***Official*** Bangladesh in England

[aussie]

Harmison must have felt very proud after taking 5 wickets for the first time in front of his home crowd, also it good to see him back taking wickets

 

[Jamee999]

Woudn't it have been more benifical to have played a Team like this:

Key
Strauss
Bell
Pietersen
Flintoff
Vaughan*
Jones+
Jones
Hoggard
Harmison
Anderson

Batsman Bell and Pietersen face off for an Ashes place, Flintoff gets batting time and the bowlers get lots of time to bowl.

 

[superkingdave]

hmm, the commentary team in this test is shocking, where's Bumble?

 

[aussie]

hmm, the commentary team in this test is shocking, where's Bumble?

i thought no one would say something about it, their isn't any respite on the radio either

 

[aussie]

Trecothick must be enjoying these runs

 

[Langeveldt]

You know there are problems when an average international batsmen scores more runs in a day than an entire team innings before him..

 

[marc71178]

2nd daft wicket for Hoggard, Gareth Batty finally makes an appearance on the scorecard other than DNB.

He's in serious danger of having a second game of nothingness.

 

[marc71178]

Batsman Bell and Pietersen face off for an Ashes place, Flintoff gets batting time and the bowlers get lots of time to bowl.

How do they get time to bowl when the opposition last less than 40 overs?

 

[marc71178]

You know there are problems when an average international batsmen scores more runs in a day than an entire team innings before him..

Trescothick isn't as average as some people like to make out.

 

[superkingdave]

now now Marc, he took a catch, and slipped and fell on his a*se at one point

 

[superkingdave]

He's doing his best to get out and give the others a chance, but they just keep bowling dross and giving him hit me balls

 

[marc71178]

Apart from the ball he tried to hit him with!

 

[Langeveldt]

Trescothick out.. Couldn't England declare now?

 

[Barney Rubble]

Trescothick out.. Couldn't England declare now?

Could have declared at tea and still won by stumps tomorrow, probably!

 

[wpdavid]

why would Trescothick take a winter off

He probably won't, but I don't get the impression he enjoys touring and after his last experience of the Australians he did announce he fancied a break from the game, so it could just happen. Ditto Harmison. Of course, central contracts may have something to say about that.

 

[badgerhair]

Could have declared at tea and still won by stumps tomorrow, probably!

Why so late? If they'd declared at tea, they could have won it this evening.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[SpaceMonkey]

So Trescothick gets bored with about 7 overs to go and starts slashing at everything.
Bet Thrope loved him for that!

 

[BoyBrumby]

No favours for the 100 test boy! Thought it a statement of intent that Vaughan didn't pee around with a nightwatchman tho.

Maybe a bat til lunch or til Bell gets a ton? It would be nice to see Thorpey get a ton in his 100th test, but I think the declaration is more likely to thwart him than the Bangla's buffet service!

If I had a ticket for Sunday I'd be bricking it!

 

[Swervy]

it would be nice to see Flintoff get hold of B'desh as well...although I could actually see him getting out early going for the big hit

 

[tooextracool]

And Simon Hughes [is that his name, the analyst for C4] said something similar to that. Simon Jones can now swing the new ball, which Harmy and freddie cant seem to do with much promise. Just imagine harmy and Freddie bowling in tamdem for 14 overs. that is going to be an hour of pure brutal and potentially destructive bowling . Harnison being the speedstar and freddie being the trickstar with his impressive array of variations. do forgive me if i am starting to sound abit biased.

whereas Hoggy and Simon Jones can examine the batsmen's abilty to deal with swing. hoggy has been very impressive with the new ball and after Jones bowling in the last test, i dont think any batsmen [never mind the Bengali batsmen] can play that bowling. Might be abit of a stab in the dark but i feel it could be potentially much more incisive openning pairing than the two ATM

harmison has always lacked control with the new ball and has generally wasted it, so that would seem like the right idea. not to mention that jones has shown remarkable accuracy off late, and deserves to be given the new ball. bit worried about hoggard though, seems to be bowling absolute drivel at the moment and still taking wickets.