ICC Champions Trophy, Group A : England [308/2] beat Bangladesh [305/6] by 8 wickets

[Abdul]

England Squad

EJG Morgan*, MM Ali, JM Bairstow, JT Ball, SW Billings, JC Buttler†, AD Hales, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, JE Root, JJ Roy, BA Stokes, DJ Willey, CR Woakes, MA Wood

Bangladesh Squad

Mashrafe Mortaza*, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Sunzamul Islam, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed

 

[MenInG]

Not long to go to toss for the tournament opener

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good luck to Bangladesh but I don't see them winning it against this England side

 

[JibranAnsari]

Will be a cracker. Looking forward to it.

 

[syed abbas]

Hopefully,it will not be a one-sided match.

 

[syed abbas]

Bangladesh are a good team.They can beat England.
#Supporting Bangladesh.

 

[Anchorman]

Finally some real cricket! Hoping for a cracker.

Really wish Tamim, Mahmudullah, Mustafizur, Root, Woakes and Moeen all have good games. Need them to fire for my fantasy team!

 

[dauntless]

It's going to be one sided match if england bat first they will score more than 330 Bangladesh can't chase more than 300.Supporting mustafizur and england team

 

[Anchorman]

Hate Bangladesh with a passion but really hoping its not a one-sided affair.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Given the recent history and recent matches between the two as well as looking upon the current squads I'd say Eng are going to win comfortably.

 

[Executioner]

England are the better team but Bangladesh are no pushovers. We beat them in the previous occasions in ICC events. Hope to repeat it.

Shakib Riad Fizz Tamim Mushy Rubel Mash all need to rise to the occasion. Time for Soumya Sabbir and Mosaddek to show that we posses serious talent

 

[Executioner]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] Bangladesh once again losing a toss when it matters.

 

[Anchorman]

England won the toss and chose to field.

Looks a flat track, and the sun is out. Bangladesh should be looking for at least 300 if they want to make this competitive.

 

[Executioner]

Miraz dropped for Imrul. We needed a good offie against English lefties - 3 of them

 

[Anchorman]

Does Mahmudullah really come in at #7? I know other players have better stats than him but he really seems to have matured over the years and I consider him their best batsman after Tamim.

Or I'm just being biased towards him because of his inclusion in my fantasy team.

 

[Zeshan547]

Really disappointing start was looking forward to watching England smash 400 and put this arrogant bd lot into its deserving place, now bd will limp to sub par 280 score and poms will chase that in 45 overs or less but it won't be as much fun.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Looking forward to the game.Hope rain doesn't play a part in this game.

 

[Anchorman]

Miraz dropped for Imrul. We needed a good offie against English lefties - 3 of them

Terrible decision.

The warm-up game definitely brought back some demons, hence the decision to play a proper batsman (still consider Miraz a better batsman than Imrul). Miraz definitely deserves to be in the line up.

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] Bangladesh once again losing a toss when it matters.

Our Captain (s) are good at winning practice toss - from NZ to IND to IRL to CT, won almost every toss.

This one is a killer one though - hope it doesn't end like Poms batting before lunch.

 

[Markhor]

Morning all. In the Royal London One-Day Cup this year, 244 is the average score for the side batting first at The Oval.

 

[dauntless]

Bangladesh won't be scoring more than 260

 

[Executioner]

Terrible decision.

The warm-up game definitely brought back some demons, hence the decision to play a proper batsman (still consider Miraz a better batsman than Imrul). Miraz definitely deserves to be in the line up.

He bowled exceptionally well against the best players of spin. England would struggle against him. Our bowling resources are thin

Our Captain (s) are good at winning practice toss - from NZ to IND to IRL to CT, won almost every toss.

This one is a killer one though - hope it doesn't end like Poms batting before lunch.

It could be a blessing in disguise. Bangladesh are better setting a target and defending it. Conditions are also sunny so batting won't be too difficult.

 

[Executioner]

Let's see what happens. We need to bat well at first. No excuses.

 

[czar]

Not even close to a full house.

 

[HitWicket]

Not even close to a full house.

It's a sell out so the crowds a bit odd.

 

[Anchorman]

Love the scorecard.

 

[last_knight]

England opting to bowl first.
Good bye Campaign CT for England.

England to lose by 40 runs chasing 290.

 

[hafeezrocks]

What a boring atmosphere in the ground. Typical English crowd.

Compare this to the crowd on June 4.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Wood comes in to bowl.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Well fielded by Morgan.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Tamim infected with the dot ball virus,but unlike our openers,he can up the ante.

0(8)

 

[Anchorman]

Tamim clearly playing like he knows how important his wicket is.

