World Cup Day 10 England v Bangladesh @ Cardiff, Afghanistan v New Zealand @ Taunton

[Andronicus]

This could be a huge total.

 

[The Speaker]

You mean when they bowl second?

By the time the second innings starts it will presumably have flattened out completely, unless it's a pitch with variable bounce (which Cardiff doesn't traditionally have). It's already looking pretty flat now.

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

The fielding in that last ball sums up the session for Bangladesh

 

[Sir_Loin]

By the time the second innings starts it will presumably have flattened out completely, unless it's a pitch with variable bounce (which Cardiff doesn't traditionally have).

Have you seen how green the pitch is? It ain’t flattening out today.

 

[The Speaker]

Have you seen how green the pitch is? It ain’t flattening out today.

Grass does not automatically equate to movement. All it will be doing today is holding the pitch together.

 

[Sir_Loin]

Grass does not automatically equate to movement. All it will be doing today is holding the pitch together.

Does for pace. Of which Bangladesh have none

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Not looking like a good decision to field first..

 

[frankrizzo]

Should make 400+ from here.

 

[Sir_Loin]

Great catch. Bairstow would be spewing he got out that way

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Well caught Mehidy, had to take that opportunity. Has looked a promising spell from him too

 

[SilentHunter_]

Needed that one!

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Boundaries drying up but Roy still making it look easy out there. Really has been in great form this year

 

[The Speaker]

Does for pace. Of which Bangladesh have none

It doesn't really. I would be very surprised to see England hooping it around when they get out there.

Not that they'll need swing to win it at this rate.

 

[boondy]

Should make 400+ from here.

Root is good for 6 an over , frustrating they dont bring Buttler up the order and go for a huge total .

 

[Sir_Loin]

It doesn't really. I would be very surprised to see England hooping it around when they get out there.

Not that they'll need swing to win it at this rate.

Didn’t say anything about swing. My point was that Bangladesh should have batted first and the pitch wasn’t going to change much if at all today. So far its proving me right.

 

[Sir_Loin]

Root is good for 6 an over , frustrating they dont bring Buttler up the order and go for a huge total .

yep should have brought Buttler in and have root drop down a couple spots. Lost a bit of momentum now

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Never seen a 100 brought up quite like that

 

[The Speaker]

Didn’t say anything about swing. My point was that Bangladesh should have batted first and the pitch wasn’t going to change much if at all today. So far its proving me right.

Well given your only other option would be that it's seaming, which you would've been saying right after Michael Holding pointed out that there was no seam movement taking place, it was the logical choice.

It's a flat pitch. The grass won't offer anything.

 

[The Speaker]

That's a power slam.

 

[eddiesmith]

World Record could be toppled here.

No chance, this Bangladesh attack is a lot better than the team we made the record against

 

[Sir_Loin]

Well given your only other option would be that it's seaming, which you would've been saying right after Michael Holding pointed out that there was no seam movement taking place, it was the logical choice.

It's a flat pitch. The grass won't offer anything.

Which would seem to be at odds with a choice to bowl first wouldn’t it?

 

[The Speaker]

Which would seem to be at odds with a choice to bowl first wouldn’t it?

No, because if it was going to offer anything it would've been first up.

 

[Sir_Loin]

No, because if it was going to offer anything it would've been first up.

You’d have to have a pretty good attack to take advantage of anything it’s offering up today

 

[The Speaker]

You’d have to have a pretty good attack to take advantage of anything it’s offering up today

So why give England the opportunity to do it? Not saying I would've done it myself, but it wasn't necessarily a bad option to take.

 

[Sir_Loin]

So why give England the opportunity to do it? Not saying I would've done it myself, but it wasn't necessarily a bad option to take.

Disaster. Bangladesh’s only chance today was to bat first