***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[Scaly piscine]

Nooooooooo, Hayden caught off a no-ball.

Probably get a century now...

Ah good jinx worked for a change.

 

[shaka]

Happiness should be shown by all Bangladeshi's after this start

 

[Adamc]

Hayden lucky to get away with being caught off a no-ball, inside-edge onto the stumps a few balls later. Not that it excuses Australia's batting, but Bangladesh really have bowled well today. With the exception of a number of deliveries from Tapash, the line has been impeccable. Mortaza esepcially: 6-2-5-1. Hopefully this will be a genuinely competitive game.

 

[luckyeddie]

Gilchrist wasn't out.

**** poor start Aussies.

look in the scorebook

 

[BoyBrumby]

Listening on the radio and I can't help but laugh whenever the Welsh dude starts talking because it reminds me of a sketch by a comedy show I can't remember.

Seems the Aussies are wisely taking it easy for this period, think Martyn is perfect for this situation.

Not Siadwell (pronounced Shad-well) in Absolutely? 'Cos he does sound like him!

 

[PY]

I think you might be right actually. Cheers.

 

[aussie]

i said earlier this week i am not too worrried about Australia's tour defeats and that the only way i will start getting worried is if they dont play too convincingly againts Bangladesh and then probably loose to England tomoro. Welllllllll......... the first part of my prediction is currently in progress

 

[wpdavid]

Likewise Kabir Ali though.

Kabir's shown more with the bat than Simon Jones, but he does look a place too high at number 8. Tricky choice for the selectors - either pick Solanki in the middle order and rely on 4 bowlers plus Collingwood all doing the right thing against Aus, pick Batty at 8 and hope he does considerably more with both bat & ball than he has managed in his ODI's to date, or pick 4 quicks to bat after the keeper but leave us struggling once 6 wickets are down.

FWIW I'd go for the attacking option at this point and unleash Gough, Lewis, Harmy & Jones plus Flintoff at them before the've found their form.

 

[aussie]

Kabir's shown more with the bat than Simon Jones, but he does look a place too high at number 8. Tricky choice for the selectors - either pick Solanki in the middle order and rely on 4 bowlers plus Collingwood all doing the right thing against Aus, pick Batty at 8 and hope he does considerably more with both bat & ball than he has managed in his ODI's to date, or pick 4 quicks to bat after the keeper but leave us struggling once 6 wickets are down.

FWIW I'd go for the attacking option at this point and unleash Gough, Lewis, Harmy & Jones plus Flintoff at them before the've found their form.

not at all with Giles injured and the selectors reluctant to pic batty the best option at # 8 is Kabir Ali and if you remember in SA he looked pretty capable with the bat so # 8 is not too high for him at all.

It makes no sense picking Solanki & batting him at 8, thats just nonsense

 

[aussie]

Batting is a struggle. Good spell by Rafique 10-0-31-0 but i wonder why Ponting didn't bowl first in conditions that were so helpful for bowling, he could have run through Bangladesh and the game would have done and dusted.

 

[superkingdave]

Tremlett has been called up to replace Simon Jones who is out of the series. I'd bring him straight in tommorow but i think Ali will get in

 

[aussie]

Tremlett has been called up to replace Simon Jones who is out of the series. I'd bring him straight in tommorow but i think Ali will get in

yeah i heard, i am disappointed for Anderson but i'll have to accept that Tremlett has been the better of the 2 thus far this season

 

[aussie]

If Symonds were playing he would be the perfect man to come next, but batting has been so difficult today i reckon if he would have struggled to smash it around today

 

[superkingdave]

yeah i heard, i am disappointed for Anderson but i'll have to accept that Tremlett has been the better of the 2 thus far this season

i'm not dissapointed for Anderson, given the way he's been bowling so far this year, he'd have got hammered

 

[aussie]

i'm not dissapointed for Anderson, given the way he's been bowling so far this year, he'd have got hammered

thus far this season he has been consistent without be that treatening of destructive

 

[superkingdave]

He's been bowling poor then throwing in an unplayable delivery. That said he did bowl a good spell in the live match last week (6-1-15-1 IIRC) but then got hammered his last 3 overs. but i'd say he's far from been consistent.

 

[aussie]

Well its fair to say he was justifiable not selected

 

[aussie]

Martyn goes, good catch on the boundary by Iqbal

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think Tremlett was pretty unlucky to miss out in the first place, so I reckon Big Dunc & the brains trust has made the right call again.

I'd say he's got far more potential as a test prospect than Lewis & we still kinda use ODIs as a testing ground for tests.

No complaints about Lewis's form thus far, mind.

 

[_Ed_]

Hussey in now, yet to be dismissed in ODIs, lets see if the Bangladesh attack can do what India and NZ couldn't!