 

[Red Devil]

Love watching Mark Wood bowl. Serious talent, much better than what his record shows. Hope he stays fit.

 

[czar]

How many runs would Bangladesh be looking to score here?

 

[dauntless]

Once upon a time tamim was used to be an aggressive batsman

 

[Ellipsism]

Wood is world class. If he remains fit boy could he do some damage.

 

[Commander]

Seeing the ball off for now

 

[Mainul]

Miraz dropped for Imrul. We needed a good offie against English lefties - 3 of them

I am surprised.Sabbir should have been dropped for Imrul.

 

[dauntless]

Good shot for 3 runs

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Bdesh needs to be at 40/1 at the end of 10 overs.

They can up the ante if they have wickets in hand, don't be at 20/3 or 50/5 early on.

 

[Mainul]

40% tickets of this match has been bought by Bangladeshis and 52% by home crowd.We are a passionate cricket crazy nation.

 

[syed abbas]

These two openers look solid.Much better than our opening pair.

 

[dauntless]

Good fielding my favorite jason

 

[Mainul]

Bdesh needs to be at 40/1 at the end of 10 overs.

They can up the ante if they have wickets in hand, don't be at 20/3 or 50/5 early on.

They are going in that way.Prevent the collapse first as both these two teams did in their respective last game.

 

[dauntless]

Another good over by mark

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Tamim batting like a pansy.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

[MENTION=141922]ExpressPacer[/MENTION]

Looks like Taskin/Asia's best bowler(potentially) isn't even in the XI

 

[sadida97]

Tamim batting like a pansy.

Do you rate bangladeshi batsmen ? Who have got potential ?

 

[dauntless]

Good shot and another beautiful shot

 

[Arham_PakFan]

14 off 4.4

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Do you rate bangladeshi batsmen ? Who have got potential ?

Soumya and Sabbir.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Tamim 3(17) getting ridiculous now.

 

[MMHS]

Surprisingly, ENG hasn't started with short staff, probably for the moisture on the surface.

 

[dauntless]

Mark wood should get tamim

 

[Mainul]

This type of batting approach for a lengthy period may be self destructive which is often adopted by Pakistan.Whenever they will attempt to up the tempo,if they loose wickets then this wickets conserving theory will be boomerang.

 

[Anchorman]

Wood is quality. Please stay fit!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good shots

 

[shaz619]

Good shots

Am hearing loud cheers every time BD hit a 4 but I can't seem to see any Bengali's in the crowd when the camera focus's in the stands? what is this conspiracy

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol. This guy Imrul Kaye's is still playing? Utter rubbish. Was getting bounced out by Mohit Sharma last World Cup. BD posters is there seriously no one better than this guy?

 

[dauntless]

Dropped! Pakistani genes_

 

[Zeshan547]

Bhai channeling his inner Pakistani

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

SS should utilize his life.

 

[Shafi]

Indian bowling is far superior than England.

 

[hadi123]

Moeen Ali drops a sitter

 

[dauntless]

What a shot! Very beautiful

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

What a shot from Tamim

 

[Zeshan547]

Dropped! Pakistani genes_

man you got me on this one

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Dropped. Tamim needs to show some intent

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Many good shot for NOTHING. Two batsmen should try to rotate strike more.

 

[Shafi]

Costly miss. It may cost the game for England

 

[Rayyman]

Bangladesh need to get a move on here

 

[Arham_PakFan]

for Tamim down the leg side

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bangladesh is careful after what happened to them in the last match.

 

[MMHS]

Many good shot for NOTHING. Two batsmen should try to rotate strike more.

They are doing next best thing - against ENG, one shouldn't lose wicket to new balls.

 

[Mainul]

Lol. This guy Imrul Kaye's is still playing? Utter rubbish. Was getting bounced out by Mohit Sharma last World Cup. BD posters is there seriously no one better than this guy?

Imrul is a good batsman,scored a century against England in last series.

 

[sadida97]

Pakistan would have gotten destroyed by posters here if they started like this

 

[Executioner]

Sedate start. Now time to attack given we have 8 quality batsman and even our no. 8 batsman is a potentially world class player.

 

[Executioner]

Pakistan would have gotten destroyed by posters here if they started like this

Wrist slitting.

However Pakistan don't have too many big hitters in the side so it's important to have a good start. The likes of Tamim and Sarkar can easily pick up the pace.

 

[ExpressPacer]

[MENTION=141922]ExpressPacer[/MENTION]

Looks like Taskin/Asia's best bowler(potentially) isn't even in the XI

Don't rub salt on my wound.

 

[dauntless]

Strike rotation! interesting now