Bangladesh vs England

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Sixteen year old Bangladeshi batsman is only 92 runs away from a century on debut which will also make him test cricket's youngest centurion.

Stay tuned folks
 
Melbourne Red said:
Sixteen year old Bangladeshi batsman is only 92 runs away from a century on debut which will also make him test cricket's youngest centurion.

Stay tuned folks
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:lol:

Are you living in dreamland?
 
Only 85 runs away now.

He's batted with resolution and steel while wickets tumble around him. Clearly he's mentally equipped to handle test cricket; we may be onto a winner here.
 
Ahh bugger, another wicket. 8 down now, poor lad may be left stranded on 19.
 
Kinell, this is ridiculous. Didn't even top score for us, but for Aftab Ahmed pipping him by one run. What the fecking hell is Aftab Ahmed ever going to achieve in test cricket I ask you? This lad, on the other hand, could potentially go on to a distinguished career
 
Don't know bout Aftab, but that Anwar Hossain Monir look good. 5 runs from 6 balls.
 
Yes, always good to have some rapid-fire pinch hitting at the close of an innings
 
So many will the Aussies lose the Ashes series by do you think?
 
You never know with this Australian side. I remember a similarly hyped series in South Africa a couple of years ago which was billed as a clash of the world's two premier sides and which ended having clearly established that only one such side exists.
 
Seriously, do you think Engalnd got much of a chance? I'm not sure personally. Thorpe doesn't seem to be the player he was and Harmison's not been brillaint lately.

McGrath's come back from his injuries and looks strong.
 
Thorpe was fine in his last few hit outs was he not? Harmison's a much better bowler at home and has done alright for Durham.

I'd be bloody surprised if they beat the Aussies though
 
Yeah, I always get my hopes up before each Ashes series only to be bitterly disappointed.

I remember being at Headingly for the first day when Merv Hughes made his debut ('89?). We all laughed at his mincing run-up. Little did we know...
 
You'd want to have a closer look at Freddie Flintoff. Bet his jockstrap's a veritable carnival for the nostrils.
 
English hasnt gotten a bloody chance against aussies.
They ll as usual win the final consolation test
 
Melbourne Red said:
You'd want to have a closer look at Freddie Flintoff. Bet his jockstrap's a veritable carnival for the nostrils.
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:lol:

Thanks for letting us in on that pearl MR.
 
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England won the toss and decided to field

Bangladesh 1st Innings
108 all out (38.2 overs)

England 1st Innings
188 for 1 (46.0 overs)
 
England 329-1.

Why do I get a feeling this isn't good preparation for the Ashes series?
 
How is it that the ECB can schedule TWO bloody warm up matches before the first test? Poor lads have never seen an English cricket pitch prior to this.
 
England win by an innings and 269 runs. Not a victory to celebrate really. Hope Bangladesh learn from it and make progress like Sri Lanka and India who used to be poor but have grown strong.
 
Melbourne Red said:
You'd want to have a closer look at Freddie Flintoff. Bet his jockstrap's a veritable carnival for the nostrils.
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:nono: uh if anyone's gonna be going near Freddie's jockstrap...it'll be me, thank you very much!
 
An extract about the contents of Fred's jockstrap...





His gift for comic timing.

Lancashire are playing Hampshire on an end-of-season tour to Jersey one summer and he is floored by a delivery from the pace bowler Cardigan Connor that hits him squarely in the nuts. Eyes watering, he limps across to the clubhouse and is handed a pint of iced water by his coach, David Lloyd, who instructs him to, “Stick ’em in there, Freddie. Freezing ’em will dull the pain.”

Unsure whether the coach is joking or not, Freddie decides to give it a try and drops his testicles into the glass until the pain begins to subside.

He places the glass beside his locker and starts to change. A teammate, Gary Yates, who has been warming up, joins him in the dressing room, covered in sweat.

“Is that your drink, Freddie?” he inquires of the pint of iced water.

“It is,” Freddie replies.

“I’m gasping. Can I have it?” “Sure,” Freddie replies.

And Yates empties the glass. Later that afternoon, informed by another teammate that his pint had served as a marinade, he seeks Flintoff out with trepidation. “You didn’t, Freddie? Did you?” he begs.

“I’m sorry, Gaz,” Flintoff replies, unable to suppress a laugh.



