OK so we scrapped through the first test by 22 runs and looked like getting hammered off the Banladeshi batsman this morning but have pulled it around and got them all out for 220
Fuck fuck fuck
37-2
Cook lbw b Mehedi14
Duckett c Mushfiqur b Shakib7
Rootnot out 7
Ballance not out 9
Extras 0nb 0w 1b 0lb1
Our top order are cocking it all up again. Let’s hope Bairstow’s got another decent innings in him.
44-3
| Ballance | c Mushfiqur | b Mehedi | 9 |
Bollocks
England fifty for three at close of the day
What an extraordinary day’s cricket. Bangladesh were cruising along at 171/1, and scoring at one fuck of a rate too, then - kerblamm! - nine wickets fell for 49 runs. Astonishing stuff.
If Root and Moeen (plus one or two of the other batsmen) can dig in and keep it together, we could be on for a decent enough lead on first innings. It’s a pretty big if though, as they have good spinners and the pitch is turning.
Whatever anyone might think, I’d see no disgrace in losing to Bangladesh, as they’re a pretty decent side these days - all the more so on home ground. But, unless our top order can start getting some runs, and our spinners can start exerting some control, the tour of India that follows this is going to be very long and very, very tough.*
I was going to use the word ‘hard’ there, but then I read it back.
Originally posted by @PhilippineSaint
OK so we scrapped through the first test by 22 runs and looked like getting hammered off the Banladeshi batsman this morning but have pulled it around and got them all out for 220
presently England are 2 for 0 with about an hour of darkness left
Cunts. Making us bat in the dark.
Its not going well
97-5
Moeen and Stokes out this morning
Bairstow and Root holdiing the fort
but a result is going to hapen in this match which way at the moment would not like to say.
124-6
Bairstow out for 24
Root not out 48
Ansari not out 4
140-7
Ansari out for 13
146-8
Root out 56
we are fucked
Time for the “clearly we should not have rotated our bowlers” comment.
One bad session by them and we lost the test.
Which is basically what Twitter has been saying
And the “at least Vince would have scored about 20 each I nines compared to Ballance” comment
Didn’t see that coming. Well batted Woakes & Rashid, but some odd captaincy, can only assume he overbowled his best spinner.
Can they grind out a few more? Key & Cork were chucking down Commentators curses for the last 20 minutes
England achieve a first innings lead against all the odds.
Woakes and Rashid doing the business
Double Nelson & we get a comedy moment with a get out of jail free card for Woakes who plays a horrid shot to a horrid ball & it’s marginally ruled a no ball over waist height.
Lead of 4 now
As expected New Ball does the trick but great effort from Woakes.
Ansari & Moen to open for England? In about 2 balls time I’d guess
Not far off D_P we have a lead of 24 runs could all be over by teatime tomorrow the way things are going
They take new ball with their spinners turns sideways 2 wickets in 2 overs.
We open with Finn who goes for 8 off his 1st over
Bangladesh 85 - 2 a lead of 61 drinks being taken.