I don’t have any idea what Bazball is: Brendon McCullum

England have been on fire all summer, winning all four Test matches so far. After a horrible run of form in red-ball cricket for the last 18 months, the England Test team under newly appointed coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes have turned things around with a 3-0 sweep against the World Test champions New Zealand and a record-breaking chase against India in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston. 

The England boys have played an attacking brand of cricket this summer, and English media came up with the term 'Bazball', deriving from McCullum's nickname 'Baz', to describe how England have been playing under the newly appointed Kiwi coach. 

In an interview with Adam Gilchrist on SEN WA Breakfast, McCullum reacted to all the noise around Bazball and said he doesn't know what that means. 

"No, I don't have any idea what Bazball is, having a bit of a go, but the boys have been fantastic, couldn't have asked for a better start really," McCullum told Adam Gilchrist on SEN WA Breakfast.

Australia will be a different challenge

Earlier this week, Steve Smith, currently in Sri Lanka, was asked about the term Bazball after England's historic win over India. The Aussie batter was unsure how long it would last and said, 'it's good fun to joke' in the Australian camp.

McCullum responded to Smith's comments and acknowledged that Australia would be a completely different challenge, primarily because of the history behind these two teams.

"I saw those (Smith's comments) flick up on one of the feeds somewhere," McCullum said on SEN WA Breakfast.

"It's quite right, it is going to be a big challenge when we take on Australia. 

"I do believe that both New Zealand and India are two very, very good cricket sides as well.

"Australia is a different kind of challenge because of the history of the Ashes and the rivalry which exists there".

McCullum finds the term Bazball silly

McCullum further added that he doesn't like the term Bazball. It takes away all the credit from the boys who made things look easy on the ground, but a lot happens behind the scenes. 

"I think the real key is not just the crash and burn if we look at the approach of how the guys have done it.

"That's why I don't really like that silly term that people are throwing out there, because there's actually quite a bit of thought that goes into how the guys manufacture their performances and when they put pressure on bowlers and which bowlers they put pressure on. There are also times where they've absorbed pressure beautifully as well."

McCullum and his boys will now focus on the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa, which is scheduled to start on August 17th at Lord's.