1st June - Group A - England v Bangladesh

[vogue]

well done England...wtf!!

 

[91Jmay]

Roy looks absolute filth. He is having borderline throw downs bowled at him and hasn't got a clue.

Calls for Bairstow will get louder, and I must say I am starting to agree. I'd quite like idea opening Root to see if he could do an Amla type role.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Roy that is crap.

 

[Tec15]

England have already won the game no need to bat at all

Might as well cancel the game and call up the Windies instead, eh? What do you reckon?

 

[StephenZA]

Would it not be better to just open with Root and bring Bairstow into the team...?

 

[ImpatientLime]

memed by the banglas again.

 

[MW1304]

Would it not be better to just open with Root and bring Bairstow into the team...?

Quite possibly. He's had credit in the bank but there's only so many trash innings you can put up with from an opening batsman during such a short tournament.

 

[Black_Warrior]

3 quiet overs, 1 wicket and people forget the depth of this team, something everyone has been screaming the last few months

We need S Kennedy here now to see how quickly "England are favourites" bandwagon has lost steam

 

[Tec15]

For god's sake get Shakib off and Mustafizur on. Save Shakib for the middle overs instead of wasting him on the new ball.

 

[tobe_ornot2]

Roy looks absolute filth. He is having borderline throw downs bowled at him and hasn't got a clue.

Calls for Bairstow will get louder, and I must say I am starting to agree. I'd quite like idea opening Root to see if he could do an Amla type role.

Bairstow has opened in list a cricket and had a century recently so no reason he shouldn't open here. Root is fine at 3.

Roy is utter filth.

 

[Tec15]

They are just milking Shakib now. Masrafee is such an awful captain. Same thing happened a few weeks ago against New Zealand. Trust him to always repeat his mistakes.

 

[Tec15]

This is excruciating. Captaincy by rote. Trust him to bring on Mustafizur too late, take him off after a few overs and "save" him for the death overs while England maneuver to a win. He has previous form in that regard.

 

[JRC67]

Rashid has been pretty consistent this year and when he gets the chance to bat, he does pretty well. There was no reason to keep him out but the thinking was obviously Bang and spin.

The issue I think the management will have with him are:
1. they pulled him from the side all together in India after the first game when he bowled poorly and looked shot of all confidence
2. twice in the West Indes they removed him from the attack when he was under pressure and although he came back well against the lower middle order there is a suspicion he struggles against top order batsmen who play spin well
3. he struggled a little against South Africa

His figures for the year benefit from the Ireland games. I was surprised he didn't play here but I have a hunch Bayliss isn't that big a fan. I'd like to see him play in the first couple of home tests because I'm not convinced 100% with him, but I not totally unconvinced either. I think without a doubt he's a good bowler to players below the highest level and on his day he can be excellent. He can also be less than ordinary at times.

 

[91Jmay]

Root vs Fiz is massive. Root has got out to left armers nicking off a fair bit.

 

[tobe_ornot2]

The soumya express lol

 

[91Jmay]

Would like to see us apply some pressure to Sarkar

 

[tobe_ornot2]

The issue I think the management will have with him are:
1. they pulled him from the side all together in India after the first game when he bowled poorly and looked shot of all confidence
2. twice in the West Indes they removed him from the attack when he was under pressure and although he came back well against the lower middle order there is a suspicion he struggles against top order batsmen who play spin well
3. he struggled a little against South Africa

His figures for the year benefit from the Ireland games. I was surprised he didn't play here but I have a hunch Bayliss isn't that big a fan. I'd like to see him play in the first couple of home tests because I'm not convinced 100% with him, but I not totally unconvinced either. I think without a doubt he's a good bowler to players below the highest level and on his day he can be excellent. He can also be less than ordinary at times.

He's played in 41 of 44 odis and is part of one if England's most successful ODI sides, definitely their best all round side.

Its simply that they felt bang might play spinners better but he'll be back. If he isn't than England have had a massive brain fart.

 

[91Jmay]

England don't want to have 20 overs of spin though, which with Stokes' injury concerns could be a real possibility. Moeen adds big value with the blade, so Rash misses out. I'd have him back in for Ball but I get the reasoning.

 

[fishyguy]

BD have a toothless attack

 

[OverratedSanity]

Mossadek should be bowling these overs.