**Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

[Burgey]

Playing with 10. itstl

They could get away with it tbf.

 

[wpdavid]

Oops

Hameed
Cook
Root
Ansari
Ballance
Stokes
Bairstow
Ali
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Presumably not with Ansari actually batting at 4 though.

 

[91Jmay]

Presumably not with Ansari actually batting at 4 though.

Wouldn't want him any lower. Maybe 5 at the lowest. Hate his game as a lower middle order batsmen.

 

[Burgey]

Don't know who half these ****s you're mentioning are tbh.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Fatit in the runs today. Get a few wickets and he will be on the plane.

 

[Pothas]

Cook
Duckett
Root
Ballance
Ali
Bairstow
Stokes
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Would very tempted to go Rayner or someone over Rashid but realistically that is not going to happen at this stage. Ali at 5 because I think he deserves another chance to justify his place in the team as a batsman rather than our lead spinner. They will probably pick this side with Hales instead of Duckett.

 

[glosfan94]

Pretty sure England will go with:

Cook
Hales
Root
Ballance
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Don't expect any wholesale changes, I'd be suprised to see a debutant in the first test.

 

[marc71178]

Playing with 10. itstl

None of the options for the middle order are worth picking so may as well.

 

[Howe_zat]

If we pick Hameed I'd be interested to see

Cook
Hameed
Root
Hales
Ballance
Stokes/Woakes
Bairstow
Moeen
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Hales was batting at four for Notts a few years ago iirc.

 

[JRC67]

If we pick Hameed I'd be interested to see

Cook
Hameed
Root
Hales
Ballance
Stokes/Woakes
Bairstow
Moeen
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Hales was batting at four for Notts a few years ago iirc.

Think it'll be one of Hales and Ballance. Stokes and Woakes will both play, in Stokes's case he is a better option for runs than Ballance or Hales. Woakes isn't really droppable after this summer. Ansari won't tour as he has had injury problems and not bowled enough this summer to go as a spinner and his batting has been pretty awful.

 

[Pothas]

If we pick Hameed I'd be interested to see

Cook
Hameed
Root
Hales
Ballance
Stokes/Woakes
Bairstow
Moeen
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Hales was batting at four for Notts a few years ago iirc.

Don't really see what Hales has shown to deserve a go at 4.

Duckett has to go now surely.

 

[theegyptian]

The sun going with Morgan has decided not to go. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/cric...TER-_-SunSport-_-20160908-_-Sport-_-578008107

Actually think that might not be the worst thing for England going forward. Hopefully Billings gets some good game time and builds up his experience. Morgan and the allrounders had been blocking his route into the team for a while and with no Taylor now, England could really do with other options to cover injury and poor form. Bairstow is decent and doesn't let the team down, but Billings is the more adaptable middle order bat - and needs the experience. Hopeful that it will be Buttler captain but I'd guess it'll almost certainly be Root.

 

[Adders]

Hopeful that it will be Buttler captain but I'd guess it'll almost certainly be Root.

Really hope they don't give it to Root. Why burden our best bat with the job when he's only 25? I just get the feeling that it would weigh heavily on him and he needs to just concentrate on scoring runs.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

The sun going with Morgan has decided not to go. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/cric...TER-_-SunSport-_-20160908-_-Sport-_-578008107

Actually think that might not be the worst thing for England going forward. Hopefully Billings gets some good game time and builds up his experience. Morgan and the allrounders had been blocking his route into the team for a while and with no Taylor now, England could really do with other options to cover injury and poor form. Bairstow is decent and doesn't let the team down, but Billings is the more adaptable middle order bat - and needs the experience. Hopeful that it will be Buttler captain but I'd guess it'll almost certainly be Root.

This popped up only in sun and haven't read about the final decision anywhere else. But yeah he is very close to pulling out according to other articles.

 

[marc71178]

Funny how his justification for pulling out is that he's been over in both India and Bangladesh when there's been trouble in the past.

How come those concerns didn't come into his thought process when he was offered some coin to play for T20 franchises?

 

[91Jmay]

Morgan likes a good rest from cricket. Remember when he decided he needed like a month off during the season once? Reckon he is just using this as an excuse. Buyer beware for Morgan though. If we pick Billings, Buttler captains as a batsmen or Root captains and we do well he could be out. Especially as he is the worst batsmen in the team in basically every game (had a decent Pakistan series though).

 

[Gnske]

Tbf he probably has more loyalty to his franchises than England and it's understandable and I don't blame him. He's just a hired mercenary for England at the end of the day.

At least now they'll all be singing the anthem.

 

[ImpatientLime]

at least now they'll all be singing the anthem.

muh pashun

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

For ODIs,

1. Tamim
2. Soumya
3. Shabbir
4. Mushfiq
5. Shakib
6. Mahmudullah
7. Nasir
8. Mashrafe
9. Mosharraf (sla)
10. Taskin (if cleared)
11. Rubel/Al Amin

Fizz missing out is a big blow. Included Nasir only because think his bowling will be useful against England and also strengthens lower order a bit.

 

[Daemon]

Sabbir at 3? He's not good enough imo.