***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[andyc]

LOL 19 off harmy's first over. if only the aussies could've done that

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Great stuff Ashra! I liked Harmos' reaction, a shrug and a smile as if to say "why aye pet man, a canny piece o' batun that like".

 

[superkingdave]

Yorkers are needed me thinks

 

[superkingdave]

Ha ha the Strauss impression from Ashraful after launching tremlett over his head

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Cricket. Brilliant intit.

 

[viktor]

33 runs in 2 overs!!! whats this guy on??!!!!

 

[Adamc]

I'm a big fan of Tremlett already, despite this being the first time I've seen him bowl. Looks to be quite consistent, and if he can hit the seam regularly he'll be a handful. Seems like a nice guy as well; wonderfully understated response to the hat-trick ball that wasn't. Must surely be the closest a bowler has come to taking a hat-trick without actually getting one.

Incredible stuff from Ashraful at the moment. One gets the impression he is going to get out soon, but he's seeing the ball remarkably well. Bangladesh obviously aren't going to challenge the 392, but at least they can make some sort of a statement with a good aggressive batting performance here; possibly even think about the 312 needed to get the bonus point. Still a very long way to go, though.

 

[PY]

This Ashraful guy is a legend, what an attitude and he's pulled it off for the first 14 balls.

 

[PY]

Odds on Freddie bowling a bouncer at some point and it going over the fence or breaking a rib.

 

[Langeveldt]

Cricket. Brilliant intit.

What, having to watch these no hopers ensure they keep their unfair spot in international cricket for another few years by pretending to have some spine now?

 

[Adamc]

Hehe, even the yorkers ending up at the boundary rope. Three fours in a row off Harmison now. Ashraful 43 off 19, surely headed for the fastest 50 by a Bangladeshi?

 

[PY]

50 up off 21 balls. What an innings, that is class.

 

[superkingdave]

joint eight fastest ever, and 3 of those quicker have been scored by one man

 

[Adamc]

What, having to watch these no hopers ensure they keep their unfair spot in international cricket for another few years by pretending to have some spine now?

Indeed; Ashraful's somehow spinelessly stroked his way to the fastest 50 by anyone against England.

 

[PY]

15.1 Flintoff to Mohammad Ashraful, SIX, Maximum! Into the midwicket
stand it goes for a 21-run fifty

I love cricinfo, it's so silly.

 

[Langeveldt]

Indeed; Ashraful's somehow spinelessly stroked his way to the fastest 50 by anyone against England.

Conveniently forgetting the leaking of the second highest total, ever..

 

[Magrat Garlick]

50 up off 21 balls. What an innings, that is class.

First-chance score of 0...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Conveniently forgetting the leaking of the second highest total, ever..

Right! Strip the side who gave away the highest winning total in List-A cricket of List-A status!

Oh, wait a minute...

 

[Pedro Delgado]

What, having to watch these no hopers ensure they keep their unfair spot in international cricket for another few years by pretending to have some spine now?

What a beautiful attitude. Fancy a pint sometime?

 

[Adamc]

Conveniently forgetting the leaking of the second highest total, ever..

Yes I am, because that has nothing to do with Mohammad Ashraful mauling two international bowling lineups.