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England Cricket 2016/17 - Bangladesh, India & West Indies (ODI's only)
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After a great fight back from Rashid & Woakes, Englands bowling at start of Bangladesh 2nd innings really letting them down.
Already 41-0 and behind by 17 ahead, Bangladesh have immediately regained the momentum they lost during the end of England 1st innings.
Already 41-0 and behind by 17 ahead, Bangladesh have immediately regained the momentum they lost during the end of England 1st innings.
120 all out?
147-2 off 29 overs!!! Bangladesh smashing it right now.
Can England get themselves out of this mess?
Ansari not getting much support from the fielders. 4 drops of his bowling this morning.
Think England are favorites at the moment. 260 is chasable with their depth.
Think England are favorites at the moment. 260 is chasable with their depth.
What a start by England, was worried about a collapse but this is brilliant.
Duckett's got runs but he's going to be a bunny in India, I think. Feet movement against spinners is terrible.
There he goes -- bowled with feet stuck in the crease.
Hopefully I didn't speak to soon 
Looked pretty out to the naked eye. Surprised to see it missed by so much.
This will be England's highest run chase in the sub continent. With their weakness against spin, would hardly call them favourites.
He will get better with experience. He is a great talent. Will be s great player for England in the future.
Agree, BD strong favourites for me.
I look forward to the day when England don't bat all the way to #11.
As an opposition fan(not today, I don't support Bangladesh), it is depressing to watch batsman after batsman come out.
As an opposition fan(not today, I don't support Bangladesh), it is depressing to watch batsman after batsman come out.
It's the only reason we've been able to win for the past 18 months tbh
That looked sliding down surely..
Not in replay.. looks out
Have to say -- Bangladesh's bowling isn't actually very good.
Not in replay.. looks out
Have to say -- Bangladesh's bowling isn't actually very good.
Bye Bye Ballance, last time we be seeing you play for England
FFS it was looking good at 100/0 now 124/4
FFS it was looking good at 100/0 now 124/4
Ben Stokes is massively overrated imo..
Five. This is a cracking session.
Another England collapse again . So frustrating. Need to remove Balance and perhaps have Hameed in.
. So frustrating. Need to remove Balance and perhaps have Hameed in.He's talented but inconsistent. Once he improves on that, he will be world class.
That's a toughie but Dharmasena 
7 down. Stokes gone. The end is nigh.
All down to Rashid and Woakes
That review appeal
Proper dodgy action.
8 out of 16 (1st test) and 5 out of 10 (2nd test so far) of his were overturned. Stokes' and Cook's decisions were extremely difficult to spot during live play I thought. I have a feeling he'd have given them both not out if there was no DRS, giving benefit of doubt to the batsman. Both looked plumb to naked eye and if there was any tiny bat/glove involved (like in Stokes' case), batsman would be going for DRS. I prefer teams to have unlimited options to review the decisions in test cricket as the primary argument against increasing the number to more than 2 per 80 overs was to deter teams from wasting time, which isn't really applicable to test matches.That's a toughie but Dharmasena
While I type that, no idea why Rashid chose to review when he didn't nick the ball at all. Three wickets in an over and it's 161-9!
Erm
Its been coming from Bangladesh. You go back as far as the rained out series against South Africa, the first test match here. They are now becoming a proper Asian test side, good at home. Aussies play them next year and I expect Bangladesh to mow them down.
Knew I spoke too soon. Opposite this time. Good from openers but poor from everyone else.
We sure showed those young upstarts what a proper collapse looked like.
That all rounder off spinner Bangladesh had a dodgy action mark. Mehedi and Mustafizur will ensure that Bangladesh will have a great bowling attack in future.
Hameed deserved a start. Buttler needs to come back in too in place of Ballance.
England still have a lot to learn against spin. Will be interesting to see how other teams get on in Bangladesh if they ever decide to tour.
Just a match before that, B'desh were following on against India desperate to save the test when rain washed out the rest of the match after a little over 2 days play was possible. SA's 1st test was washed out after 2 innings and the 2nd test was washed out before the 1st innings was completed. SA didn't have their best spin player ABD for the tour but it marked the decline of their other best player Amla, whose poor form continued throughout both ODI and test series in India. Not sure I'd consider that as a beginning since enough test cricket wasn't played thanks to the rain. They've done brilliantly in Limited Overs though, winning series against Pak, India & SA as well as reaching finals of Asia Cup but under-performed in the test matches.
B'desh came close to a test match win against sides other than Zim/WI on a few occasions, most famously in Multan when Inzamam saved Pak but this is probably the first time they came close in a test series, narrowly losing by 22 runs in the 1st match but emphatically winning the 2nd.
This is England's 2nd worst collapse in Asia (10/64) after 10/51 in the innings when they were all out for 72 vs Pak. Too many left handed batsmen may cause problems, just like it did for NZ recently, during India tour.
It's not your batting but your spin attack which will hurt you more in Asia.
It been our top order batting that keeps letting us down, 30 times since April last year we been 3 down before 75 runs scored. Also just had the worse collapse in test history
Bangladesh haven't played a test before this for 18 months. This new side at home will be a match for any of the top test playing nations.