Bangladesh v England, 1st test, Chittagong, Mar 12-16

Good thing we're playing against a TAYPOC-er opponent.

Clamson wrote:I'm quite impressed he gave away that many. What did he do, put everyone behind square on the off side boundary and float pies on leg stump?

I've seen more vicious thrown-downs in the nets at my old club. Lofty dross on a length, the batsmen were just leaning back in the crease and smiting him.

Still think Lever got away with his lunacy a bit. He should've had stacks of abuse.

Dello wrote:I read somewhere that he'd (Finn) put on a yard of pace and was clocking 90mph these days.

The way he gunned one of their batsmen out, he looked like he'd added a yard - it was a crackerjack wicket even against this shitheap. And I saw it from behind the wicket so I shouldn't judge. But going on that one ball I saw, yes, he should be in the team.

Brass Monkey wrote:Still think Lever got away with his lunacy a bit. He should've had stacks of abuse.

Too stunned for words mate.

But going on that one ball I saw, yes, he should be in the team.

I bowled a bloody good ball once, can I play?

Shoeshine wrote:

But going on that one ball I saw, yes, he should be in the team.

I bowled a bloody good ball once, can I play?

Phurtsville, Massachusetts...

He's something out of the ordinary. My problem with him was that he was 'too Tremlett' in that he needed to drag himself just to fashion a bit of pace. If he's upped his clicks, we may as well try him out. Beats your 'usual' Bresnan type. The single ball highlighted to me he at least had a bit of pace. He's seemed too 'powderpuff' to me in the past.

Brass Monkey wrote:
Still think Lever got away with his lunacy a bit. He should've had stacks of abuse.

Bring it on Still raging.

I see Onions is out of the test, fark me we're going to have to open a pieshop for all the Bangla players at this rate.

Bet England are gutted they didn't pick Woakes as backup.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:

But going on that one ball I saw, yes, he should be in the team.

I bowled a bloody good ball once, can I play?

Phurtsville, Massachusetts...

He's something out of the ordinary. My problem with him was that he was 'too Tremlett' in that he needed to drag himself just to fashion a bit of pace. If he's upped his clicks, we may as well try him out. Beats your 'usual' Bresnan type. The single ball highlighted to me he at least had a bit of pace. He's seemed too 'powderpuff' to me in the past.

Not seen enough of him to judge - hope you're right.

DJ_Smerk wrote:Bet England are gutted they didn't pick Woakes as backup.

Looked like Cook was bowling with as much pace and movement than him and he's marginally better with the bat, once every five series.

Yeah but you wouldn't want Cook to open the bowling.


Or batting these days.


Possibly he could open the fielding....as he did in his spell against Bangladesh A.

Shoeshine wrote:
Not seen enough of him to judge - hope you're right.

Well, it was only one ball... just seemed a bit more of a pick because you didn't know what pace he was trying to bowl at because he didn't seem to have to wrench himself into his action just to gain a bit of pace. Usually you could tell before he'd even bowled the ball.

DJ_Smerk wrote:Yeah but you wouldn't want Cook to open the bowling.


Or batting these days.


Possibly he could open the fielding....as he did in his spell against Bangladesh A.

He should grit out a boring 80 to save our skins.

He should have grit out a "boring 80" in that five over spell.


"Reliable indeed" pffft.

JKLever wrote:He should have grit out a "boring 80" in that five over spell.


"Reliable indeed" pffft.

Fixed.

Fat chance that Lever would ever admit that Cook was stupid enough to allow batsmen some easy runs.


Remind me, what was the reason for Cook bowling?