**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

[Kippax]

 

[Prince EWS]

Presumably they're grooming Mehedi for a proper batting position.

Yeah, but I don't get why they'd not go for Mosaddek instead if they were doing that. They must either rate Mahedi's bowling a lot higher than Mosaddek's.. or they think that picking 20 year old batsmen with multiple First Class hundreds at a great average after they've started their ODI careers well is the easy way out, and that they'll only be respected as true visionaries if they identify 18 year old opening batsmen as potential lower middle order heroes before they've knocked up any First Class or ODI runs to speak of at all.

Knowing Bangladesh, probably the latter.

 

[Howe_zat]

So it turns out he's here to take the new ball

 

[morgieb]

He's opening the bowling! Wow.

 

[Kippax]

Batting, rookies the key | The Daily Star

The first is Mehedi Hasan Miraz, perhaps the best off-spinner in the country, picked specifically to neutralise England's army of left-handed batsmen.

 

[Tom Flint]

Lol duckett with a big cover drive first ball

 

[cnerd123]

Not available in HK

Boooooooooo

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah, but I don't get why they'd not go for Mosaddek instead if they were doing that. They must either rate Mahedi's bowling a lot higher than Mosaddek's.. or they think that picking 20 year batsmen with multiple First Class hundreds at a great average after they've started their ODI careers well is the easy option, and that they'll only be respected as true visionaries if they identify 18 year old opening batsmen as potential lower middle order heroes before they've knocked up any First Class or ODI runs to speak of at all.

Knowing Bangladesh, probably the latter.

Lol

 

[Howe_zat]

Bugger me, Duckett was in trouble there.

 

[Prince EWS]

Okay, to be fair that does look one step closer to Test standard offies than what Mosaddek was bowling in the ODIs.

 

[Tom Flint]

All over the shop that over nearly embarrassed himself twice

 

[morgieb]

Actually a pretty good over that.

Who's on comms? Sounds like Nasser and Botham but am not super sure.

 

[cnerd123]

"This is the first time since October 2015 a non-Asian captain has won a toss in a test match in Asia."

Lol.

 

[Cabinet96]

Is it bad I've had five heart attacks in the opening 10 minutes? Not looking forward to Ashwin's spells.

 

[morgieb]

Surprised Bangladesh can afford UltraEdge.

 

[Prince EWS]

Actually, seems I've confused Mehedi Hasan with Mahedi Hasan, who plays for the same domestic team, debuted around the same time and usually plays in all the same matches. The bloke playing does seem to be an actual bowling allrounder rather than an opening bat who bowls sometimes.

I retract all my confused rants.

 

[Howe_zat]

Actually a pretty good over that.

Who's on comms? Sounds like Nasser and Botham but am not super sure.

Beefy's not there, it's Knight (the Essex one) and Key.

Key's good tbh, only on Sky's B team because he wasn't England captain.

 

[Howe_zat]

Actually, seems I've confused Mehedi Hasan with Mahedi Hasan, who plays for the same domestic team, debuted around the same time and usually plays in all the same matches. The bloke playing does seem to be an actual bowling allrounder rather than an opening bat who bowls sometimes.

I retract all my confused rants.

man, what are you even for if you can't get this **** right

 

[Prince EWS]

Actually, seems I've confused Mehedi Hasan with Mahedi Hasan, who plays for the same domestic team, debuted around the same time and usually plays in all the same matches. The bloke playing does seem to be an actual bowling allrounder rather than an opening bat who bowls sometimes.

I retract all my confused rants.

This mistake was seriously so good. What are the chances?

 

[cnerd123]

Can someone do comms for this please, I'm stuck at work and cant watch =(