ANARCHY RULES, OK!

It's clear there are no strict orders with Bazball but it's still vital to actually win

- ANDY DUNN

JUST over a year into the partnership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, one thing is clear - Bazball is a lawless game.

Rules? There are no rules.

Except for one, perhaps. You have to try and hit the first ball of any given day to the boundary.

Zak Crawley cracked Pat Cummins' opener to the fence on Friday and, yesterday, Joe Root (left) tried to ramp the Australian skipper to the ropes.

Taking liberties with one of the world's best fast bowlers is, it seems, all part of the fun.

Taking liberties with one of the world's best spinners is, it seems, also part of the fun.

The problem is Nathan Lyon and Cummins took four wickets apiece in England's second innings and might well have the last laugh today.

England will give it all they have on the final day, but it still could end up Bazball 0, Ozball 1.

And, in that case, there will be plenty who will argue it is already time to get serious.