Bangladesh in England

Good game for the Irish though, they lost no respect from my part. They seem decent, have a handy attack and a couple of good batsmen. Professionalism will go a long way for them and they are starting to implement that. Surely they are doing it better than the Kenyans, the once '11th test side' in the world, and that will mean test status within the next 5 years.

Bangladesh forced to fly in replacement because 2 regular are out for the rest of the series.  Ashraful is back, gosh, I hope he plays and make runs because he's one of the best looking batsman ever when he plays well.  For Crickets sake, I just wished this guy could have batted more sensibly and be more successful.

Well done Bangladesh today, finally breaking their losing streak. Their joy at the end was great to see and hopefully they can learn a lot from it about closing out matches.

And they have managed to win a match while the series is still alive, which is more than can be said of the last team that played an ODI series here a couple of weeks ago.

What a match.As i have said before that if top 6 cant win it i dont think 7,8,9 and 10 will just another proof. I dont think there should be any place for Wright he is just a crap player. Congrats to Bangladesh for winning the match i hope they win the series.

Edited by mystery - 10 July 2010 at 7:11pm

Mainly Bopara SW ? I think Strauss and Trott might have something to say about that!

Yep , he took 4 late wickets - his gentle medium pacers won't trouble the top order Sam. Not that he gets much of a chance , I don't think Strauss rates his seamers that highly.

Originally posted by Clobber His bowling seems much improved though, I noticed that when I went to the England Lions v India A game at Grace Road the other week. What I would also say that in a game where Trott and Bell were also playing, he looked the best batsman on show for the time he was at the crease.   His time will definitely come, he's got far too much ability for that not to happen. Possibly even quite soon too - if you compare him to Luke Wright, his bowling is a little bit worse than Wrights, his fielding a fair bit worse, but his batting is light years ahead, and considering Wright only bowls here and there and is clearly too high in the order at 6, it would hardly be the most illogical swap.

How does Bopara compare to Watson?

i think its great how ireland beat bangaladesh. espeically with 7 wickets left and 5 overs to go. id be even more excited if scotland were to do it next monday but i seriously doubt it. I agree about bopara getting in ahead off wright personally i dont rate wright at all i dont even no how he got in the team. bowl average off 39 and bating off 21 surely there is better than that out there?

Bangladesh's so called 'historic victory' against England is followed by a comprehensive loss against a non test side (Ireland). Enough said.

Ireland looked good against the Aussies too Spinny! I definitely think they play with a great deal of cohesion, they certainly look a tight knit side. A lot of that would come down to the fact that they play local players, unlike a couple of the other minnow sides who have a team full of ex-pats, like Canada (although there are a couple of overseas born players in the Ireland side). Nonetheless, they have pure , locally bred talent and if they can get the game on TV more often and have greater exposure to the public then it could certainly become a top 5 sport in Ireland - especially if they do well. Cricket , at an international level, is played all year around, more often then say Rugby which is probably Ireland's best sport internationally (and football, as they narrowly missed out on World Cup qualification due to the infamous Henry handball). Outside of hurling and gaelic football, cricket could well become the biggest sport in Ireland in 10 years time. I also think it's a good market for cricket. Why is it that only one team in Europe (i.e. England) plays at test level? 

Originally posted by spin wizard Ireland is the most impressive minnow side i've come across in my time, no joke!  If they can keep their players from sneaking off to England, they might challenge the bigger boys more often.

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