**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

[Shady Slim]

it's harder to get set against one pacer and one spinner than two of either imo

just opinion

 

[weldone]

it's harder to get set against one pacer and one spinner than two of either imo

just opinion

not on this pitch

 

[Shady Slim]

i'm speaking from personal experience tbf so it's different for everyone and in different situations

 

[mr_mister]

so is it Shabbir or Sabbir - I see everyone in this thread refer to him as Shabbir but its spelt Sabbir on all the scoresheets

 

[Athlai]

so is it Shabbir or Sabbir - I see everyone in this thread refer to him as Shabbir but its spelt Sabbir on all the scoresheets

Don't worry about it

 

[mr_mister]

Don't worry about it

i'm interested you muppet

 

[Athlai]

i'm interested you muppet

It'll change by the next tour.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

so is it Shabbir or Sabbir - I see everyone in this thread refer to him as Shabbir but its spelt Sabbir on all the scoresheets

Pronounced as SHabbir, by born his name its spelled as SHabbir but somehow when he entered into cricket camp as he came through the age group, his name's spelling got to Sabbir and never got changed

 

[Athlai]

Good partnership this, England in real trouble.

Edit: you're welcome

 

[mackembhoy]

Important wicket but this is Bangladesh's to lose now. We won't chase over 250.

 

[91Jmay]

Great ball from Rash, Bangladesh in control though.

 

[Daemon]

I guess Butler wanted the Deshis to have to accelerate against the spinners rather than knock them around in the middle overs.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Mushfiq needs to play a good innings here. Way too many free passes as passenger

 

[Compton]

lol Buttler...doesn't employ spinners from both sides to build pressure...seems to be a fan of the 'spinners should bowl more after 30th over' rubbish theory

Probably more a sign that the spinner:seamer balance is off than anything else tbh. No idea why Plunkett is playing when England have more spinners with them.

 

[theegyptian]

Probably more a sign that the spinner:seamer balance is off than anything else tbh. No idea why Plunkett is playing when England have more spinners with them.

I'm sure Buttler in hindsight will have wanted dawson in the team - or root as the third spinner would have been ideal. And I agree that I think they were kept back a bit because BUttler was probably worried about having 15 overs straight at the end of the innings against seam - especially if Bangladesh were 3 or 4 down at that point which could have happened given Ali in these conditions is hopeless. The amount of times Ali has helpful conditions and is basically useless is too high. He's fairly clueless when it spins and has no idea how to get opposition batsman out in conventional ways. Neither the control nor variation. A good day for Batty and Ansari with the first test a week tomorrow.

This game feels over allready unless someone can do something magical in the england lineup.

 

[MW1304]

11 wides so far. This could be going worse though, by the looks of it.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah wides been a persistent issue through series.

 

[MW1304]

Drop from the unlikeliest source. Could be costly too, this feels like a total we could get close to but these extra runs might be too much.

 

[Stace]

Way too much now, 240 would have been manageable but anything over 270 is just too much.

 

[theegyptian]

Woakes has been garbage today from what I've seen. And worryingly he seems a bit down on pace and without the bounce in his runup