***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[luckyeddie]

It's a very slow wicket, only Flintoff has managed to get the ball over stump height, so I reckon England have decided to take the pace off the ball. Besides, it's a good idea to get through a few extra overs by the dibbly dobblers at this stage in order to buy a bit of flexibility later (and the rubbish that Jones has produced so far means we could do with quite a bit of said flexibility).

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

It's a very slow wicket, only Flintoff has managed to get the ball over stump height, so I reckon England have decided to take the pace off the ball. Besides, it's a good idea to get through a few extra overs by the dibbly dobblers at this stage in order to buy a bit of flexibility later (and the rubbish that Jones has produced so far means we could do with quite a bit of said flexibility).

Would 220 or so be a decent score then?

 

[luckyeddie]

Would 220 or so be a decent score then?

Depends. It would be a decent score but an inadequate target

 

[Scaly piscine]

Langer's average as an opener is over 50. He's also played a total of two tests against Bangladesh, and two against Zimbabwe, while Trescothick inflates his average against weaker sides. I don't think Tresco is a terrible player or anything, but he's not as good as Langer.

And Tresco has 20 innings against Australia out of 115.

 

[Langeveldt]

yeah he did a great job of running through the Bangladesh lower order who were chasing 14 rpo

Collingwood taking six wickets speaks more about Bangladesh's ability than Paul Collingwood's

 

[shaka]

current score: 144/5 off 38.4 overs, Omar on 63*

 

[shaka]

updated score: 177/5 off 44.5 overs, 10 runs so far this over.220 might be possible

 

[Scaly piscine]

A no-ball in the last over... all that skill and ability but what a dimwit Flintoff is.

 

[shaka]

I was thinking the same thing

 

[shaka]

innings completed 208/7 off their 50 overs, top scorer is Omar with 81

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wonder what odds you'd have gotten on Giles being the only English bowler to complete their 10.

 

[King_Ponting]

less than 30 overs for england to knock this off?

 

[SpaceMonkey]

less than 30 overs for england to knock this off?

Prolly not, but deffo 40 overs for the bonus.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Collingwood taking six wickets speaks more about Bangladesh's ability than Paul Collingwood's

And what does beating the best team in the world say about Bangladesh's ability?

 

[King_Ponting]

great bowling by the deshi's atm

 

[luckyeddie]

great bowling by the deshi's atm

They were certainly justified in batting, whatever the outcome. The wicket is dying by the minute.

 

[King_Ponting]

Might not even get the BP at this rate.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

With twenty potential overs from spinners and so on, Bangladesh will be looking to avoid giving up the bonus point here. At the very least, that will mean they've made a game of it.

 

[Langeveldt]

And what does beating the best team in the world say about Bangladesh's ability?

Ask me in twenty-six years time when they've managed to beat them again...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Three absolutely gorgeous shots from Strauss that over.