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Sven Roeder 11:47 Fri Sep 16
England squads for Bangladesh tour

England Test squad

Alastair Cook (captain, Essex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Gareth Batty (Surrey), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (wk, Lancashire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

England ODI squad

Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Hasans Fish Bar RIP 1:23 Sat Sep 17
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Haha

Talking of Green Street. I went to a wedding in Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Decided to get kitted out in full paki gear. Purchased a rather fetching ivory coloured shimmery shalwar kameez number from a gaff in downtown 'pindi

Made the purchase and was given it in a bag with Daminis, Green Street, London E7 on it. Spoke to the fella about why etc. It was his cousin (aren't they all?) Who owned it. Spoke to him about West Ham etc, the fella gave me a few hundred rupees back and brought out a bottle of mountain dew.

Fucking weird that was

Sven Roeder 1:05 Sat Sep 17
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* punches air *

gank 1:02 Sat Sep 17
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As much as I am loathe to say it, that does, in fact, make this thread among the most relevant on WHO this year.

Sven Roeder 12:58 Sat Sep 17
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Bangladesh tour = Walk down Green Street

gank 12:53 Sat Sep 17
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*sigh*

You know what I'm going to say, don't you?

Sven Roeder 12:08 Sat Sep 17
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If Batty does play a Test after 11 years he still has about 15 or so players ahead of him with bigger gaps in their careers.
Bloke called Traicos played for S Africa in 1970 & his next Test was for Zimbabwe in 1992 , 22 years later.
Martin Bicknell was one who played a Test in 1993 & his next in 2003.

Hammer and Pickle 11:45 Fri Sep 16
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Why do I keep reading this as England squats for Bangladesh tour.

Sven Roeder 11:39 Fri Sep 16
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Batty .... 11 Test wickets at 67, 5 ODI wickets at 73
Can't imagine why they didn't use him more

Alex Bunbury 11:35 Fri Sep 16
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Sort yourself out mentor.

Alex G 11:25 Fri Sep 16
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Batty made his first class debut the same year that Hameed was born.

It's strange to think that since the last time he played a test England have won the Ashes five times.

InpectaMoose 10:20 Fri Sep 16
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Don't think Batty will play unless there is a need to play all 4 spinners. He is purely going as to help the other bowlers imho first test team:

Cook (c)
Hameed
Root
Duckett
Bairstow (wk)
Stokes
Ali
Ansari
Rashid
Broad or Wood
Anderson

3 spinners plus Root, 3 Seamers who can all reverse the ball

mentor 10:13 Fri Sep 16
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Who's this Paki cunt been picked for England? Get out of my country you fucking paedophile cunt.

East Auckland Hammer 1:09 Fri Sep 16
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Northern Sold 12:12 Fri Sep 16

http://westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?8563884|a0

Bernie 1:05 Fri Sep 16
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What is the point of taking Batty at 39? it's like a step back into the mid 90's

Duckett and Hameed both look like outstanding prospects

Sven Roeder 12:58 Fri Sep 16
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NS
I have probably started dozens of English cricket threads over the years. Probably had your head up a dancing horses arse and missed them.

Jack Leach of Somerset has been the form spinner in the late part of this season hasn't he?
Probably one of the dozens of county players Bayliss has admitted he can't be bothered to go and watch.

eastend joker 12:37 Fri Sep 16
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a real step backwards taking Batty at 39 years old , if they needed an additional spinner they should have gone with Josh Poysden from warwickshire .

Northern Sold 12:12 Fri Sep 16
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oooh look... Sven starting an ENGLISH cricket thread... bit like Jonah starting ENGLISH rugby thread... weird

Grumpster 11:57 Fri Sep 16
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I'm a little confused with Batty, just don't really get it.

Rather Duckett gets the nod as well at the top, he's had a blinding season.

Sven Roeder 11:49 Fri Sep 16
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bbc
England have named three uncapped players in the Test squad for their tour of Bangladesh starting next month.

Lancashire opener Haseeb Hameed, 19, Northamptonshire batsman Ben Duckett and Surrey all-rounder Zafar Ansari are included in the 17-man squad.

Surrey off-spinner Gareth Batty, who will be 39, is also included, 11 years after playing his last Test.

Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will captain the one-day side after Eoin Morgan pulled out with security concerns.

Buttler returns to the Test squad along with fast bowler Mark Wood, who has not played a Test since October 2015 following an ankle injury.

Batsman Joe Root has been rested from the one-day team, while James Vince has been dropped from the Test side but included in the ODI squad.

England play three one-day internationals starting on 7 October, followed by a two-Test series from 20 October.

England turn to experience

England have selected spinners in their Test team, with Surrey captain Batty and 24-year-old slow left-armer and team-mate Ansari joining off-spinner Moeen Ali and leg-spinner Adil Rashid.

The most recent of Batty's seven Tests for England came against Bangladesh in 2005, but he has taken 41 wickets at an average of 32 in County Championship Division One this season.

Ansari was named in England's Test squad to tour Pakistan last year, but dislocated a thumb hours after being called up.

Opening batsman Hameed, who has scored 1,129 championship runs at an average of 52 this season, is set to replace Alex Hales following his withdrawal for safety reasons.

If he plays in the first Test in Chittagong, former England Under-19 captain Hameed will become only the second teenager to appear in the longer form of the game for England since 1949.

"His four centuries, against some of the best bowling attacks in the country are testament to his outstanding temperament and attitude," said national selector James Whitaker said.

All-rounder Ben Hollioake, who was 19 when he played against Australia in 1997, is the only other teenager to appear in a Test for England since 18-year-old Brian Close made his debut in 1949.

Duckett, 22, has scored heavily in all three formats in domestic cricket, with four centuries in 15 first-class games and an average of 99 in one-day cricket.

He also features in the one-day squad, alongside Kent wicketkeeper Sam Billings and Hampshire left-arm spinner Liam Dawson.

England Test captain Cook will travel to Bangladesh a week before the rest of the Test squad to practise, before returning home for the birth of his second child.

He will miss the opening two-day warm-up match starting on 14 October before rejoining the squad in time for the first Test.

Analysis

BBC Cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew:

England's dearth of quality spinners was exposed last year against Pakistan, both in terms of wicket-taking and keeping control.

It is with that in mind that Batty's experience has been called upon after an 11-year absence. Zafar Ansari brings the spin count to four, plus Joe Root.

Haseeb Hameed has impressed as much with his temperament as his quality, while Ben Duckett gets a chance to show his range of strokes.