Story England's International Season (Sep 2004 Onwards) [C2005]

[m_vaughan]

England vs Bangladesh Preview

After the 2-0 thrashing in the test series, Bangladesh begin their NatWest Series campaign on Thursday at Lords against a spirited and confident England side. But despite the horrors of the test series, Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore is confident that his team will put up a good show in this series.

"We have had a tough tour so far, but we were expecting that. But we have taken a lot of positives from the tour so far, and it will only help us perform better in the future." said Whatmore.

Bangladesh have four new faces for the one dayers. Khaled Mahmud, Nazmul Hossain, Tushar Imran and Manjural Islam Rana are added to the squad.

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in their last one day international match, winning the five match series 3-2. This after being down 2-0 at one stage. And that is something that captain Habibul Bashar is looking at to raise his team morale.

"We showed against Zimbabwe that we are capable to staging a comeback. We were 2-0 down, but we won three matches on the bounce and won the series 3-2. So we will be fighting till the end." said Bashar.

Khaled Mahmud played an important part in Bangladesh's only win of the tour so far, over Worcestershire.​

Bangladesh besides losing the test series 2-0 have managed to win just one match in the entire tour so far. That win came against Worcestershire in a four wicket win. The Tigers have suffered heavy defeats at the hands of Derbyshire in a 50 over match ang against Sussex in a 4 day match. Two more tour matches, one against British Univs and another against Northamptonshire, both prior to the test series, ended in draws.

England on the other hand have had an excellent summer so far. After thumping Bangladesh in the test series, England registered wins over Hampshire in a 50 over warm up game, and Australia in their first ever twenty20 international.

England will have a near full strength team, with some of the senior players who were rested for the test series against Bangladesh making their return. However they will be without Ashley Giles, James Anderson and Alex Wharf.

Confidence is high in the England team, but captain Michael Vaughan doesnt want his team to get carried away.

"We have had a great time so far, but we have got to put things into perspective, remain focused, and not allow any slip-ups. It is going to become more and more difficult, but we will have to keep the momentum going." said Vaughan.

Speaking on the prospect to playing Australia in the NatWest Series, Vaughan added: "Australia are the best team in the world. But we have beaten them before, and we will try and do the same again. It will be difficult, but I believe if we play to our full potential, we can beat them again."

England beat Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy semi final last year.

Simon Jones will want to carry on his test form in the one dayers​

Now coming back to Thursday's game. England and Bangladesh have met just four times before in one day internationals, with England winning all four of those encounters. Three of those matches were in England's last tour of Bangladesh in 2003, with England winning the ODI Series 3-0.

 

[S_Harmison]

Good to see youve got this story up and running again, looking forward to it as always mate!

 

[MWaugh]

looking forward to seeing the thread keep going with cricket 05. probably the best story in the section. good luck with the new game

 

[m_vaughan]

Okay I am gonna go back to Cricket 2004 until we figure out a way to edit the lineups in Cricket 2005. I have tried to hex edit the roster file, but still havent managed to change the lineups.

So atleast the next match - England vs Bangladesh - will be played on Cricket 2004.

Also it seems highly unlikely that I will purchase BLIC 2005 due to poor reviews and also the fact that it wont run on laptops.

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About the Ground - The Brit Oval, London

The Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington, London. (Phone: 020-7582-6660)


Also or formerly known as The AMP Oval; The Foster's Oval; The Oval; Kennington Oval
Established 1845
Capacity 23500
Floodlights No
End names Pavilion End, Vauxhall End
Home team(s) England, Surrey



First Test England v Australia - Sep 6-8, 1880 Last Test England v West Indies - Aug 19-21, 2004 First ODI England v West Indies - Sep 7, 1973 Last ODI England v West Indies - Sep 14, 2004



This is where it all began. The first-ever Test on English soil was played here in September 1880, resulting in an England win over Australia by five wickets, with WG Grace scoring a hundred on debut, and this is where a Test series in England traditionally ends.

More pertinently, this is the historic venue where the legend of the Ashes was born a couple of years after the inaugural Test, in August 1882. England, chasing only 85 to win, slumped from 51 for 2 to 78 all out. The next morning The Sporting Times published its famous mock obituary and the legend was born.

The Oval has witnessed many historic matches. England's dramatic one-wicket win in 1902 inspired by Gilbert Jessop's sensational hundred; Australia's 701 in 1930 as Don Bradman (244) and Bill Ponsford (266) put on 451 for the second wicket; England's 903 for 7 as they beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs in 1938; Bradman's farewell duck in 1948; Denis Compton scoring the boundary which meant England regained the Ashes in 1953; Michael Holding's 14 wickets on a featherbed in 1976; Devon Malcolm's 9 for 57 against South Africa in 1994.

