ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY - Group A: England v Bangladesh at The Oval on Jun 1, 2017 - ENGLAND WON

[TheParraboy]

ICC Champions trophy kicks off this Thursday night 7.30pm AEST

Its a pretty short tournament so ill do a thread for each game

Poms should win here, but a big LOL if they dont

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Poms are looking good, bangers will give them a run though.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms won toss, and elected to field

 

[Bazal]

The pitch has some grass on it but based on the sparkling conditions I kinda can't help but think England choosing to bowl feels kind of like a team that wants the game over with quickly and thinks they should win.

I do hope they take Bangladesh lightly....

 

[TheParraboy]

England Team
AD Hales, JJ Roy, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, BA Stokes, JC Buttler†, MM Ali, CR Woakes, LE Plunkett, MA Wood, JT Ball

Bangladesh Team
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain

 

[Bazal]

Oh f**k off, it's Warnie.....

 

[TheParraboy]

Bangers 1/56 - 12 overs

just lost their first wicket last ball of the over damm

still a good start

 

[Bazal]

That was a rash dismissal. They were getting on top of England

 

[TheParraboy]

1/87 - 17 overs

 

[Bazal]

Another rash shot just a bit earlier. Was 2/97 or something.

 

[Bazal]

Tamim Iqbal brings up an excellent hundred. Mushfiqur 63*, Bangladesh 2/222 after 39 and a bit

 

[blaza88z]

Come on Bangers

 

[Bazal]

They've cocked this up. 6 overs ago they had a bloke on 130* and a bloke on 80* and they were headed for 340. Both played shit shots, Mushfiqur moreso, and the final total is 305....

Still, always hard to chase over 300.

 

[blaza88z]

does Chris Lynn have this "bat sensor" equipped? I would be absolutely shocked if someone has faster bat speed than him

 

[Bazal]

Haha Jason Roy somehow scoops a half volley outside off straight to short fine leg.

Not sure if the pressure of chasing 300 or just a twat.....

 

[Bazal]

does Chris Lynn have this "bat sensor" equipped? I would be absolutely shocked if someone has faster bat speed than him

It'd be interesting for sure. He gives it a belt, but I'd have a sneaky bet on Steve Smith to be close. That snap of the wrists, for the good players, generates an amazing amount of bat speed.

 

[blaza88z]

Haha Jason Roy somehow scoops a half volley outside off straight to short fine leg.

Not sure if the pressure of chasing 300 or just a twat.....

The commentators were banging on about him being some sort of class player, never appealed to me, struck me as one of those guys who when in could give it a whack but struggles to get in

 

[undertaker]

Still, always hard to chase over 300.

not with all the flat pitches going around these days. 300+ scores have increased substantially over the past few years.

Will be interesting to see if one of the curators in this tournament will have the balls to put a bit of grass on the pitch.

 

[blaza88z]

not with all the flat pitches going around these days. 300+ scores have increased substantially over the past few years.

Will be interesting to see if one of the curators in this tournament will have the balls to put a bit of grass on the pitch.

The other night England were 6 for nothing, basically.. don't know how much the pitch had to do with it though

 

[Bazal]

The commentators were banging on about him being some sort of class player, never appealed to me, struck me as one of those guys who when in could give it a whack but struggles to get in

They've been carrying on about England's batting line up being strong, but they have one bloke averaging over 40. I know a lot of them have been better than that over the last 12 months or so, but it still doesn't paint a picture of a dominant batting line up.

Bangladesh are a real shot here, especially if they get Root early