Story NatWest Series and Challenge

[tjh1989]

Well England are taking this match very seriously and for a moment it lookaed liek Bangladesh would win by a massive margin but currently England are on target to reach their score. Solanki,Vaughan and Collingwood went early but Trescothic played well for 20 odd leaving Strauss and flintoff a huge task. Since then though Strauss has brought up his 50 by hitting a 6 and Flintoff is knocking it around.
England 142-4 (After 29 overs)

 

[tjh1989]

Fantastic match and Bangladesh put up ahuge fight Terrific batting from Strauss, Flitnoff and Jones has created this win but at some points it looked like England were heading for defeat. G.Jones came in when the score was 214-7 and he was there till the edn fittingly scored the winning runs by hitting a four.
Chose your man of the match:
A.Strauss 72 (97) 7 fours 1 six
A.Flintoff 55 (72) 4 fours 0 sixes
G.Jones 56 (39) 4 fours 2 sixes
J.Omar 79 (95) 14 fours 0 sixes
Scorecard

 

[tjh1989]

NatWest Series Match
Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Edgbaston
Normal Pitch
Sunny
Mild
No Chance of Rain
Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field
New Zealand 213/3 (after 50 overs
N.Astle 82 (143)
S.Fleming 46 (69)
Tapahs Baisya 10.0 - 0 - 47 - 1
Rafique 7.0- 3- 23 -1
Bangladesh 193/9 (after 50 overs)
J.Omar 38(72)
T.Imran 22 (56)
C.Harris 7.0 -1- 24- 3
D.Vettori 7.0 - 1 - 21 - 2

 

[tjh1989]

NatWest Series
Stats so far
Current Stats

Most Runs:

• A.Flintoff 136
• J.Omar 117
• N.Astle 97
• A.Strauss 72
• S.Fleming 87

Highest Individual score

• N.Astle 82
• A.Flintoff 81*
• J.Omar 79
• A.Strauss 72
• G.Jones 56*

Most Wickets

• A.Giles 6
• C.Harris 4
• D.Vettori 4
• T.Baisya 4
• G.Batty 3

Best Bowled

• G.Batty 3/21
• C.Harris 3/24
• A.Giles 3/48
• T.Baisya 3/56
• D.Vettori 2/21

Current Standings

• '1' New Zealand Pts=6
• '2' England Pts= 3
• '3' Bangladesh Pts= 0

 

[tjh1989]

NatWest Series Match
England vs New Zealand
Edgbaston
Hard
Sunny
Warm
No chance of rain

 

[tjh1989]

More Screenshots

 

[m_vaughan]

looking good mate

 

[tjh1989]

Well England havent doen extremely well considering the pitch and they are currently 154-4 after 40 overs with Trescothic and Flitnoff ready to use these last 10 for great effect.

 

[tjh1989]

Englan used the last 10 pretty well but you have to say they were help by the extras collum. The ball was flying over the wicket keepers head and he didn't stand a chance.

 

[m_vaughan]

Yeah England scored well in those last 10 overs, but is 233 enough??

 

[tjh1989]

Like M_Vaughan said is 233 enough? Well the answer is no, New Zealand batted extremely well retaining there unbeaten run in this series. They were set for a final score of around 350 if they had to bat all 50 but due to England batting 1st that was not needed.
New Zealand Scorecard

 

[tjh1989]

NatWest Series Match
England vs Bangladesh
At The Brit Oval
Normal Pitch
Sunny
Warm
No chance of Rain
England won the toss and chose to field

 

[tjh1989]

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[tjh1989]

What looked like a huge score for Bangladesh turn out to be an average one after the terrifc bowling performance by England and especially Harmison and Giles. Giles is sure top or clsoe to the top of the leading wicket takers in this series adn is a sure contender for man of the series.
Scorecard

 

[m_vaughan]

if only bangladesh played the entire 50 overs