*Official* England in Bangladesh

[wpdavid]

As long as England don't survive too long tomorrow, this should all be very interesting after those 3 late wickets. Bang won't hang around on Day 4, so Day 5 will either be a runchase or hanging on for dear life yet again. What's the odds at the moment?

 

[Sir Alex]

As long as England don't survive too long tomorrow, this should all be very interesting after those 3 late wickets. Bang won't hang around on Day 4, so Day 5 will either be a runchase or hanging on for dear life yet again. What's the odds at the moment?

with umpires like these, England won't have to think about "survival" really hard.

 

[stumpski]

England to win before lunch on Wednesday. Don't see Bangladesh setting them more than 200 - everyone knows they never bat well twice in the same match.


But perhaps their batsman will be given some of the same largesse as England's have enjoyed.

 

[Athlai]

England to win before lunch on Wednesday. Don't see Bangladesh setting them more than 200 - everyone knows they never bat well twice in the same match.


But perhaps their batsman will be given some of the same largesse as England's have enjoyed.

Actually...
vs. England
1st 296 2nd 331
vs. NZ
1st 408 2nd 282
vs. India
1st 233 2nd 312
vs. India
1st 242 2nd 301
vs. WI
1st 232 2nd 217/6
vs. WI
1st 238 2nd 345

and finally SL
1st 208 2nd 158
Have to go back to Dec 2008 before they collapsed entirely again.

 

[stumpski]

OK, but they haven't made 300 in each innings, and they'll certainly need at least that many in the next day or so. Not much sign of the wicket breaking up yet.

 

[Sir Alex]

OK, but they haven't made 300 in each innings, and they'll certainly need at least that many in the next day or so. Not much sign of the wicket breaking up yet.

Could've had England under 300 but for some umpiring incompetence.

 

[stumpski]

Certainly, and I did allude to that in my previous post. Would have made for an even more interesting match IMO, with Bangers I always feel they need a first innings lead to have at least half a chance.

 

[Athlai]

OK, but they haven't made 300 in each innings, and they'll certainly need at least that many in the next day or so. Not much sign of the wicket breaking up yet.

Reckon 350 is as likely as 150 for Bangers these days.

 

[Athlai]

Great article regarding Tamim

Tamim Iqbal: 'I don't want fifties, I want hundreds' | Specials | Cricinfo Magazine | Cricinfo.com

 

[social]

Reckon 350 is as likely as 150 for Bangers these days.

They made 400+ in this test "the hard way"

With so many guys getting a start on a flat deck it really should've been 600

Unfortunately, I can see them collapsing the second time around and being beaten absolutely needlessly

 

[Scaly piscine]

Surprised Bangladesh are as a long as 23 on the odds. Apart from Bangladesh being crap it's an even situation, team batting last with a very small lead. Given Bangladesh need a win I hope they'll be aggressive.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Surprised Bangladesh are as a long as 23 on the odds. Apart from Bangladesh being crap it's an even situation, team batting last with a very small lead. Given Bangladesh need a win I hope they'll be aggressive.

I think it's a case of England would just pull out of a run chase if it got too risky, and unless Bangladesh are already at the tail, then they'll never bowl England out if they don't want to attack.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I think it's a case of England would just pull out of a run chase if it got too risky, and unless Bangladesh are already at the tail, then they'll never bowl England out if they don't want to attack.

England's batsmen are boneheads, look at the three soft dismissals at the end of today's play which turned a very strong position into an average one.

I think it's likely Bangladesh will leave England needing not much more than 3 an over. Bangladesh are quite capable of scoring quickly enough to leave England needing to bat out a whole day if not more than that depending on how things go tomorrow morning.

Given the way the duff decisions have been highlighted I wouldn't be surprised if Bangladesh got some in their favour. And lets face it England would have struggled to break 300 without the luck they've had already.

 

[Pothas]

Bad umpiring happens, I have absolutely no sympathy for Bangladesh

Yep and of course we had no complaints in South Africa did we.

Must be so frustrating for Bangladesh, having to get more than 10 wickets to get a side out on a pitch like this is just not fair.

 

[boka]

Given the way the duff decisions have been highlighted I wouldn't be surprised if Bangladesh got some in their favour. And lets face it England would have struggled to break 300 without the luck they've had already.

I don't think so.

In the first innings Tamim's wicket is one example.One decision which again went against Bangladesh.


Bad umpiring was constant throughout this series,including the one days.

 

[Uppercut]

Surprised Bangladesh are as a long as 23 on the odds. Apart from Bangladesh being crap it's an even situation, team batting last with a very small lead. Given Bangladesh need a win I hope they'll be aggressive.

Nah can't see Bangladesh winning. In these conditions it's far too easy for a batting side to just shut down and close the game out for a draw. Which England have gotten fairly good at lately, you may have noticed .

A draw is reasonably good for Bangladesh though. Baby steps.

 

[fredfertang]

Ouch - would have been interesting if Rubel Hussain had got that lbw against Matt Prior - 186 for 5 would really have tested the new Ian Bell

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ouch - would have been interesting if Rubel Hussain had got that lbw against Matt Prior - 186 for 5 would really have tested the new Ian Bell

Truly dire decision as well. Knocking leg out of the ground. Lot of time for the boy. He's really done the hard yards in this test. His figures are practically libellous.

 

[GIMH]

Yep and of course we had no complaints in South Africa did we.

Must be so frustrating for Bangladesh, having to get more than 10 wickets to get a side out on a pitch like this is just not fair.

South Africa? Don't know what you are talking about

TBF my complaints there were with poor third umpiring, that is inexcusable! But yeah, harsh on Bangas.

 

[Woodster]

Very pleased to see Ian Bell in the runs again. It would be easy to mark this down as another innings with easy pickings against a side like Bangladesh, but it is a damn good job he turned up for us today or we could have been in real trouble, as we could have had Prior been given out LBW early doors against Rubel.

Big psychological boost for England to go past Bangladesh's score, think the hosts may struggle mentally to come back from here.