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Mysterypunter · 28-10-2016 6:07am

Bangladesh 71/1 Tamim Iqbal 50* keep going Tamim. The first test was a fantastic game.

lambayire · 28-10-2016 9:35am

201/5. England fighting back after a brilliant Tamin century.

Mr. Guappa · 28-10-2016 11:25am

lambayire wrote: »

201/5. England fighting back after a brilliant Tamin century.

220 all out. Some collapse. England 42-2 in reply. This series has been fantastic.

riffmongous · 28-10-2016 12:23pm

Huge collapse, look at that scorecard

http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/engine/match/1029827.html

Mysterypunter · 28-10-2016 9:57pm

220 could be enough. What a strange day

Mr. Guappa · 29-10-2016 9:45am

Mysterypunter wrote: »

220 could be enough. What a strange day

Looked like being plenty until Woakes and Rashid put on 99 for the 9th wicket. England wind up with a lead of 24. England's lower middle order has bailed them out so many times this year.

Mr. Guappa · 30-10-2016 11:38am

England 8 down in 2nd innings, still over 100 runs short. Shocking collapse since tea. The place is going nuts.

riffmongous · 30-10-2016 12:00pm

Great win for them in the end! 10 wickets in a session.

Skid X · 30-10-2016 12:30pm

It would have been a shame if Bangladesh had lost both matches in the series, a good result for them and for Test Cricket in general.

Mysterypunter · 31-10-2016 10:12pm

Brilliant from Bangladesh. They are a really improving team. Was a brilliant series.

dfx- · 04-11-2016 7:58am

South Africa without AB go 32/4 on the opening day in Perth, recover to 242.

Australia go to 158/0 in response, Steyn goes off injured shoulder again at 166/1, but they collapse to 244 all out, 86/10 :eek:

Maharaj making a day two Perth pitch look like it's spinning square...without ever actually spinning a ball...

Skid X · 12-11-2016 3:52am

Australia 85 all out against SA just now, they were lucky to get over 50.

Inquitus · 12-11-2016 5:49pm

Skid X wrote: »

Australia 85 all out against SA just now, they were lucky to get over 50.

Aye, horrible morning in Hobart to have to have a bat, they look well behind in this test now, very likely to go 2 down in the series.

England look good in India, should be able to put up an unattainable total quickly in the morning and put the game safe, then have a lash at the Indian batting line-up to see if they can push for an unlikely win, that said it's hard to see anything but a draw coming on Day 5 tomorrow.

Shout out to the young Hameed on debut, looks a real good opening prospect.

Fratton Fred · 26-01-2017 10:15pm

Great performance from Morgan today. Excellent knock and very good captaincy in the field.

He is the first England player to score 1500 T20i runs.

Richard Hillman · 27-01-2017 4:43am

Definitely needed by Morgan. With Root about to take the Test Captaincy, Morgan will be feeling pressure on his own role in the team.

riffmongous · 27-01-2017 2:12pm

Good tour for him ,especially since he's usually terrible outside England

Beasty · 06-02-2017 11:07am

Alastair Cook has resigned as England captain

Looks like he'll be looking to play on in the test team, with Root expected to become captain

No surprises at all, and hopefully it will allow Cook to once again flourish as an opener, although his batting didn't seem to suffer that much when he had the additional responsibility of captaincy.

Skid X · 06-02-2017 11:03pm

I was a bit surprised to see Cook's average as Skipper was marginally better than before his appointment

As captain 59 Tests Average: 46.53
In the ranks 81 Tests Average: 46.36

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/10723081/alastair-cook-england-captaincy-in-stats

Seems like the right time for a change anyway, it'll be interesting to see how he performs without the Captaincy.

Beasty · 06-02-2017 11:50pm

He's arguably at the time in his career when he can best capitalise on his experience. IIRC when he started off in the test team he was prolific but also a bit more aggressive in his approach. Perhaps the captaincy took that aggressive streak away as he would battle for the good of the team rather than any personal glory. Hopefully he'll really flourish without the responsibility of the captaincy

I only hope Root does not suffer in a similar way, but he is so talented (as well as a down to earth Yorkshireman;)) I'm hoping he will stand up to the challenge.

Richard Hillman · 07-02-2017 2:20am

I have mixed feelings on it.

I don't think Cook is a particularly good captain. He is ridiculously conservative and can be quite spiteful towards bowlers that were selected but doesn't fancy himself.

However, I do not see what Joe Root has shown that he will be better at captaining a cricket team than Alastair Cook. SSN showed his captaincy history over his lifetime. He has captained a team 17 times in his life. This included local underage level. They even included an under 13s game :pac:

Whilst I don't rate nor like Cook as a captain, are they so convinced that Joe Root will be better at setting fields, choosing bowlers, settings declarations etc?

There is a ridiculous clamour to blame captains after a bad series. The first test in India was Cooks fault and his obsessively negative captaincy but they were beaten up in the rest of the series. Those were not Cooks fault.

Anyway, I'm glad to see Cook gone. He is a wonderful batsman but a horrible person and a negative captain.

Beasty · 07-02-2017 12:16pm

Don't think Michael Vaughan was ever appointed captain of Yorkshire;)

Skid X · 13-02-2017 12:37pm

Joe Root confirmed as England Test Captain, Ben Stoke is new Vice Captain.

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/332540

Mysterypunter · 20-02-2017 8:59pm

IPL auction, Ben Stokes goes for loads of money, nice reward for chucking away the world t20 final

Richard Hillman · 24-02-2017 8:20pm

Spectacular day of cricket in Pune. Compelling viewing.

The BCCI and groundsman played a bit of stinker, in trying to make the wicket a bit too spin friendly. Australia were extremely lucky to hit the score they did today with dropped catches and Ashwin and Jadeja missing the bat a couple of times per over.

The game could be over tomorrow. There is no batting to be had on that tarck

Richard Hillman · 24-02-2017 8:21pm

Also the Pakistan Cricket League is on Geo TV Uk, Sky Channel 807.

riffmongous · 25-02-2017 10:13pm

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Spectacular day of cricket in Pune. Compelling viewing.

The BCCI and groundsman played a bit of stinker, in trying to make the wicket a bit too spin friendly. Australia were extremely lucky to hit the score they did today with dropped catches and Ashwin and Jadeja missing the bat a couple of times per over.

The game could be over tomorrow. There is no batting to be had on that tarck

Yeah over already. The Aussies managed to put up another 250+ score though

Fratton Fred · 03-03-2017 6:42pm

Another good knock from Eoin Morgan.

It's not easy watching an ODI in Antigua when the rain is lashing against the window. Still, there won't be any queues in Waitrose this weekend, all the pensioners are in the Sir Viv Richards stadium.

Richard Hillman · 05-03-2017 8:25pm

England are getting a bit of pasting today. 124/6 chasing 226. Still doable but unlikely.

Australia and India was spectacular again this morning. I wouldn't fancy batting last if I were Australia. They need to put up a decent score from the tail. Looking like they will go up 2-0 at this stage

Richard Hillman · 06-03-2017 1:11pm

So England turned it around and won the ODI with an excellent partnership from Root and Woakes.

And India are now probably favourites in the Test match after Pujara knocked 70 not out.

Paddy Power won't be giving me a job any time soon.

Fratton Fred · 07-03-2017 11:20am

Richard Hillman wrote: »

So England turned it around and won the ODI with an excellent partnership from Root and Woakes.

And India are now probably favourites in the Test match after Pujara knocked 70 not out.

Paddy Power won't be giving me a job any time soon.

never write off India as long as they have Ashwin

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