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1632115,00.html
 
mojo said:
England 329-1.

Why do I get a feeling this isn't good preparation for the Ashes series?
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It's not in terms of competitiveness but it gets the players in the winning run for the summer and gives them some much need practice.
All crickets rely heavily on confidence, if we go in to facing the Aussie's with low confidence we will get battered but this series is a chance for our batsmen to get amoungst the runs and our bowlers amoungst the wickets on test match standard pitches.
 
nealn said:
An extract about the contents of Fred's jockstrap...





His gift for comic timing.

Lancashire are playing Hampshire on an end-of-season tour to Jersey one summer and he is floored by a delivery from the pace bowler Cardigan Connor that hits him squarely in the nuts. Eyes watering, he limps across to the clubhouse and is handed a pint of iced water by his coach, David Lloyd, who instructs him to, “Stick ’em in there, Freddie. Freezing ’em will dull the pain.”

Unsure whether the coach is joking or not, Freddie decides to give it a try and drops his testicles into the glass until the pain begins to subside.

He places the glass beside his locker and starts to change. A teammate, Gary Yates, who has been warming up, joins him in the dressing room, covered in sweat.

“Is that your drink, Freddie?” he inquires of the pint of iced water.

“It is,” Freddie replies.

“I’m gasping. Can I have it?” “Sure,” Freddie replies.

And Yates empties the glass. Later that afternoon, informed by another teammate that his pint had served as a marinade, he seeks Flintoff out with trepidation. “You didn’t, Freddie? Did you?” he begs.

“I’m sorry, Gaz,” Flintoff replies, unable to suppress a laugh.



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1632115,00.html
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:lol:

Thanks for that nealn
 
Looking Busy said:
It's not in terms of competitiveness but it gets the players in the winning run for the summer and gives them some much need practice.
All crickets rely heavily on confidence, if we go in to facing the Aussie's with low confidence we will get battered but this series is a chance for our batsmen to get amoungst the runs and our bowlers amoungst the wickets on test match standard pitches.
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Fine as far as confidence goes LB I agree with you. But I can't help thinking something a tad more competitive would have been better preparation.
 
mojo said:
Fine as far as confidence goes LB I agree with you. But I can't help thinking something a tad more competitive would have been better preparation.
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But there would be a danger that it could go the opposite way if we'd played someone more competitive when the players will always have one eye on the Aussie's
 
Looking Busy said:
But there would be a danger that it could go the opposite way if we'd played someone more competitive when the players will always have one eye on the Aussie's
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Yes always a danger, but if you're the second highest ranked test playing in the world, that's something you should be able to cope with. Otherwise it wouldn't bode well for the Ashes anyway. As it was, all the players will have had is more akin to a gentle warm up.
 
nealn said:
An extract about the contents of Fred's jockstrap...





His gift for comic timing.

Lancashire are playing Hampshire on an end-of-season tour to Jersey one summer and he is floored by a delivery from the pace bowler Cardigan Connor that hits him squarely in the nuts. Eyes watering, he limps across to the clubhouse and is handed a pint of iced water by his coach, David Lloyd, who instructs him to, “Stick ’em in there, Freddie. Freezing ’em will dull the pain.”

Unsure whether the coach is joking or not, Freddie decides to give it a try and drops his testicles into the glass until the pain begins to subside.

He places the glass beside his locker and starts to change. A teammate, Gary Yates, who has been warming up, joins him in the dressing room, covered in sweat.

“Is that your drink, Freddie?” he inquires of the pint of iced water.

“It is,” Freddie replies.

“I’m gasping. Can I have it?” “Sure,” Freddie replies.

And Yates empties the glass. Later that afternoon, informed by another teammate that his pint had served as a marinade, he seeks Flintoff out with trepidation. “You didn’t, Freddie? Did you?” he begs.

“I’m sorry, Gaz,” Flintoff replies, unable to suppress a laugh.



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1632115,00.html
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
GiggsysGirl said:
:nono: uh if anyone's gonna be going near Freddie's jockstrap...it'll be me, thank you very much!
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I'm not sure that I needed that much information GG!
 
What's so offputting about that?

Certainly preferable to a particular male poster who has been written into forum lore for a similar fantasy...
 
Am shattered that the young 16 year old I was banging on about before has been dropped. Was looking forward to seeing what he could produce.
 
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