England v Bangladesh | 1st Test | Lords | 27-31 May 2010

[Friend786]

after all it is a funny old game !

 

[Awesome_Username]

If Morgan plays really well in this series, who does Collingwood replace when he comes back? Bell?

 

[Batman]

350 on the cards at the end of the day one for England

 

[Batman]

If Morgan plays really well in this series, who does Collingwood replace when he comes back? Bell?

If Bell fails then Collingwood in place for him

If Bell and Morgan have a good series then Morgan going their way

And if both fails then Collingwood would replace any of both players

 

[adnan yasin]

Morgon will not be going ne where ... .. he ll make full use of this opportunity

 

[adnan yasin]

338/4

TROTT 166
Morgon 33

 

[Batman]

England | 362/4 | 90 Overs | Stumps - Day 1

 

[Friend786]

stumps day 1: eng 362/4

 

[pal]

I'm sorry, I always root for teams from the subcontinent to do well against England, but god, Bangladesh is just absolutely terrible. You want them to improve and be competitive but performances like these make it seem like an almost impossible prospect.

 

[Paradox]

) pal, described it perfectly.

 

[Atif]

If Morgan plays really well in this series, who does Collingwood replace when he comes back? Bell?

Will be Bell, Bell has been struggling to keep his place in the team recently.

 

[*syed59*]

Bell is such a good, neat batsmen. Don't know whats happened to him since the SA tour in 2008, I think?

But i was surprised watching the pitch today. Jack Flat.

 

[adnan yasin]

yeah he is good.. concentration ka prb hai .. no issue in his technique..

his recent first class average is also not good.. only 31 after 6 games...

commentators showed it

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Crap of a series. Test cap should be taken back from Bangladesh. They've spent 11 years with the test cap and only few notable performances.

 

[adnan yasin]

definetly they dont deserve test status...

no matter what they do in next 4 days.. or other test matches..

 

[Oxy]

If Bell fails then Collingwood in place for him

If Bell and Morgan have a good series then Morgan going their way

And if both fails then Collingwood would replace any of both players

If Morgan fails, he goes back to Ireland (see Ed Joyce)

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Trott to break Lara's record tomorrow?

 

[Oxy]

Trott to break Lara's record tomorrow?

Nah, he might be playing in the '3 Lions' but he still has the 'Saffie choke' factor running through his veins

 

[LG]

^^ So do Kieswetter and Pietersen.

 

[Robert]

^^ So do Kieswetter and Pietersen.

Wow, I wish all the England batsmen could choke as badly as KP.

 

[Robert]

200 up for Trott - I think the first double ton for England since Colly's in Australia in 2006.

 

[LG]

^^ Nope. Pietersen "choked" one against Windies in 2007.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think England should bat for 3 days now and make 2000 runs and declare so match goes full 5 days

 

[Batman]

Bangladesh looks no where here they take early wickets but remain same like in the first day couldnt put more pressure on England.

 

[Robert]

On they go - 115 runs every session, no trouble at all. At this rate they will be past 600 by 5 pm, with Trott on 300...

 

[Amjid Javed]

I can see Bangla being 3/4 down for 20 Odd in replay to Englands final total here...

 

[AZ]

what a snoozefest of a test match...Bangladesh are terrible.

 

[Khabri420]

I thought Shakib 'the best' Al Hasan would rip through England

 

[Sledger]

Trott out for 226.

 

[Batman]

Swann departs..........last man in..............1 wicket away for Bangladesh

England looking at 500 here

 

[Sledger]

Strauss likes to declare as late as possible, doesn't he? lol.

 

[Khabri420]

Bangladesh will do well if they can avoid the follow-on in this test match.

 

[Sledger]

England all out for 505 and Bangladesh have taken all 10 wickets. What a side.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England 502/9

I dobut Bangla will get close to this....!

 

[Batman]

Strauss doesnt happy with overall score 500 he wanted even more Trott and Strauss get scores but not enough contribution in other hand might makes the difference to the total.

 

[Sledger]

Shahadat takes 5 and is the first Bangladeshi on the Lord's honour board. Great historic moment for him, well done.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Time now to see Brian "Tamim" Lara "Iqbal" bat.

 

[Robert]

Shahadat takes 5 and is the first Bangladeshi on the Lord's honour board. Great historic moment for him, well done.

Aye, good effort to keep persevering.

Now let's see Tamim flat-track-bully a hundred.

 

[Sledger]

Time now to see Brian "Tamim" Lara "Iqbal" bat.

What are you talking about... Tamim can be better than Saeed Anwar!

Where are the normal Bangladeshi crew anyway..?

 

[Khabri420]

Time now to see Brian "Tamim" Lara "Iqbal" bat.

with Shakib 'Gary Sobers' Al Hasan to follow

 

[Batman]

Thats really got performance for him 5 wickets in Lord's is always exellent

 

[AZ]

Shahadat takes 5 and is the first Bangladeshi on the Lord's honour board. Great historic moment for him, well done.

indeed, wonderful achievement! well done Shaddy!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

And then there is Viv "Mohammad Ashraful" Richards too.

 

[Batman]

indeed, wonderful achievement! well done Shaddy!

What are reason been changing the profile picture Salman Butt even better then Indian actor!

 

[AZ]

And then there is Viv "Mohammad Ashraful" Richards too.

Viv Richards Ashraful hai ya Ashraful Viv Richards hai?

