s2sschan
Club Cricketer
Why are Bangladesh afraid to Bat first?
Bangladesh tour of England, May-July 2010
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pcfan123
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England would have bowled as well, green wicket
1iram1
Club Captain
They were scared of Anderson and Finn so they bowled first.
riz7khan12
Panel of Selectors
damn missed the first day, nice to see trot making runs i'll be watching todays play but i doubt he can make 200 though 
if the pitch was green im surprised at the Bangladeshi bowlers
if the pitch was green im surprised at the Bangladeshi bowlers
riz7khan12
Panel of Selectors
Robiul did really well in the warm ups, I don't know what happened to him and also he looks a really slow bowler. Shafiul would have been so much better on this track with some of his lively pace and movement. Shahadat was much better in his last spell, bowling consistently in the 80s, normally all he does is grunt and bowl 75 kph and Rubel can be a good bowler, he produces some brilliant deliveries but his inconsistency is a big issue.
I hope we can at least restrict England to below 500 and then if we can somehow put up around 350 on the board then we'll still be in the game but that is highly unlikely to happen.
and Rubel can be a good bowler, he produces some brilliant deliveries but his inconsistency is a big issue.I hope we can at least restrict England to below 500 and then if we can somehow put up around 350 on the board then we'll still be in the game but that is highly unlikely to happen.
Ah but they aren't going to be records. I'm talking about an aim, something that the players have (had) a chance to achieve that other teams or England teams hadn't. Maybe they wouldn't do it, but I'm talking about a motivation to raise their game above and beyond that required to make 100 against the worst Test team (ever, bar the one-off windies reserve XI), or take 5wi which is a nothing or even 10wm which is nothing against that opposition.
Trott will get confidence from scoring big against them, but like with Bell when he did the same it won't benefit him much when it comes to real Tests. I'm not saying Bangladesh are so poor everyone should be scoring 100 against them, but those that do need to make 250+ before it registers as a truly good score.
As for this match, England are almost seemingly going through the motions. By that I mean they do care about scoring runs, but it's as if they know they should be scoring big runs and are in a hurry to get it over and done with. As for Morgan's debut - unconvincing. He seemed to be playing it like a one-dayer and is a bit lucky to be not out. I trust he will at least try and play more measured cricket when we play better nations or he could be like Bopara and Shah, in for a bit and out for the duration. A few will pick up 100s, a few will take some wickets and maybe five or ten in the innings/match, but frankly I think both sides would have been better off not bothering. Bangladesh won't improve with that approach, England are not making most of effectively a warm-up match and this match is boring already.
As for the Cook LBW, a couple of replays might have concluded that it wasn't out. What mystifies me is chat on 606 about the cost being s*y, ECB or ICC's. Why?!?! TV shows replays, why would additional cost be incurred? Unless they are for useage of gimmicks like 'hot spot', dorkeye and the snickers-bar-ometer which are unneccessary, basic replays should be able to confirm if a decision is badly wrong. As for the controversy of the mic switched off, no decision should be made on the basis of what someone HEARS. It could be anything (bat on pad etc) and come from almost anywhere. Use replays, third umpire in charge of implementing it and none of this "tactical implementation" or UDRS nonsense. It all stems from "powerplays", cricket is going up it's own (UD) Rs rapidly with this bullshile about crowd entertainment/interaction.
It is like weakest link, which is overdone and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. When gingertw'at asks "why did you vote for..................?" the simple answer is "because you asked me to vote for who I thought was the weakest link - duh". No need for five minutes between rounds of gingertw'at trying to be clever in her interrogation of contestants. Ask the f in questions, stick to the POINT of the show - asking questions and voting off contestants. Better still just remove the weakest link (programme/contest) and remove the voting, thus reducing it to under 30 minutes or preferably zero. Point being the show doesn't need that chitter chatter, it is a QUIZ show and you ask questions for money not to make some gingertw'at look whatever it she's supposed to look. Same goes for cricket, we don't need umpire decisions to be questioned by players, just have them corrected. Who cares whether a mistake is revealed by the players referral or by the third umpire, it still exposes a mistake. The weakest link in the UDRS is that most of the time players have a worse angle than the umpire who made the decision so why should they know any better than the umpire? (barring edges of course)
Roll on whoever comes next, having series against Bangladesh so close to each other was a bad idea - having them at all is questionable, who is actually benefitting? England? Not much. Bangladesh? Three wins in a decade would suggest they're not getting any better, they're not getting much closer other than brief spells but most teams can put up some resistance against (much) better opposition. And while the crowd and TV audience might enjoy sixes, lots of runs and easy wins, I say they are being robbed (some blind) by a lack of CONTEST and POINT
Bangladesh, you are the weakest link - goodbye (from Owzat, not the gingertw'at)
You post long these ass Zzzzz stuff even on Big Bang Theory thread. So your posts are pretty worthless. And really, no 1 reads it.
And it's really annoying to go into a thread, and having to scroll down for 10 min to find the Message box at the bottom.
And it's really annoying to go into a thread, and having to scroll down for 10 min to find the Message box at the bottom.
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pcfan123
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I disagree that hot spot and snicko are gimmicks, they are valuable tools that can help give the correct decision.
I love the hot spot. But it's not perfect yet. Sometimes hot spot cant pick up the thin edges. Remember Aus v WI? Batsman wasnt out or was out, but hot spot didnt pick it up. but he was given out or something something, cant remember.
