"Nobody in their right mind chooses to bat under lights"

[LateCut]

"Nobody in their right mind chooses to bat under lights"


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4122430.stm

This is what Jonathon Agnew says about batting under light.

"We also had a plan to bowl first at Trent Bridge against England and I'm relieved that I called the coin correctly. The information we gathered is that at Trent Bridge the ball does a bit in the first hour. But we bowled badly in the first 15 overs," Bashar said.

So he won the toss yet wanted to bat under the light? I was in the impression that he lossed the toss yet again!

[cricfanz]

england won the toss..not bangladesh..see for yourself..

scorecard of england vs bangladesh d/n match

Edited on, June 24, 2005, 9:16 AM GMT, by cricfanz.

[LateCut]

Really? What is Basher is saying then in Daily Star Interview?

[LateCut]

http://thedailystar.net/2005/06/24/d50624040231.htm

Here is the article I based my facts on.

[CTazim]

"We also had a plan to bowl first at Trent Bridge against England and I'm relieved that I called the coin correctly. The information we gathered is that at Trent Bridge the ball does a bit in the first hour. But we bowled badly in the first 15 overs," Bashar said.

[LateCut]

So who won the TOSSSSSSS???

[Zunaid]

Originally posted by LateCut
So who won the TOSSSSSSS???

From CricInfo ball by ball:

4th Match: England v Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, 21 Jun 2005

Ball-by-Ball Commentary

Match State: Match start scheduled for 2.30pm local time (1.30pm GMT)

Good evening all for a day/nighter at Trent Bridge with Bangladesh
taking on England in their second encounter
All eyes will be on this evening's match to see how the visitors do
against the hosts after the huge win against World Champions
Australia
Toss today was won by England and Tremlett is the debutant -
England will be batting first
England: ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss, *MP Vaughan, PD Collingwood, A
Flintoff, KP Pietersen, +GO Jones, AF Giles, J Lewis, CT Tremlett,
SJ Harmison.
An opener has been swapped by Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Javed Omar, Shahriar Nafees, Tushar Imran, Mohammad
Ashraful, *Habibul Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Rafique, +Khaled
Mashud, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tapash Baisya, Nazmul Hossain.
Gough and Solanki have been replaced by Giles and Tremlett for this
game
The players are ready, Trescothick is ready for Mortaza

[TheWatcher]

Tresco won the toss. But, the point is even if Bashar had won it, our team would be still batting under light.

I am just wondering how dumb was he in thinking there will be extra assistance from the pitch middle of a warm day.

[LateCut]

My god! I hope he does not win the toss tomorrow. In that way he won't be making a bad choice!

Edited on, June 24, 2005, 6:12 PM GMT, by LateCut.