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Yep bowled with a broken ankle apparently to help keep Durham up, before the ECB ****ed them over.
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**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016
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Bijed
International Regular
Gotta say I feel for Batty here, gotta be a bit crushing waiting 11 years dreaming you'll play test matches again, finally getting called up, doing decently and then getting dropped whilst someone who was basically worse than you keeps their spot
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Jake Ball would have been more successful here in mirpur than Finn. He has this subtle variation which is needed in these type of pitches. I'm not sure Finn has got those in his armoury. Banging in short and even good length deliveries out and out might not work unless you have slower ones and and know how to set up batsmen. Ball did all these things in ODIs and got success. This being said knowing BD batsmen there is a highly likelikhood that they might gift wickets to Finn. Without Broad and Batty, bowling attack looks really thin tbh. Stokes has to do do something special again.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Waaaaah
Furball
Evil Scotsman
hazsa19
International Regular
I would imagine Batty has done enough to earn himself a start in India. If Ansari looks alright and Rashid struggles again it'll surely be Rashid who misses out.
Our spin options are woeful.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Fairly sure an inanimate carbon rod would have more impact on this test match than Steven Finn. 0-44 from 14 overs in 2 innings and about 3 runs with the bat.
Strange that Woakes seems to have gone from low 80s to touching 90s but Finn has gone from mid 90s to Ian Austin pace. Mixes well with the lads though
Strange that Woakes seems to have gone from low 80s to touching 90s but Finn has gone from mid 90s to Ian Austin pace. Mixes well with the lads though
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
That was Shahadat Hossain
cnerd123
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I'm gonna go on a limb and say it - while I totally understand England wanting to get some of their bench some game-time before the India series and that this match is their only real option to do so, I think they're gonna slip up as a result. They've dropped two of their key performers from a narrow victory in the first Test for a unproven debutant and a bowler who struggles for rhythm and isn't suited to the pitch.
I think BD can win this one.
Cue 100 on debut for Ansari, 5 wickets for Finn, and a 300 run loss for BD.
I think BD can win this one.
Cue 100 on debut for Ansari, 5 wickets for Finn, and a 300 run loss for BD.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
You've destroyed all the positivity in the previous lines with the last 'but' line.
“…nothing someone says before the word “but” really counts ” — Benjen Stark
Athlai
Not Terrible
Athlai
Not Terrible
Strengthens the batting, would've preferred Nasir though.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Is this the most number of genuine allrounders that England has ever played in a test?
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Looks like a typical muddy cracked mirpur pitch. 250 is par for all innings