**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

[morgieb]

Having been an England support in the 90s I can confirm it is possible

At least you won some Tests against quality opposition....

 

[harsh.ag]

So weird when both of England's openers actually work. Feels wrong. Duckett has some great and some incredibly bad shots in this 41, interspersed with pitch wankery and a dropped catch. Most interesting opening innings for a while.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

At least you won some Tests against quality opposition....

Usually when the series was already lost though.

 

[indiaholic]

Cook has been absolutely serene.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is very good from these two. Cook has managed to survive some unplayable deliveries as wll.

 

[Jono]

Great start. Very chaseable with this batting lineup.

 

[Howe_zat]

Duckett to Cook:

 

[morgieb]

Usually when the series was already lost though.

Ehh, AFAIK that mostly happened against Australia. You beat South Africa for example, and drew with the West Indies in series. Bit different from going through 15-16 years without a win against Test-class opposition.

 

[Howe_zat]

"You get the impression Duckett quite fancies Shakib"

well he does have nice skin.

 

[duffer]

Duckett to Cook:

Haha.

 

[morgieb]

I mean usually I'd say something about sides starting hard chases off nicely before collapsing, but that's usually when the target is 350+. 275 quite a bit different.

 

[DriveClub]

Ok this match is done

 

[fredfertang]

At least you won some Tests against quality opposition....

This is true but the overall feeling was that the rest of the world was pulling away from us - at least the Banglas have the consolation that they are most certainly improving

 

[DriveClub]

Mushy panicking terribly

 

[Adders]

We're going to break their hearts again aren't we??..........jeez we're ****s.

 

[cnerd123]

Mushy is the worst

 

[Flem274*]

rahim wilting is so satisfying. he's the most annoying wicket keeper on the planet

*ball is middled by batsman*

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"not out"

BOWLING SAKI SAKI

*next ball has inside edge onto pad*

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA"

"not out"

rinse and repeat

 

[cnerd123]

We're going to break their hearts again aren't we??..........jeez we're ****s.

This is going to make Ashwin Jaddu Pujara Vijay and Kohli wrecking you lot even sweeter for me.

Feel pretty bad for AZH though

 

[indiaholic]

Shut the **** up Mushy. Stfu.

 

[Howe_zat]

The boundaries today have mostly come off these two finally middling their shots, but they've been able to rotate the strike so much because of bowlers dropping short and allowing them to play square into gaps. That didn't happen in the first innings.