left-handed. Seeking results A component of Bazball is said to be “confusion-less cricket”, and whilst “attacking all the time is the key, but not attacking blindly is the mantra” with it being “a meticulous approach of never letting the game die and always seeking results.” Speaking after England chased a record run-chase in a Test in Nottingham in June 2022 against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, including a period of 102 runs in nine overs hit by Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, Stokes was quoted as saying "The message just was run into the fear of what the game was rather than standstill or back away from it…I'll say it quite simply: we were either winning this game or losing it. That was the mentality that we wanted all the batters coming in to have…It's obviously paid off. When you have the backing of the coach and captain, it rubs off on the players in a very positive way. So you're not fearing failure. You're just going out and doing what you want to do." Stokes was quoted as using 'positivity' and 'aggression' which would involve risking defeat if it provides a better chance of winning. An aggressive, high-risk high-reward style was noted with England’s leading all time wicket taker James Anderson quoted as saying "We've got a captain and coach that don't want draws. We're not playing for draws." The desire to seek results to Test matches led to a Stokes declaration in Rawalpindi against Pakistan that was seen as a risk and “about 50 runs shy of what experts felt would be the ideal score to have enough cushion”, only to win by 74 runs after giving Pakistan the chance to win they played less defensively, leading to former Australian cricketer and now commentator Mark Waugh saying "Courageous, fearless positive mindset gets them a win in Rawalpindi on the most docile surface. I don't think any other team in world cricket would have rolled the dice like that." Aggressive fields and bowling changes Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting discussed the change brought about to the English Test team commenting on how McCullum had managed to “change the attitude of some of the English players to not be scared about getting out and to be fully committed to thinking about scoring runs and when you get the ball in your hand to be as aggressive as you can and set