*Official* Match 28 - Bangladesh v England

[James]

Bangladesh v England
Fri Mar 11
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local | 19:30 EST | 19:00 CST | 16:30 WST

Bangladesh Squad

Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Abdur Razzak, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Naeem Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Suhrawadi Shuvo

England Squad

Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wicketkeeper), Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Chris Tremlett

 

[0RI0N]

Which commentator will host the toss?
Can The Black Swann scalp 4 or more wickets?
Will Eng win by x runs or x wickets?

 

[biased indian]

think the tigers will win it....

 

[straw man]

Which commentator will host the toss?
Can The Black Swann scalp 4 or more wickets?
Will Eng win by x runs or x wickets?

Simon Doull
Highly improbable. On average he only takes 1.8 wickets per match .
x runs

 

[straw man]

Bangladesh are being crushed under the weight of expectation now that they've graduated to not-quite-minnow status and are playing at home. I predict a comprehensive England win.

 

[vcs]

Hopefully Bangladesh don't miss the bus like they did against the WI.

 

[Blaze 18]

England should win this.

 

[cnerd123]

Expecting another completely disappointing defeat here for BD.

 

[Dhoni_fan]

England should win, but both teams have been very unpredictable so far in this tournament, so it could well be a very tight contest.

 

[0RI0N]

Simon Doull
Highly improbable. On average he only takes 1.8 wickets per match .
x runs

Gonna say Nasser H fwiw.
Nas knows how to host pre match formalities iirc.

 

[straw man]

Simon Doull brings a touch of class... but probably not the right sort of class

 

[Blaze 18]

Which commentator will host the toss?
Can The Black Swann scalp 4 or more wickets?
Will Eng win by x runs or x wickets?

1) N.Hussain
2) No
3) x wickets

 

[biased indian]

Gonna say Nasser H fwiw.
Nas knows how to host pre match formalities iirc.

it will be Atherton

 

[Cruxdude]

Really wish the Bangladeshis win this game. It would be crushing for their supporters if they lose.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'm hoping the selectors belatedly do the right thing and promote Bell to open. I'm haunted by visions of Prior being re-bumped up now Morgan is back in situ.

Be keen to see Yardy get the arse too but strongly think he'll be retained and Colly will miss out. Be incredibly harsh to ditch Ravi after his 60 v SA.

 

[GIMH]

Wonder which England will turn up. Both did on Sunday.

 

[Maximus0723]

BDers know the way.
They will be targeting English bus with pebbles.
Will the bus arrive on time?

 

[Bahnz]

England will pulverize Bangladesh. Even without Broad, they'll have way too much quality. Bangladesh unlucky they weren't seeded in group A.

 

[Blaze 18]

England will pulverize Bangladesh. Even without Broad, they'll have way too much quality. Bangladesh unlucky they weren't seeded in group A.

They'd have still been slaughtered by all the test nations.

 

[Bahnz]

They'd have still been slaughtered by all the test nations.

You never know what might've happened if they'd caught Pakistan on a bad day. I agree though, they were never a realistic quarter chance no matter where they were placed.