Mark Boucher extends his support to England's Bazball approach in Tests

South Africa men's cricket team head coach Mark Boucher said other teams will now follow the new 'Bazball' style of playing Test cricket but also pointed out that conditions will play a big part in the approach's success.

Addressing the media before South Africa's two-month-long tour to England, Boucher said England's recent approach to playing the longest and the slowest version of the game is how teams should play in the red-ball format.

England's new head coach of the Test team Brendon McCullum has earned a lot of praise from around the globe for revolutionising the England Test setup since taking over. Under his guidance, England are unbeaten in the summer till now, winning the last four games, which include three emphatic victories over New Zealand and one historic win against India.

"It's probably the way that red-ball cricket is going. If you look at the introduction of T20 cricket, the run rates have increased in red-ball cricket. There's going to be times where the conditions don't allow you to play that way but if the conditions allow you to play that way, I'm sure that you're going to see batting line-ups try and put bowlers under pressure," said Mark Boucher ahead of his team's warm-up match (as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo).

Boucher further said the home conditions played a massive part in England's dominance against New Zealand and India. England scored at a rate of 4.6 with the bat as they chased considerable totals in all four Tests. He also believes that England have paved the way for the visitors to play Test cricket aggressively.

"The conditions have allowed for England to play that way. That's just about being smart and assessing conditions on the day. If you see a moment to really put the hammer down, we've seen how it can pay off, as England have shown us. I do think Test cricket is going that way”.

The ex-wicket keeper batter said it's 'exciting' to see how McCullum has allowed the England Test side to play expressive cricket.

"We know how Brendon (McCullum) played and we've heard the conversations around him when he was coach of KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) as well that he wanted to have this really aggressive style of play. It's exciting to watch. I watched a lot of those games and England did really well".

Boucher expects England to come out and play in the same fashion as they did against New Zealand and India.

"It's probably a little bit of an advantage to us in a way to have seen and we can expect them to come out and play the same brand of cricket that they are playing. A couple of things you need to understand is that you need to have the right players in your team to be able to do that, and the conditions need to be favourable as well."

South Africa will play two warm-up games ahead of their all-format series against England. The Test series between England and South Africa starts on August 17.