Freddie may play against you

[Rob]

Freddies rehab is coming on a treat and he is ahead of schedule, so techically he is fit enough now to play for England against you, as a batsman only, it's just case of the England management making a decision.

As far as I am concerned he shouldn't play against you, he either plays as a allrounder or not at all in test cricket I think.

He needs to get his form back first anyway, since his comeback he has got out for 17 and 0, and not bowled because his ankle isn't strong enough yet to do so, he looked very rusty and out of sync in that innings of 17,before he fell lbw to Scott Styris, he was caught at slip in his other dismissal after 5 balls off the bowling of Kabir Ali.

Heres how the other players are doing :

Vaughan : Not played yet, plays first game on the 5th, a one day game against Ireland.

Trescothick : Nothing really, starts and failures. He has missed games though because his wife just gave birth.

Strauss : Done nothing, low scores all the way, and soft dismissals to part timers.

Butcher : Not played, injured, still

Key : Done nothing, a hundred in a warm up game but nothing since, all low scores.

Thorpe : Scored a classy run a ball 59, but has failed in his other three innings.

KP : Started with 5 and 0, but made 61 off 51 balls in his most recent innings, 6 fours, 3 sixes.

G.Jones : A 50 in a warm up, but little runs since, although he keeps getting starts (20-40) and then getting out, which annoys me

Hoggard : Typical reliable, consistent performances, but nothing spectacular.

S Jones : Bowled very well in the one game he has played, took 4-16 and bowled with pace, accuracy and was just plain menacing.

Harmison : RED HOT! A 5 fer, 2 4 fers and a hatrick so far!

Gilo : HOT! Two 5 fers and two 4 fers.

S0 overall, the bowlers are doing very well, but the batters are doing poor, thats no surprise though, England batsmen are always pretty rubbish for there counties, it's pretty pathetic really, they owe their counties more than they return.

Rob

[Optimist]

Isn't it very usual that seamers rule in the early part of summer? The only real surprise to me is Giles's performance. And as some other posters already pointed --- Bangladesh should not play test cricket if we struggle against Giles in English conditions. Anyway, thanks for the update!

[Tintin]

G.Jones : A 50 in a warm up, but little runs since, although he keeps getting starts (20-40) and then getting out, which annoys me

He usually gives away more byes than he scores runs.

[Rob]

I am supportive on Jones, but think Matt Prior should be our keeper. He is a top class keeper AND batsman, either him or James Foster who has about 4 double centuries to his name and is one of the safest keepers around. The difference though is that Prior is 22 and Foster is about 28.

Latest updates are that Key made 160 odd today, and Ian Bell made an unbeaten 140 odd. Ian Bell is a very fine talent, watch this space. Also, Thorpe was bowled for 5, Geraint Jones was lbw to Upul Chandana for 2.

Speaking of Matt Prior, he made 65 before being caught at slip by Stephen Fleming.



Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:14 PM GMT, by rob22888.

[Desh Bangla]

Hello Mr. Rob just tell Flintoff to think about his right calf and concentrate on golf for time being . He is getting ducks in the domestic crickets . It's not a good time for him to come back . he should concentrate on golf from now on i have seen his picture at cricinfo playing golf ...hahaha .....

And also with the Key don't worry tell him to find a lock otherwise his key won't be working against BD ......

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:13 PM GMT, by Desh Bangla.

[Desh Bangla]

The main thing is Brett Lee comes once in the world cricket but we get them everyday in our domestic crickets who are just the half of the age of Brett Lee .......... lol .........

[Rob]

Flintoffs class and you know that if he plays against you he will pummel your bowlers to all eternity.

A big Freddie score is always just around the corner, when it's his day, which it is quite a lot, you cannot bowl to him. In his 142 against SA he was giving himself room, getting down on one knee and hitting good yorkers through the covers for four, and the bowler was Pollock who was clueless in how to control Freddie.

[Rob]

Originally posted by Desh Bangla
The main thing is Brett Lee comes once in the world cricket but we get them everyday in our domestic crickets who are just the half of the age of Brett Lee .......... lol .........

Yea, but the problem is your young players are all playing against substandard opposition in Bangladesh domestic cricket. In county cricket there are lots of top internationals, at the moment there is Fleming, Murali, Chandana, Styris, Vaas, Jayasuriya, Andy Flower, Katich and Shane Warne amongst the top England players.

Also, Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting are on the way, and Kallis is in negotiations with Glamorgan.

Bit of a difference in quality me thinks.

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:23 PM GMT, by rob22888.

[Desh Bangla]

haha rob ya should dream on think about the theory it's not real easy to come back in the world-cricket as easy as he thinks , Tell him to play if he can get a big score this time then ya can talk not anymore ..... See "Shane Bond" can't come back either as he tried lotta time . It just doesn't work that way mate . Shane Bond is one of the best bowler in the world ...... And about Flintoff tell him dream on from now on untill he plays against Zimbabwe ....... lol ........

