Story [ICC2005] Npower Test Series

[Skater]

Hello and welcome to the Npower Test Series. This is a test series sponsored by Npower and is two test matches between England and Bangladesh.

I will be playing as England and the first match will be at Lord's and the second will be at Chester-Le-Street.

The official television broadcaster will be Empire Interactive.

At the official Npower Test Series press conference in London, both captains were asked to read out their country's squad.

Michael Vaughan announced the England squad first.

England Squad:
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan
Mark Butcher
Ed Joyce
Andrew Flintoff
Geraint Jones
Ashley Giles
Steven Harmison
Martin Saggers
Simon Jones
Graham Thorpe

Khaled Mashud then announced the Bangladesh squad.

Bangladesh Squad:
Javed Omar
Aftab Ahmed
Rajin Saleh
Sanwar Hossain
Tushar Imran
Mohammad Islam
Khaled Mashud
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe Mortarza
Nadeem Iqbal
Enamul Haque
Habibul Bashar

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The first day of the first Npower test match at Lord's has already been completed. England captain Michael Vaughan called Heads and won the coin toss. He decided that his team should bowl first.

In an interview with Empire Interactive's Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan that the pitch is best for bowling.

Jonathan Agnew: "Michael, why have you elected to bowl first?"

Michael Vaughan: "The pitch is damp and the outfield is very slow, so the batsman will struggle to score runs. There won't be much in it for our fast bowlers because there is even bounce, but spin bowling will be suited on this strip."

Jonathan Agnew: "You better get ready for play, Michael. Bye for now."

Michael Vaughan: "Thanks very much Jonathan, bye for now."

When play began, England's bowlers started poorly and the Bangladesh batsman made some early runs. The outfield wasn't as slow as first thought. A superb innings of 126 by Aftab Ahmed showcased this. Around him, Javed Omar was bowled by Ashley Giles for only 13, Rajin Saleh fell to the same fate for just 2, and Sanwar Hossain went in exactly the same way for a good 63. So at Tea on the first day, the Bangladesh scorecard looked like this.

Also, the bowling figures looked like this. Success only for Ashley Giles.

When play resumed, Bangladesh collapsed. Nobody started to get going and they loss wickets frequently. They were all out for 276. So at the end of the innings the scorecard looked like this.

Also, the bowling figures looked like this. The other bowlers found success too, but Ashley Giles was brilliant.

England had a short while to bat after that innings, and Andrew Strauss made all of the runs. So at the close of play England's scorecard looked like this.

Also, the bowling figures looked like this. Nothing has happened yet.

Coming shortly is the report from day two of the first Npower test match at Lord's between England and Bangladesh.

 

[ashu2411]

Please post some screenshots if possible and i think england should not have much trouble winning this one. A good century there by Aftab.

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[Skater]

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The first session of the second day of the first Npower test match between England and Bangladesh has been completed.

England started the morning five runs without loss, and continued from there to start a healthy partnership. However, Andrew Strauss was caught by Sanwar Hossain off the bowling of Enamul Haque for a mediocre 25. Marcus Trescothick looked in good shape until he was rather stupidly caught and bowled by Mashrafe Mortarza for 34. At Lunch on day two captain Michael Vaughan was not out on 13 and Mark Butcher was not out on 9. England are still a long way behind.

Still to bat are Ed Joyce, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones, Ashley Giles, Steven Harmison, Martin Saggers and Simon Jones. So at Lunch on the second day, the England scorecard looked like this.

Also, the bowling figures looked like this. Not much to write home about.

Coming shortly is the report from the second session of the first Npower test match between England and Bangladesh.

 

[ashu2411]

Not a good start from England there. Now they need vaughn to hang around there. A good batting there from Bangla. Bangla would be very happy with the current situation.

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