Owned by the Duchy of Cornwall (who is the Prince of Wales, hence his feathers have appeared on Surrey's badge since 1915), The Oval came about in the 1790s when an oval road was laid round what was then a cabbage patch. When a subsequent market garden failed, the land was opened as a cricket ground in 1845 after 10,000 turfs were brought in from Tooting Common. It has been Surrey headquarters ever since, even though it has been well outside the county boundary for many years. It has hosted many other important sporting occasions and can claim to be the most important general sports ground in the world. It staged the first FA Cup final in 1872 (won by Wanderers in front of 2000 spectators) and the following year the first England international (against Scotland). It was the home of the FA Cup final between 1874 and 1892. In 1876 it staged to the first England v Wales and England v Scotland rugby internationals, and in 1877 to rugby's Varsity match. In addition, it has witnessed rock concerts (The Who and The Faces in 1971), ice skating and the now traditional end-of-season Aussie Rules match. It was also a temporary home to prisoners in transit during the Second World War. The ground itself is dominated by the gasometers on the east side. Until fairly recently the pavilion, built in 1890, and the Vauxhall stand were the only structures of any significance, with banks of open and fairly uncomfortable seating making up the rest of the spectator facilities. More recent developments, culminating in a ?25 million development which started in 2004. It was much needed as the venue had suffered from underinvestment and had a feeling of decay about it.



Highest Innings Total: 347-4 New Zealand vs USA - 2004
Highest Scorer: 145* Nathan Astle, New Zealand vs USA - 2004
Highest Partnership: 200 Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick, England vs South Africa - 2003
Best Bowling: 5-26 Ronnie Irani, England vs India - 2002
Most Runs: 519 Marcus Trescothick, England.
Most Wickets: 12 Darren Gough, England.

England's Marcus Trescothick enjoys playing at this ground having scored a total of 519 runs at a staggering average of 86.50. So he will one man to look out for tomorrow.

 

[S_Harmison]

Great background detail, great story, great forum member, keep it up mate!!!

 

[m_vaughan]

NatWest Series - 1st ODI - England vs Bangladesh

The NatWest Series 2005
1st ODI
England vs Bangladesh
The Brit Oval, London

David Gower: A warm welcome to all our viewers for this first one day international of this NatWest triangular series. England take on Bangladesh today here at the Oval. Well lets first have a look at the pitch and the conditions for today's game. Over to Ian Botham and first Bob Willis.

 

[m_vaughan]

Bob Willis: Thanks David. Well a bright and sunny day here in London today, and the Oval is bathing in nice sunshine. I must say however that is a bit cool right now. There is a almost zero percent chance of rain today so we are in for a fantastic day of cricket.

Now lets head to Ian Botham for his pitch report.

 

[m_vaughan]

Ian Botham: Well we have a near full house today at the Oval and a beautiful day. Now lets have a look at the pitch. Well, first of all I would like to mention that the outfield here is very very fast, so anything that makes it beyond the square, will run down towards the boundary. We can hence expect a lot of 2s and 3s in this ground, and obviously a lot of boundaries.

The pitch is rather dusty today, as you can see. Not very firm, so not too much bounce and pace in the wicket, which means a good pitch to bat on. However I do expect the slower bowlers to do well on this wicket. So this could work to Bangladesh's advantage. Thats it from me. Now its back to David.

 

[m_vaughan]

David Gower: Thanks Ian and Bob. Well after being thrashed in the test series, Bangladesh will want to prove a point or two in this competition. But they will have their work cut out, as they now have to play England and Australia a minimum of three times each. But we all very well know that the Bangladeshis are capable of stinging a surprise, and they have registered upset wins over teams like India and Pakistan in the past.
England on the other hand will want to maintain their good form in these one dayers. England's form in the shorter version of the game hasnt been very promising suffering a 3-2 defeat to South Africa in the winter of 2004, and not even making it to the final of last year's NatWest Series. However they did beat India in the NatWest Challenge and went to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. So its been a rugged one day form for England.

Nasser Hussain: Yes it has. England havent been consistent in the one day internationals, something that they have managed to do in the test arena. Well I dont know why, but I can say that the performance against South Africa wasnt that bad because to come back from 2-0 down and take the series to the last game at 2-2 is a pretty big thing. But yes, I very much agree that England havent played very well in the ODIs.

