Sven Roeder 7:21 Thu Oct 20
1st Test Bangladesh v England at Chittagong
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Cook Duckett Root Ballance Ali Stokes Bairstow Woakes Rashid Batty Broad
England win the toss and BAT
21/2
New England Test appearance record holder Alistair COOK
b Shakib 4
Test debutant Ben DUCKETT
b Mehedi 14
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Sven Roeder
7:23 Thu Oct 20
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Fat legged African Gary BALLANCE
LBW Mehedi 1
21/3
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paolo
8:09 Thu Oct 20
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Glad I did not get up early for this one.
Joe Root is level above must get annoying playing with such tripe like Ballance.
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Grumpster
8:09 Thu Oct 20
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To be fair to ballance (who I think is crap), their opening bowlers were brilliant.
Superb example of making a pitch perfectly for your spinners and Alli should have been given out as well. Lucky they didn't review.
Good that some more teams are becoming competitive, as they're not a bad unit now.
We'll still win though!!!
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Sven Roeder
8:21 Thu Oct 20
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Saw a bit earlier and they were asking the Bangladesh commentator about the pitch.
He said Chittagong is normally a flat road but this is very dry and he was surprised how rough the pitch was. Has obviously been given a scrub to make it turn from ball one.
England were under the pump but the Bangladesh captain inexplicably took Shakib off and bowled his pie throwing medium pacers.
Three spinners as England have is the right attack. One specialist seamer and a couple of allrounders like Woakes and Stokes who can get some reverse swing should have the Bangles covered.
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paolo
8:21 Thu Oct 20
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They will all be a little out of form good test before a proper series.
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paolo
8:26 Thu Oct 20
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Review for Ali given out by umpire
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Grumpster
9:29 Thu Oct 20
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Great to see that not all test cricket is dull.
Same umpire raised his finger 3 times in 6 balls against Ali, for which he reviewed every single time and all were overturned.
Superb stuff and then the end of Root.
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stoneman
10:01 Thu Oct 20
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What is the point of Gary Ballance? Are we seriously saying there are no better alternatives?
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Grumpster
10:02 Thu Oct 20
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That ball to remove Stokes was an absolute belter.
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stewie griffin
10:04 Thu Oct 20
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Gareth BATTY is going to have a field day on this pitch
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Joey Woodwork
10:17 Thu Oct 20
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Can't help but think we missed a trick by not have Tredders out there.
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One McAvennieeeeee
10:27 Thu Oct 20
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What would be a good score here? 250+?
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stewie griffin
10:41 Thu Oct 20
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Snap your hand off for 250 tbh
But then our 'spinners' have to get to work
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Grumpster
10:50 Thu Oct 20
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Batted Ali son.
He's had some vital test innings over the past year.
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Sven Roeder
10:55 Thu Oct 20
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Having reviewed 5 decisions against you successfully in an innings must be a record for a batsman.
Amusing that when he WAS out Bangladesh didn't review.
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One McAvennieeeeee
1:53 Thu Oct 20
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258/7 at close.
Deec comeback from us.
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Grumpster
6:42 Thu Oct 20
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Quality ODI that, kiwis first win in any format in India since 2003!
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East Auckland Hammer
11:22 Thu Oct 20
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Not quite true Grumpster....we beat them twice in T20 there earlier this year - once in the T20 WC, and once in a warmup beforehand.
I guess they have to count technically, even though I would strike ALL International T20 results from the records personally.
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paolo
11:53 Thu Oct 20
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Decent effort after a shocking start add another 30-50 in the morning they will struggle to get that many unless we bowl terribly.
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Grumpster
7:27 Fri Oct 21
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All out for 293.
Good comeback after the start.
Average first innings score here in the last 6 tests is 382, but I doubt they were spinning like this one.
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