No fancy 'Bazball' names for Proteas' brand of cricket: 'It's about being smart'

As the English cricket public raves over the "Bazball" their national team is playing in Test cricket, the Proteas have been going about their business relatively quietly.

Keeping things low-key has, to date, worked well for Mark Boucher and his troops, evidenced by the fact that they're sitting pretty at the summit of the ICC World Test Championship table.

There's clearly little need to emulate England's extravagant, aggressive yet hugely exciting brand of cricket in the red-ball format, which is named after their new coach Brendon 'Baz' McCullum.

"I don't think we've given our style of play a name. I know they have a name for [theirs] over here," Boucher said with a wry smile, ahead of the first of three Tests starting on Wednesday at Lord's.    

"We believe that we play a nice brand of cricket. We've had some tight series where we came out on top and nothing has really changed for us. We have processes that we go through to try and get results going our way.

"I've always said that you need to be smart. We want to play aggressive cricket, but you have be smart about it. Nothing will change for us. There's always a lot of hype when it comes to England v South Africa, but in the end it's a game between bat and ball.

"It's about making smart decisions at various stages of the game. We are focused on doing that."

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That's not to say Boucher is summarily dismissing what his opponents are trying to achieve.

"I was asked previously what I think about the way England play their cricket and I said that I watched it on TV and it's quite exciting.

"It's an exciting way of playing. You need a few things that encourage you to play in that manner, the