*Official* England in Bangladesh

[Nate]

Stop bowling pace bowlers!

****.

This. It has lost him so many games lately. Guess you could argue it will pay off eventually...

Well, there goes another one. Shafiul conceedes 23 runs off 11 balls. Stupid.

 

[GIMH]

Great stuff from Morgan, England were fairly awful but that is why we are fun.

Shame for Bangladesh, did get unlucky with some decisions.

Great knock Morgan.

Shakib, so many ****house decisions.

England were lucky with umpiring, but that's the way it goes.

The decisions went against us at the weekend, swings and roundabouts, still as you say it's the way it goes but who knows what would have happened? Pheeeeeeeeeeew

 

[Aritro]

****ing terrible over from Shafiul there. Not sure what was to be gained from having him bowl to be honest. One of the spinners would at least have been in with a show of removing Tredwell. Poor decision from the captain, and an ever poorer over from the bowler.

 

[Woodster]

Morgan in a league of his own out there. Would have been sickening if he'd not won the game with that innings.

There was always plenty to upbeat about!!Never in doubt.

 

[popepouri]

****ty captaincy from Shakib. Shouldn't have taken off Razzak when Morgan came in. Also, He should have bowled Shuvo for more overs.

 

[Jono]

Bowling pace bowlers for the sake of doing so in a powerplay just made no sense.

You bowl whoever is less likely to go for runs or more likely to win the match with a wicket.

Spin was the answer.

 

[Woodster]

****ing terrible over from Shafiul there. Not sure what was to be gained from having him bowl to be honest. One of the spinners would at least have been in with a show of removing Tredwell. Poor decision from the captain, and an ever poorer over from the bowler.

In defence of Shafiul, Morgan makes the margin of error so small for a bowler especially when he's in that kind of form and well set. He can hit the ball anywhere either with innovative, imaginative strokes, or with powerfully struck conventional shots. So so difficult to bowl to.

 

[Woodster]

Bowling pace bowlers for the sake of doing so in a powerplay just made no sense.

You bowl whoever is less likely to go for runs or more likely to win the match with a wicket.

Spin was the answer.

Thionk Morgan would have taken spin bowlers, quick bowlers, any kind of bowler to task in those dying overs, but I do appreciate what you're saying.

 

[NasserFan207]

Bowling pace bowlers for the sake of doing so in a powerplay just made no sense.

You bowl whoever is less likely to go for runs or more likely to win the match with a wicket.

Spin was the answer.

The problem was Morgan had just hit Razzak, their second best spinner for plenty in the previous over, and Shafiful had done ok the over before that. It suggested bowling a fast bowler was a better option.

In all honesty though, Morgan in the powerplay is deadly, I seriously doubt it would've mattered.

 

[Aritro]

In defence of Shafiul, Morgan makes the margin of error so small for a bowler especially when he's in that kind of form and well set. He can hit the ball anywhere either with innovative, imaginative strokes, or with powerfully struck conventional shots. So so difficult to bowl to.

That may be so, but giving him three full tosses to dispatch perhaps wasn't the answer.

 

[Nate]

Thionk Morgan would have taken spin bowlers, quick bowlers, any kind of bowler to task in those dying overs, but I do appreciate what you're saying.

Haha, huge call. Mahmudullah took 1/12 in his last 3 overs. Absolute stupidity to take him off.

 

[isport]

Morgan looked a class act today - he dealt superbly with whatever they bowled at him.

 

[NasserFan207]

That may be so, but giving him three full tosses to dispatch perhaps wasn't the answer.

Wet ball/trying to bowl yorkers = full tosses. Not surprising.

 

[Nate]

The problem was Morgan had just hit Razzak, their second best spinner for plenty in the previous over, and Shafiful had done ok the over before that. It suggested bowling a fast bowler was a better option.

The countless Bangladeshi matches where the game has been thrown away due to bowling fast bowlers, including Shafiul, at the death, however, suggests it was not.

 

[NasserFan207]

The countless Bangladeshi matches where the game has been thrown away due to bowling fast bowlers, including Shafiul, at the death, however, suggests it was not.

Probably. Its the past now though tbh. Shakib captained very well up till that point.

 

[Nate]

Probably. Its the past now though tbh. Shakib captained very well up till that point.

YOU'RE THE PAST

 

[NasserFan207]

NO YOU'RE THE PAST Nnanden

 

[popepouri]

Probably. Its the past now though tbh. Shakib captained very well up till that point.

Have to disagree. Razzak only bowled 4 overs and got 2 wickets in his spell. They needed one more wicket until they were into the allrounders but Shakib took him off and bowled the part-timers Islam and Mahmudullah. Shakib and Razzak should have been bowling in tandem for a while to make sure the job was done. Either that or bring on someone who isn't a part-timer like Shuvo and let him bowl his full 10. Pressure was key and you can't let someone like Morgan to settle.

 

[NasserFan207]

Have to disagree. Razzak only bowled 4 overs and got 2 wickets in his spell. They needed one more wicket until they were into the allrounders but Shakib took him off and bowled the part-timers Islam and Mahmudullah. Shakib and Razzak should have been bowling in tandem for a while to make sure the job was done. Either that or bring on someone who isn't a part-timer like Shuvo and let him bowl his full 10. Pressure was key and you can't let someone like Morgan to settle.

They had to keep Razzak and Shakib back for the powerplay.

 

[popepouri]

They had to keep Razzak and Shakib back for the powerplay.

The Powerplay isn't 12 overs long. Razzak could have been bowled another 3 and Shakib only bowled 1 in total at that time.