David Gower: While Bangladesh on the other hand obviously had that dramatic series win in both forms of the game against Zimbabwe. Big moment wasnt that for Bangladesh, Attar?

Attar Ali Khan: It sure was David. Bangladesh played well in both the tests and the one dayers, and the way they came back in the ODI series from 2-0 down to win the series 3-2, was highly praiseworthy.

David Gower: Well Attar what do you think will be Bangladesh's aim in this one day series?

Attar Ali Khan: I would say to give your 100%, and try your best in all aspects. There is no doubt that Bangladesh is capable of pulling an upset, but it is going to difficult against two good teams in England and Australia.

David Gower: Very well then. Its now time for the toss, so lets head to the middle where we have Paul Allot.

 

[m_vaughan]

Paul Allot: Yes thanks very much. Well the captains are ready for the toss, England's Michael Vaughan has tossed the coin, Habibul Bashar has called tails, and its come out heads.

So Michael I guess you are going to have a bat first?

Michael Vaughan: Yeah, we are gonna bat first on this track, try and put up a good score which we can defend and then put pressure on Bangladesh later on.

Paul Allot: What about your team?

Michael Vaughan: Well we are without Ashley Giles so we have gone in with eight batsmen in this game with Simon Jones, Darren Gough and Steve Harmison as our three bowlers.

Paul Allot: Thanks Michael.

Now Habibul are you happy bowling first?

Habibul Bashar: Yes I am happy to bowl first as it is a good pitch for batting in both innings. We have to bowl well and pick up some early wickets and restrict England to as low a score as possible.

Paul Allot: And your team?

Habibul Bashar: Well we have Tushar Imran and Khaled Mahmud in the side.

Paul Allot: Okay then. There we have it, England have won the toss and elected to have a bat.

 

[dobbo2k4]

great story, haven't looked at this thread for a while and just read fair amount of pages. Great detail included Vaughany keep it up mate cracking thread to read. Reps coming your way

 

[m_vaughan]

great story, haven't looked at this thread for a while and just read fair amount of pages. Great detail included Vaughany keep it up mate cracking thread to read. Reps coming your way

Thanks mate for the support and the reps.

 

[m_vaughan]

David Gower: Well so then. England have won the toss and have elected to bat first. Nasser your comments?



Nasser Hussain: Well I think it will be better for England to bat first and post a large total. I think if they had bowled first, and Bangladesh were all out for 170-180, then England would not use of all of the 50 overs in chasing down that target, which means that the England batsmen would not get to spend enough time in the middle, which I think is crucial. But this ofcourse is assuming that Bangladesh bat as pathetically as they did in the test matches.

David Gower: Okay then, the match is about to start. Lets have a look at the team lineups for today's game.

We are now ready for play to start, so lets go to our first two commentators, Michael Holding and David Lyold.

 

[m_vaughan]

UPDATE: Just to inform the viewers that this story is being continued on Cricket 2004 for the time being. I will switch over to Cricket 2005 once we are able to edit the lineups in the game.

 

[m_vaughan]

The NatWest Series 2005
1st ODI
England vs Bangladesh
The Brit Oval, London

This story is being continued in Cricket 2004 for the time being until lineup editing is made possible in Cricket 2005

Match Update:
England 53-0 10 Overs
A. Strauss 25*(34)
M. Trescothick 23*(27)

David Lyold: England have got off to a flying start in this match, are 53-0 after the first ten overs.
While Mashrafe has bowled well for Bangladesh, Tapash Baisya has been very erratic with his line and has been punished on a number of occasions by both the left handers.
Marcus Trescothick has looked to be in fine touch for England, smashing three boundaries, while Strauss has hit two.

---Highlights from the first 10 overs---

Michael Holding: Thats a superb backfoot drive from Marcus Trescothick, got into position early and executed the shot to perfection. England are off and running.

David Lyold: Marcus Trescothick loves playing in this ground, and what a fine shot that was, perfect timing and gets the middle of the bat, four runs all the way.

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Michael Holding: A poor delivery there from Tapash Baisya, and has been rightfully punished by Andrew Strauss. The ball was straying down leg side, and Strauss just glanced it away for another boundary.

David Lyold: Well thats bad bowling from Tapash Baisya. Not much protection on the leg side and he bowls a delivery like this. Easy picking this for England.

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Michael Holding: England are in a good position at the end of the first ten overs. Bangladesh need to pick up wickets before it becomes too late.