England v Bangladesh

Cant belive it starts this Thursday
Its come around really quick
I will record some on Thursday as i am at school but Friday finish at 1pm so ideal
Bring it on!
And i am looking forward to going to Edgebaston for England v Bangladesh ODI on 12th July i will be doing a sicky from school :-#

grecian greg said:

Cant belive it starts this Thursday
Its come around really quick
I will record some on Thursday as i am at school but Friday finish at 1pm so ideal
Bring it on!
And i am looking forward to going to Edgebaston for England v Bangladesh ODI on 12th July i will be doing a sicky from school :-#

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that not fair greg i have to go to school lol.

have fun mate.

Going to the odi at Bristol, they have discounted the tickets massively because of the sh*t opposition

well Eoin Morgan will be making his debut on Thursday V Bangladesh and Paul Collingwood rested along with Stuey Broad

Unfortunately I cannot get too excited about this series.

Alistair20000 said:

Unfortunately I cannot get too excited about this series.

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I said to the chauffuer that we will be back by lunch time!

Bangladesh's competitiveness rests on whether Shakib will have got over his chicken pox in time to play.

Was thinking about going to one of the days of the bangladesh games as my mate said tickets were still availble but left it too late with trains etc so just going to watch it on the box now.

Jason H said:

Bangladesh's competitiveness rests on whether Shakib will have got over his chicken pox in time to play.

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Tamim Iqbal isn't fully fit either which will hamper them a bit, he was class in the 2nd Test in Dhaka a couple of months ago. I hope they make a game of it, as they have some good young players, but the pitches over here will be a lot less to their liking then they were out there

Strongbow said:

Tamim Iqbal isn't fully fit either which will hamper them a bit, he was class in the 2nd Test in Dhaka a couple of months ago. I hope they make a game of it, as they have some good young players, but the pitches over here will be a lot less to their liking then they were out there

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Yes, hadn't noticed about Tamim, but he looks a decent player too.

Bangladesh need to take heart from the fact that they are, slowly but surely, becoming more competitive. As long as they start to establish some continuity (signs are they have realised this) they can start to do well.

I guess the issue at the time they were granted Test status was that they weren't really considered "next in line" - at the time one could have thought Kenya were more worthy, and that Bangladesh's elevation was more political than sporting. They will be fine eventually, one has to consider the length of time it took India, Pakistan and New Zealand to establish themselves.