***Official*** Australia in Bangladesh 2017

[honestbharani]

Looks like Chennai

Gettinng on with it these days,huhh? Chk out the eyesight.

 

[Burgey]

It's got that sort of fetid water encroaching on the ground feel to it. Am expecting a Dean Jones double here.

 

[TheJediBrah]

It does look pretty ****ed up for a genuine cricket ground, let alone one that was supposed to host an international team. In my whole life from under-10s cricket to park winter cricket, every form of cricket imaginable I've never seen anything even a tenth of that bad.

 

[pdsubraa]

Bangladesh might surprise you!

Would love this tour to go ahead, hope Bangladesh prepare some square turners.

Bangladesh might surprise you! - who knows

 

[marc71178]

I don't think any tour really has proper warm-ups any more save for the Ashes (both ways). Remember the debacle that was NZ's preparation for their last tour to Aus?

Erm, the WI tour of England had 3 warm up games, they proved invaluable...

 

[Gnske]

I don't think any tour really has proper warm-ups any more save for the Ashes (both ways). Remember the debacle that was NZ's preparation for their last tour to Aus?

Would have been apt preparation if they just bowled at Finch's offstump.

 

[honestbharani]

It's got that sort of fetid water encroaching on the ground feel to it. Am expecting a Dean Jones double here.

Lol.. you see whats in your head.

 

[Top_Cat]

On ability, you've got to think Bangladesh are capable of springing a surprise in at least one of the Tests but damn if their selection politics don't make that harder than it should be.

 

[Teuton]

So what time of year do Bangladesh play their domestic season?
Looking at the climate chart that says August is one of the wettest months makes me think that surely there is a better month to host cricket.
I realise that the international calendar is full but there must be a reasonable alternative to August.

 

[Gnske]

October through to January/February isn't it?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Australia has more spinners than BD if we look at this carefully.

Lion might outspin BD's Shy Cat (Mossadeekk)

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

On the forecast are thunderstorms on all five days of the 1st test match...might not have full 5 days play.

 

[Dan]

The Australians have been training sans-front pad, apparently in order to make sure they're using their bats (such that they don't get trapped LBW by Mehedi).

I for one look forward to everyone playing with hard hands well in front of their pads, and nicking off to regulation deliveries from Shakib and Taijul all series.

 

[Gnske]

Just the lesson Usman needed.

I'm surprised they were drilling it into Renshaw, his spin game was sufficient enough already without the coaching trying to mess it up.

 

[Daemon]

The Australians have been training sans-front pad, apparently in order to make sure they're using their bats (such that they don't get trapped LBW by Mehedi).

I for one look forward to everyone playing with hard hands well in front of their pads, and nicking off to regulation deliveries from Shakib and Taijul all series.

That's the Dravid training technique isn't it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Playing front of the pads works but only with soft hands. Dravid, Mahela, Laxman usually did it that way.

 

[Burgey]

Just come down the track and hammer them ffs. #intent

 

[Spikey]

slog sweep every ball

 

[Gnske]

A strategy I can get behind.

Hell Renshaw said he'd be looking to slog sweep in India and I think he ended up playing a grand total of two across the series. Should make up for his lies tbh.

 

[Spikey]

can't get out lbw if you've just dispatched the ball over the square leg fence