British batters might have been too cavalier against a strong bowling team, saying: “I think if anything we could be a timid touch.

“We want to be the best version of ourselves. It doesn’t always work. Like we said at the beginning, you have to wear your seat belt to go. It’s not nice in times like these. But we will come back stronger.”

McCullum also dismissed suggestions of overconfidence, saying: “I don’t believe at any stage we’ve got in front of us. We’re just overplayed.”

Watch the first day of Test LV = Coverage Monday between England and South Africa, at Old Trafford, live on Sky Sports Cricket next Thursday. Coverage starts at 10am, and the game starts at 11am.