If you don't want to see rank non-turning filth running through a batting order then avert your gaze now.
If you don't want to see rank non-turning filth running through a batting order then avert your gaze now.
141 all out I reckon. Willey top scorer.
Absolutely no chance.
Oh, Willey isn't playing. Plunkett top scorer.
The public school trio of Duckett, Billings and Buttler to each be bowled through the gate.
Vince James with another pretty 30. Reasonable platform for us to fall off.
These two looking good. So comfortable against the spin.
I reckon they might end up putting Duckett in the Test side ahead of Hameed for that reason, although to be honest there are probably several spots available.
Duckett takes this home and we can bin Morgan forever.
Hales and Root to fit in somewhere as well. ODI batting looking very good now and in the future.
We should be contending for the next World Cup really, which means we'll go out in a rain-affected embarrasment against Namibia. The batting lineup never stops and Root is basically the straight man. Could do with finding some sort of kinky seamer like the Fizz, but being as we're England it's probably unlikely. Actually, what am I saying? Sam Curran will be 20 by then.
Bowling is still a major issue. And use of the bowlers by the captain. So unimaginative in the field.
The way Duckett played that Shakib over was pure class.
I was thinking the first thing that needs to happen as a result of this series is Buttler keep the captaincy.
Still think he makes the same mistakes as Morgan. Predictable bowling changes. New ball bowlers are on too long, spinners bowled together in blocks in the middle overs etc.
If he is made captain permanently should take the gloves off him and bat him higher up. Not exactly short of keepers in the squad.
Test side
Cook
Hameed
Duckett
Root
Moeeeeeen
Bairstow
Stokes
Woakes
Gaz Batts / Adil
Broad
Finn
Have I missed anyone? Could we play all three spinners instead of Finn? Classic England-in-Asia tying yourself in knots selection conundra.
All the keepers are shit tbf.Originally Posted by Max Power
I've long thought we should be dumping the great man and his beard on in the powerplay but that I suppose would dent prime Woakesage. There is a bit of an obsession with basing the first 10 on 'finding some swing' but then in fairness most Asian batsmen play the laterally moving ball like it's just arrived from the planet lol.
Why would you play a day/nighter in a country with so much humidity in the evening? It must be (and appears to be) fairly difficult to spin it.
Seriously good series win that.
Normally struggle in Asia, missing Root and Hales and Bangladesh have a mega home record in the past couple of years.
Not to mention beating us fairly comfortably in the World Cup.
Our next ODI against them is at the Oval on 1 June next year in the Champions Trophy, 10.30am start, overcast and David Masters will knock them the fuck over. With a couple of exceptions that entire tournament is being played to 10.30am starts, including both semis and the final, and it's magnificent.
Is that for TV reasons?
Sidebottom recall please.
Indian TV reasons. I'll research market conditions in the cement industry pre-tournament and see if there are any opportunities for a flash mob.
Are Bangladesh significantly worse at tests than the limited over stuff?
No mugs at home but England should beat them.
Bit of an amazing knock from David Warner in progress here. 149*, they need 68 off 36 to prevent a whitewash
I turn it on and the first thing I see is Imran Tahir unsuccessfully attempting boundary fielding. Such a great sport.
Hahahaha and Tahir runs him out for 172
Christ, imagine making 172 in a one day international at Newlands and whenever you gaze back at the scorecard for the rest of your life it says 'run out (Imran Tahir)' next to your name.
Still, Davey Warner can't read so probably not an issue.
The Pakistan-West Indies test looks like it's going to be a barnstorming finish.
Not bad for a test with a triple century and an 8-wicket haul.
Cracking final session coming up. Can't call it. But I'm watching it on the brilliant Channel Zing.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...y/1061808.html
Reckon the tests might not be as even as the ODIs.
Bravo
It's hard not to lol.Team-mate Simon Katich reportedly grabbed then vice-captain Clarke by the shirt over a disagreement about when the team song would be sung.
They fucking love their team songs. We are Geelong da da da-da da-da da (that's an attempt on Toreador, by the way).
I remember hearing some story about Katich shouting SING THE SONG at him repeatedly, but I could have imagined it.
I believe the issue was that the team culture is that nobody leaves the dressing room until the song is sung,and Clarke wanted to get onto his next engagement - hobnobbing with the Sydney socialite set on a Harbour cruise.
Katich took exception to Clarke's demands that the song be sung immediately, rather that in another couple of hours after everyone had knocked back enough VBs to ensure they couldn't stand up. Or Crownies, whatever the horse piss they were drinking at that stage was.
Personally I find the idea of mid to late thirties men drinking themselves into a coma because they won a test match a bit pathetic.
Crownies.
They're in gold bottles! They must be good!
Nothing wrong with drinking yourself into a coma, and being mid to late 30s probably only exacerbates that desire/requirement. Certainly better than a harbour cruise.
Looks as if this will be the team.
Cook
Hameed
Root
Duckett
Ali
Stokes
Bairstow
Woakes
Rashid
Batty
Broad
11 FC centurions, Broad at 11
Now just the dilemma of when to wake up. Do I spend my last few days of holiday waking up at 5am to watch some attritional test cricket in Chittagong?
I think the answer to that is fairly obviously yes.
I'd get up at any hour to watch Gaz Batts scream for England.
'Over to our commentators in Dhaka, and it's Nasser Hussain, with Athar Ali Khan.'
Some saying Barry Gallance for Hameed.
Gaz Baz in the middle order against their 8 spinners ffs
I'd guess the logic is they don't want two blockers opening up when the ball is new and scoring is easier. Wanted to see Hameed though.
There is indeed no Hameed.
Cook wins the toss and bats first on a dry pitch. It's dark outside. Nick Knight and Rob Key on comms. Rack em up.
Ball is spinning but this is fairly shit.
Think the folly of not playing Hameed being exposed here, this is a Test in Asia, not a one day game.
Mo already
If that shot indicates a Root/Ali counter attack this could be a fun half hour
Root taking too many runs off the rubbish seamers. They'll never bowl again now.
I don't know why teams bother playing any seamers against us in the subcontinent. Should literally be an all spin attack unless you've got someone world class, which Kamrul Islam probably is not.
White men can't play spin.
The boy AAK is absolutely fuming at the captaincy here
Based on the first nine balls, I really like this Taijul.
No Hameed? Booo.
In this hour I've watched, Root has looked absolutely class.
This Hameed/Ballance thing really annoys me. Not just because they've given a player a series too many (again).
What is more irritating is that if and when Ballance fails this series they have to drop him for India. So then Hameed is chucked straight into one of the toughest tours there is for his debut when he could have had a relatively low key series under his belt in similar conditions.
At least we've got Joe Root though. Different level
DRS carnage here. Dharmasena having a mare
They absolutely always fuck up the selection in the first Test of subcontinental tours. Usually it's with bowlers though.
Ballance's dismissal was classic clueless England in Asia stuff, on the back foot, hard hands, playing for three feet of turn. Morgan used to succumb the same way in Tests.
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