Match Thread : 1st Test | Bangladesh VS England at Chittagong | Oct 20-24, 2016 [ The Ligar Series ]

[Cricket4All]

England Squad:

Alastair Cook (c) | Moeen Ali | Zafar Ansari | Jonny Bairstow (wk) | Jake Ball | Gary Ballance | Gareth Batty | Stuart Broad | Jos Buttler (wk) | Ben Duckett | Steven Finn | Haseeb Hameed | Adil Rashid |Joe Root | Ben Stokes | Chris Woakes



Bangladesh Squad:

Mushfiqur Rahim (c) | Tamim Iqbal | Imrul Kayes | Kamrul Islam Rabbi | Mahmudullah Riyad | Mehedi Hasan Miraz | Mominul Haque | Nurul Hasan | Sabbir Rahman | Shafiul Islam | Shakib Al Hasan | Shuvagata Hom | Soumya Sarkar | Taijul Islam

The Ligar Series

[Cricket4All]

কখনও ম্যাচ থ্রেড খোলা হয়নি, তাই এবার সাহস করে খুলে ফেললাম । হয়ত কিছুটা আগে ।

আর টেস্ট ম্যাচের থ্রেড খুললে কেও বলতে পারবে না যে "কুফা" লাগাইসি ।

[aklemalp]

Thanks for opening the mtch thread.

BD lineup:
1. Tamim
2. Kayes
3. Mominul
4. Rahim
5. Riyad
6. Shkib
7. Nurul(wk)
8. Miraz
9. Taijul
10. Shfiul
11. Kamrul

[Eshen]

^^Hathuru confirmed Mushfiq keeping, to make place for Sabbir.

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Eshen
^^Hathuru confirmed Mushfiq keeping, to make place for Sabbir.

Wow, absolutely wow. I hope he takes the chances when the opportunity arises.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Wow, absolutely wow. I hope he takes the chances when the opportunity arises.

we are playing for a draw, so mushfik's misses wont matter much

[aklemalp]

Mentality is down the drain....

[Kohli_Sox]

Those armies in the picture will do a better job playing in the field than the selected xi

[aklemalp]

Haseeb Hameed might debut...double century on debut perhaps..

[Cricket4All]

My XI for 1st Test

1) Tamim
2) KaEdge
3) Mominul
4) Riyad
5) Sakib
6) Mushfiq (wk)
7) Sabbir
8) Miraz
9) Taijul
10) Shafiul
11) Rabbi

Please select Miraz instead of Hom. I may decide not to follow the match if Hom gets selected ahead of Miraz.

[NoName]

Lol who is on Hom's pay-roll

We should debut Kamrul and Mehedi, won't hurt to see how they fare as they might in fact be much better than Shafiul and Taijul. Sarkar is just embarrassing atm

-Tamim
-Kayes
-Mominul
-Riyad
-Rahim
-Shakib
-Sabbir
-Miraz
-Shafiul
-Taijul
-Kamrul

Wow, making that list just realized we only have 3 specialist bowlers in the squad, only two pacers lol

[Eshen]

Miraz been told not to play the practice match on last moment, ie they are keeping him as a surprise. So, looks very likely that he will play.

[Night_wolf]

that pic looks like a tigon, afaik ligers dont have mane like lions

[Nadim]

1. Tamim
2. Kayes
3. Mominul
4. Riyad
5. Mushy
6. Shabbir
7. Shakib
8. Miraz
9. Taizul
10. Shafiul
11. Rabbi

This is the XI coming...

[aklemalp]

Ligar- lion + tigar

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Mentality is down the drain....

Not surprised. Without Taskin, Fizz and Sahid we won't be able to pick even 10 wickets in a match let alone 20.

Shakib also lost his mojo .

One step at a time. Once upon a time we were losing by an innings, then just losing. Now it time to draw few games and then once Fizz, Taskin and sahid are 100% fit, we can start to think about winning. And I feel, if these 3 are fit for NZ test series, we may surprise a few in test cricket

[NoName]

Did Ian Bell retire from tests?

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by NoName
Did Ian Bell retire from tests?

Dropped ages ago

[RealSports]

They are going to make this test series boring for the English viewers. They will be aiming for a draw. Bowling attack looks horrendous; not even good enough to take ten wickets I reckon. Pitches should be rank turners, but I highly doubt.

[Zeeshan]

ekhane to dekhi purai gi joe bazooka storm shadow chole assche...

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Cricket4All
কখনও ম্যাচ থ্রেড খোলা হয়নি, তাই এবার সাহস করে খুলে ফেললাম । হয়ত কিছুটা আগে ।

আর টেস্ট ম্যাচের থ্রেড খুললে কেও বলতে পারবে না যে "কুফা" লাগাইসি ।

No worries. It's the diversity of the forum that makes it cool.

[Roey Haque]

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Nadim
Not surprised. Without Taskin, Fizz and Sahid we won't be able to pick even 10 wickets in a match let alone 20.

Shakib also lost his mojo .

One step at a time. Once upon a time we were losing by an innings, then just losing. Now it time to draw few games and then once Fizz, Taskin and sahid are 100% fit, we can start to think about winning. And I feel, if these 3 are fit for NZ test series, we may surprise a few in test cricket

I wonder what approach hatursinghe may be discussing with them. Their relevance in the team setup.

All Teams have game plans...if somehow they are pushed to the limit, they can transition and incorporate the game plan which is most suited to that situation.

The approach should be beyond just drawing a match!

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by Nadim
1. Tamim
2. Kayes
3. Mominul
4. Riyad
5. Mushy
6. Shabbir
7. Shakib
8. Miraz
9. Taizul
10. Shafiul
11. Rabbi

This is the XI coming...

Hold your horse.. this is public choice but not coach's. I heard that Hom will be included as he is experienced and arguably best offie in bd cricket

[imtiaz82]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Hold your horse.. this is public choice but not coach's. I heard that Hom will be included as he is experienced and arguably best offie in bd cricket

Can't wait to see the deadly Shafiul and Hom bowling in tandem.. Lethal pace and turn like Wasim and Murali. Not to mention Mushy's captaincy. England has no chance.