[Desh Bangla]

The main thing is : England never won the cricket world-cup but in sub-contienent except BD everyone else won it already so , ya can't say England is a good team in odi's i think they rank 3rd from the last in odi ...... lol ..........

[Desh Bangla]

Originally posted by rob22888
Flintoffs class and you know that if he plays against you he will pummel your bowlers to all eternity.

A big Freddie score is always just around the corner, when it's his day, which it is quite a lot, you cannot bowl to him. In his 142 against SA he was giving himself room, getting down on one knee and hitting good yorkers through the covers for four, and the bowler was Pollock who was clueless in how to control Freddie.

hahaha ............. Even Ahsraful made 158 against India (3rd ranks in the Tests) and not out too and he is also inly 20 . What does it suggest to ya ? Stats is saying this guy is the youngest century maker in the world ...... Sorry that's not Flintoff ...... lol ............

[Desh Bangla]

After having all these great in the English county still can't win the World-cup cricket . That's a big shame mate ......... i never seen a single team looses that many finals in the world-cup . ya know the team right ..?????????

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:36 PM GMT, by Desh Bangla.

[Rob]

You're posting absolute **** mate you pathetic wind up merchant (WUM).

I have come accross plenty of tossers like you on message boards accross the internet, and you are all absolutely pathetic and just ruin good forums, which I think this one is.

By the way, the reason Shane Bond hasn't played for ages is because he severly did his back in, Freddie has had a simple operation in his ankle, and has recovered. Yes, he has failed on his two innings so far but he is rusty having not played for ages, in the innings before them two he hit Murali for 5 sixes in a 99 ball 119 in a warm up match against strong opposition. He is better than any of your batsmen put together, who fail about 10 times until they make a score.

[Sham]

Why do people bother to reply to someone who we have already branded a forum abuser?

[Desh Bangla]

Good Luck Rob and England to be honest England should win both of the tests but it could be a single test draw ya never know .......... amazing things happening in the cricket these days ..such as : Shahid Afridi ........

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:51 PM GMT, by Desh Bangla.

[al]

bangladesh is an underdog when playing england. but you never know, there might be an upset. let's see how it plays out in the coming weeks

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:55 PM GMT, by al.

Edited on, April 28, 2005, 7:59 PM GMT, by al.

[Desh Bangla]

Originally posted by Sham
Why do people bother to reply to someone who we have already branded a forum abuser?

Caz , it's obvious your advise never works in Banglacricket ....... never mind that's the way it's !!!!! .........

[mwrkhan]

Forum abuser --- says it all. Up to you to take it seriously.

[Beamer]

What is your infatuation with world cup? forum abuser?

West Indies won a world cup last in '79, yet dominated the world scene ( both ODI's and test ) in 80's to early 90's.

South Africa, one of the better teams in mid-90's has a dismal record of choking in world cups? Apart from that, they won almost every tournaments or series they played.

Only Australia is backing up their winning habits into successes in World cups, a la West Indies of 70's when they won both.

So, are you prepared to say that WI of 80's and SA of 90's were bad one day teams??

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

jaihok,
cricket kintu ak bishhoykor khela. akdiner match a er shesh bolti na howa porjonto kintu kichui bola jai na. ai jonno one day te kintu bangladesh oghoton ghotateo pare bole mone kori. ai khomota kintu ache amader. amra ageo ai england ar matite pakistanke hariyechilam shai 1999 ar shoroniyo shai bishhokape. ebong shebar kintu pakistan hoyechilo runners up. shutorang runners up doler moton akti dolke jodi amra harate pari tahole aj keno parbo na. aj kintu amader dol onek poripurno onek obhiggo. ami jani e shobi shudhu bishhoykar ghotona. ebong bishhoykar ghotona protidin ghotena. oghoton kintu shob shomoy ghote na. tobe ghotano kintu jete pare. tobe asha korbo bangladesh bhalo khelbe. ebong asha korbo hotash korbe na. asha korbo tara jeno lorai kore ashe.

[Akib]

Its the rain that ruins SAs chances in World Cups. It is rains and ties.... a leathal combination to SA.

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

Originally posted by aka
Its the rain that ruins SAs chances in World Cups. It is rains and ties.... a leathal combination to SA.

for SA rain is pretty unfortunate. but for us it has been helping our test cricket since the beginning.
but now i am sure we dont need rain's support anymore. we can win independently. rain was like the walker that babies used to have when they learn walking. but we are not babies anymore. we learnt how to stand and walk now. we just have to start running soon. hope we dont fall.

[aosaif]

Desh bangla should adopt another country's citizenship and forfeit his Bangladesh passport.

[aosaif]

On top of that....really disappointing to see Bangladeshi supporter give crap to someone who seems to be a genuine follower of cricket and who didn't come here to blast our team.....rob.

I vote the Desh Bangla's status be changed from Forum Abuser to "Village Idiot"

Just a suggestion.

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

lol that was too aggressive. why not be a little more gentle. sorry that was another suggestion from me. after all we all have freedom of speech. well yeah obviously that doesnt mean that we have to accept if someone is just going to yell on someone for no reason.