2nd Test Match - Bangladesh v England

[ManOfSussex]

Bangladesh v England, Second Test
Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka
28 October - 1 November
05:00 BST (Fri-Sat) 04:00 GMT (Sun-Tue)

Ansari in for Batty and Finn in for Broad.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1063416.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37785122

England XI for second Test in Bangladesh:

Alastair Cook (capt)
Ben Duckett
Joe Root
Gary Ballance
Moeen Ali
Ben Stokes
Jonny Bairstow (wk)
Chris Woakes
Adil Rashid
Zafar Ansari
Steven Finn

 

[CHAPPERS]

Too many left handers and also **** GARY BALLANCE

 

[Cheshire Cat]

England innings won't last long.

Alastair Cook (capt) - 16
Ben Duckett - 3
Joe Root - 32
Gary Ballance - 0
Moeen Ali - 12
Ben Stokes - 15
Jonny Bairstow (wk) - 25
Chris Woakes - 10
Adil Rashid - 4
Zafar Ansari - 2
Steven Finn - 0

 

[Seagull over NZ]

They keep talking about rotation rather than dropping. I think that saves a bit of embarrassment for Batty as he didn't bowl the greatest, but a bit harsh judging on one game. Ballance is a very lucky man, I don't see what he did in the time he was dropped to justify a return to the team, he clearly has something that Bayliss likes, but not sure what that is. Surely it would have been a good idea to get the youngster opening with Cook and play Duckett at 4 if the logic of rotation is there?

 

[Pavilionaire]

That England 1st test line-up consisted of players from 1 to 11 that had made a first class century. I bet that will have never have happened before, and will probably never happen again.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I reckon Ballance has got some photos.

 

[Common as Mook]

They keep talking about rotation rather than dropping. I think that saves a bit of embarrassment for Batty as he didn't bowl the greatest, but a bit harsh judging on one game. Ballance is a very lucky man, I don't see what he did in the time he was dropped to justify a return to the team, he clearly has something that Bayliss likes, but not sure what that is. Surely it would have been a good idea to get the youngster opening with Cook and play Duckett at 4 if the logic of rotation is there?

Made a rod for their own backs by making him open instead of Hameed. Unfair to move him down to 4 after one game and drop Ballance as they need to try for consistency at the top of the order.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Made a rod for their own backs by making him open instead of Hameed. Unfair to move him down to 4 after one game and drop Ballance as they need to try for consistency at the top of the order.

If Duckett and Ballance both fail again they've made serious rods for their own backs for the first test in Rajkot in 2 weeks.

 

[studio150]

Forgot the clocks were changing, a 4am start is far too early to start watching

 

[BensGrandad]

Forgot the clocks were changing, a 4am start is far too early to start watching

5am Friday and Saturday and will feel the same at 4am Sunday but you may suffer by Sunday late evening.

 

[Common as Mook]

If Duckett and Ballance both fail again they've made serious rods for their own backs for the first test in Rajkot in 2 weeks.

Duckett hasn't. Gone are the days you get dropped after two tests. He will have a long run at opening and rightly so.

 

[Marshy]

Who is the young opener we took ?

I thought he was going to be given a go, and move Duckett down the order to replace Ballance ?...

 

[CHAPPERS]

Who is the young opener we took ?

I thought he was going to be given a go, and move Duckett down the order to replace Ballance ?...

Hameed. He's also right handed which means we wouldjn't have their spinners bowling into footmarks to most of our top order.

Cook, Duckett, Ballance, Stokes, Ali are all lefties.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Duckett hasn't. Gone are the days you get dropped after two tests. He will have a long run at opening and rightly so.

He'll more than likely play all 5 tests in India, then it's a long time until July and the 1st Test against South Africa, so one-way-or-another he will have a long run at opening. I would have picked Hameed for the left-hand/right-hand opening combination for one thing. We've too many southpaws in the team.

 

[jakarta]

Morning everyone; Bangladesh win toss and will bat

Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shuvagata Hom, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi


England:
AN Cook*, BM Duckett, JE Root, GS Ballance, BA Stokes, MM Ali, JM Bairstow†, ZS Ansari, CR Woakes, AU Rashid, ST Finn

Hameed should be playing at expense of Balance IMO, but blimey that's a long batting order for England!

 

[jakarta]

Woakes strikes in the 3rd Over!

Imrul Kayes goes Bangladesh 1-1

 

[Iovan The Sweeper]

85/1

44 runs off the last 5 overs...

Not much for the seamers. Ansari and Moeen on.

 

[jakarta]

Bangladesh going along at 5 an over, perhaps no one has told them it isn't an ODI?

 

[Mo Gosfield]

85/1

44 runs off the last 5 overs...

Not much for the seamers. Ansari and Moeen on.

44 RUNS OFF 5 OVERS!!!!!!......its farcical.....where is the control?.....even five an over is far too high for Test cricket.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

My heart yearns for Bapu Nadkarni......India v England....Madras Test....1963-4......32 overs....27 maidens.....5 runs....0 wickets.........131 successive dot balls........now that is proper cricket.