 

[adnan yasin]

good work SHAHDAT

5fer at lords is an achievement

 

[AZ]

What are reason been changing the profile picture Salman Butt even better then Indian actor!

no reason, it's my favourite character from my favourite film

 

[Khabri420]

I think Viv Richards is Ashraful. Actually Viv should consider himself very lucky that he is being used in the same sentence as Ashraful.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Viv Richards Ashraful hai ya Ashraful Viv Richards hai?

Ashraful aur Viv Richards ku milao tu Mohammad Ashraful banta hai. Aai baat samghe mein?

 

[Khabri420]

Rubel Hussain once again very expensive and poor. 23 overs, 1 wicket, 109 runs.

With the bowling action he has, you'd expect that he'd be a little more lethal than what his figures reflect.

 

[AZ]

Ashraful aur Viv Richards ku milao tu Mohammad Ashraful banta hai. Aai baat samghe mein?

not quite, but Khabri's explanation clarified it

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Lara should feel proud too after those couple of boundaries from Tamim, especially one over the slips.

 

[DonJee]

Viv Richards Ashraful hai ya Ashraful Viv Richards hai?

Should have been Mohammad "Viv Richard" Ahsraful right?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Should have been Mohammad "Viv Richard" Ahsraful right?

Chalo yehi sahi.

 

[AZ]

Should have been Mohammad "Viv Richard" Ahsraful right?

that's what I was thinking too

 

[Sledger]

I expect Afridi to play his test cricket just as Tamim is right now.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

I expect Afridi to play his test cricket just as Tamim is right now.

issed:

 

[DOOSRA95]

Crap of a series. Test cap should be taken back from Bangladesh. They've spent 11 years with the test cap and only few notable performances.

India took 26 years to register there first Test win, where all the set up was laid on by British and still producing lolloy pop and Icepol bowlers look at them in zimbabwe now.

 

[Robert]

India took 26 years to register there first Test win, where all the set up was laid on by British and still producing lolloy pop and Icepol bowlers look at them in zimbabwe now.

Ah yes, facing those world-beating Zimbabweans.

 

[azk]

^lol

 

[Afridi_Fan]

OMG

Ashoka made a right decision.

 

[adnan yasin]

ENG 505

BANGLADSEH 58/0 in just 13.2 overs

 

[DOOSRA95]

Ah yes, facing those world-beating Zimbabweans.

you Beat what opposition is in front of you.........did you not know that.

 

[Awesome_Username]

Just noticed that Imrul averages a Bradmanesque 14.09

 

[Batman]

Bangladesh looking good with the bat here going nicely with thier chase

 

[Big Harvey]

It's good to see such a big crowd. This is a much better crowd than was present on Day 2 last time Bangladesh were here.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Bangla have made a decent reply for once!

 

[Sledger]

I'm not watching but by the score, Bangladesh's batting has been impressive thus far!

 

[DOOSRA95]

if every time pakitan opners score 70 plus opneing stand i will take it, however i don't think so.

 

[Sledger]

Tamim run out for 55 - was very severe on Bresnan during this knock.

 

[Awesome_Username]

I guess this settles the debate on whether or not Bresnan is a test bowler.

 

[Big Harvey]

I guess this settles the debate on whether or not Bresnan is a test bowler.

No it doesn't. Bresnan (like the other seamers) has been bowling to a team plan. It's a rather predictable team plan (to bowl short), and Bangladesh will have seen it coming months ago. It's a plan that's not working so far, but you can't write Bresnan off as a Test bowler just on the basis of what.'s happened so far.

 

[adnan yasin]

BRESNAN needs to improve a lot to be a test match bowler...

he is not ready for test match stuff

 

[Equinox]

Really funny comments above. Will be even funnier when we get to see how the Shahid "16 year old beast" Afridi led Pakistan batsmen cope in England next month. Can't wait to see legends like Salman Butt, Khalid Latif and Khurram Manzoor with my own eyes. In fact I'm gonna go book my tickets now so I don't miss out on a once in a lifetime experience.

 

[Poison]

Really funny comments above. Will be even funnier when we get to see how the Shahid "The 16 year old beast" Afridi led Pakistan team's batsmen copes in England next month. Can't wait to see legends like Salman Butt, Khalid Latif and Khurram Manzoor with my own eyes. In fact I'm gonna go book my tickets now so I don't miss out on a once in a lifetime experience.

Good to see you emerge after BD get a decent start but I expect you to dissapear again once you start collapsing/being battered in the field.

 

[siccric]

Hey, what happend to Graham Onions?


He did well in the few test matches I remember him playing

 

[AZ]

He's injured.

 

[Awesome_Username]

No it doesn't. Bresnan (like the other seamers) has been bowling to a team plan. It's a rather predictable team plan (to bowl short), and Bangladesh will have seen it coming months ago. It's a plan that's not working so far, but you can't write Bresnan off as a Test bowler just on the basis of what.'s happened so far.

Well yes maybe that was a bit hasty, and a bit tongue in cheek. I'm following it on cricinfo and they're really making it seem like he's bowling pies. Let's see how he goes over the summer.

 

[Equinox]

Why is it so quiet all of a sudden?

 

[Paradox]

Wow, Bangladesh have really really taken the game to England today. Superb stuff with bat and ball from ball one of today's play.

HOPEFULLY - Bangladesh don't have those collapses where there are in such a dominating position and lose one huge wicket.. which is followed by the rest. It'd be amazing if Bangladesh drew this.. a win is out of question, of course.