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**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

AndyZaltzHair

Hall of Fame Member
I've absolutely no clue how England will bowl on this. I could see Bangladesh folding for 150 or making 500.
Ctg pitch gets better in 2nd day which is the best time to bat on. Even if there is a collapse upfront, I am hoping that lower order can put few runs. Miraz is more like Mushy used to be in his young age and hes slotted at 8 (trying to be optimistic). Anything can happen actually. Really interesting situation in the match.
 

AndyZaltzHair

Hall of Fame Member
I'd never seen him bowl before today. I kind of assumed he'd look a little bit better than this to actually be selected with the numbers he's got, but he looks every bit as bad as someone who averages 40 with the ball in Bangladesh domestic cricket.

I understand it's been a bit of a barrel-scrape -- Mashrafe retired from the format, Mustafizur injured, Shahid injured, Taskin in cotton wool, Rubel with a terrible Test record over a long period and poor form, Al-Amin with a terrible Test record over an admittedly shorter period and poor form.. but it comes to a point where you'd probably be better off not picking a specialist second seamer at all, or possibly even picking someone like Farhad or Muktar who are obviously not Test class but at least reliable and multi-faceted in what they do. Based on what he sent down today he shouldn't be anywhere near international cricket; I think Bangladesh should be beyond having to pick players like him by this point.
Absolutely gutted that players like Mosharraf or Kamrul gets picked. I dont think this would have happened if Faruk Ahmed remained the chief selector. I am slightly disappointed at Chandika who is also a member of selection committee now. Even the guy Abul cant do much worse than this. There is another pacer Ebadat who is coming up the ranks who has a bit of extra pace about him and management trying to groom him up for now. Hopefully he comes good in future and not another Rubel. For now BD's best option is Abu Hider atm probably.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Absolutely gutted that players like Mosharraf or Kamrul gets picked. I dont think this would have happened if Faruk Ahmed remained the chief selector. I am slightly disappointed at Chandika who is also a member of selection committee now. Even the guy Abul cant do much worse than this. There is another pacer Ebadat who is coming up the ranks who has a bit of extra pace about him and management trying to groom him up for now. Hopefully he comes good in future and not another Rubel. For now BD's best option is Abu Hider atm probably.
apropos of nothing, that sort of reminds me of a Bangladeshi version of Adolf Hitler.
 

AndyZaltzHair

Hall of Fame Member
Man I hope Razzy is the real deal. How ****ing good would it be if we had him and Fizzy bowling in tandem.
this miraz guy is actually good. I've been following him for a long time. What bothers me is that in here BD he is deemed as the next right handed Shakib already and people are getting carried away way too much and expectation from him is sky high. this is likely to put pressure on his young shoulder.

just look at the title of this video,

 

Shri

Mr. Glass
this miraz guy is actually good. I've been following him for a long time. What bothers me is that in here BD he is deemed as the next right handed Shakib already and people are getting carried away way too much and expectation from him is sky high. this is likely to put pressure on his young shoulder.

just look at the title of this video,

He had given away 26 runs in 2.5 overs? Oh yeah, Bangladesh, I almost forgot. :ph34r:
 

cnerd123

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Fucckkk Razzy is the real deal. So hyped.

The Bangladesh U-23 team would be amazing. Look at all the super talented kids who have already played International cricket:

Moses
Razzy
Fizzy
Taskin
Soumya
Sabbir
Nurul

Crazy.
 

Heboric

International Debutant
That total of England is already at an alarm bells level.

England spinners will cause some problems
 

Daemon

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In 5 days there will be 3 19 year old Mehedi Hasan's who have all played for Bangladesh U19s, of which the two inferior ones share the same birthday. Please tell me they've all played together at some point.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Rewatching the highlights and Bairstow's footwork looks really excellent.

Ball swung a tad as well by the look of it, which isn't a bad sign.
 

mackembhoy

International Regular
Where's the idiot who was criticising Bairstow for being scratchy. Most runs scored by a number 6 or below in a calendar year averaging 74, wouldn't really call that scratchy.
 

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