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[six and out]

as long as I have a whole in my bottom Duckett should be 4. he wants to play shots and now caught in between, exactly the same as Hales.

Gordon Bennett !!!!!

Yeah agree about duckett 4 or don't play him. A world of pressure on Ballance here.

Another point is that was another excellent review by bangladesh that cook lbw really looked to be going down leg.

[ppccopener]

these DRS reviews have stopped this series being a total lottery

darmasena to be fair has had a total shocker

it must be a terrible feeling, get 2 or 3 wrong then doubt yourself and end up getting them all wrong....

[edge]

as long as I have a whole in my bottom Duckett should be 4. he wants to play shots and now caught in between, exactly the same as Hales.

Gordon Bennett !!!!!

What have you got a whole one of in your bottom??

[six and out]

Ballance gone but to be fair can't do much when it's got your name on it like that!

[rickjames]

Ballance needs to go back to Yorkshire and work on his technique, but he already did that

[ppccopener]

What have you got a whole one of in your bottom??

one of the balls is still stuck there from Sundays net.....

when Northern hits them they stay hit!! haha

[rickjames]

Thank God for rain, the dependable 12th man

[ppccopener]

Thank God for rain, the dependable 12th man

that's come at the right time 

sounds like Balance got a good one to be fair. it's a tough game when youre not spending enough time at the wicket.

we are either going with Balance in India at 4 and continue, or have someone new bat in that position, Duckett or Hameed.

Or I suppose, shuffle the batting order and get Butler in......

it's a bit of a dogs breakfast.

[Stuey]

Ballance must be due a rest.

[petehosk]

I think a few people may have mentioned Cook, Hameed, Root, Duckett, etc order - I'm sure I saw that written somewhere!
Got to find the batting order that looks right as this order doesn't! The middle order looks good but they need a rethink and need it now!!

[ppccopener]

I think a few people may have mentioned Cook, Hameed, Root, Duckett, etc order - I'm sure I saw that written somewhere!
Got to find the batting order that looks right as this order doesn't! The middle order looks good but they need a rethink and need it now!!

that's got it be the right order surely !

[Felix Tito]

Best time to bat seems to be with the new ball. Woakes and Finn where poor with the new ball and allowed Tamim to get off to a flyer. Once the ball got older it became harder to score. If Tamim was Indian/Sri Lankan he'd get hyped to the moon and back but this boy is truly world class. Different league to all the other Bangladeshi batsmen by a mile. I've never seen Monimal before this series but he looks a fine young batsman, his record isn't to be sniffed at either.

Steven Finn what's happened to him. All attributes to become a legend yet he's bowling like a drain. Moeen Ali got 5 wickets and he bowled decently for the first time in a long time but its alarming how much turn there was on day 1 of a Test. Rashid was awful yet again. Ansari seemed a little nervous and Tamim walloped him. No shame in that on debut.

Need to get a lead of 100 odd to close Bangladesh out of the series.

[ppccopener]

Best time to bat seems to be with the new ball. Woakes and Finn where poor with the new ball and allowed Tamim to get off to a flyer. Once the ball got older it became harder to score. If Tamim was Indian/Sri Lankan he'd get hyped to the moon and back but this boy is truly world class. Different league to all the other Bangladeshi batsmen by a mile. I've never seen Monimal before this series but he looks a fine young batsman, his record isn't to be sniffed at either.

Steven Finn what's happened to him. All attributes to become a legend yet he's bowling like a drain. Moeen Ali got 5 wickets and he bowled decently for the first time in a long time but its alarming how much turn there was on day 1 of a Test. Rashid was awful yet again. Ansari seemed a little nervous and Tamim walloped him. No shame in that on debut.

Need to get a lead of 100 odd to close Bangladesh out of the series.

we wont get a lead here Felix...it might be better to bat in the morning maybe but our batting order needs sorting out, if we get level I reckon we done ok

Simon Hughes on BBC (dont know how many of you know but at Youth level cricket Simon Hughes was genuinely quick) ended up med pace seam bowler for Middx- said the pitch is not suitable for Test cricket...

spot on about Finn, I saw him bowl live and the pace was not there, in the same match Jake Ball sent it down pretty sharp. Find it hard to believe Ball did not get picked ahead of Finn

it does smack a bit of favourities..Finn has not bowled well for a year.

England need Batty don't we?  He must be in to give some control and help the spinners..  looks like a good selection.

I'm gonna guess Batty for all 5 tests so they are resting him now?

what does everyone else think....

[Felix Tito]

I think there's the Stokes factor still to come. He's had Bangladesh's number thus far on this tour. Any lead will be vital. I'm confused why Batty was dropped. Rashid doesn't offer any control and in a potentially low scoring match I'd take Batty'a control over Rashid's all sorts

[Vitas Cricket]

I think there's the Stokes factor still to come. He's had Bangladesh's number thus far on this tour. Any lead will be vital. I'm confused why Batty was dropped. Rashid doesn't offer any control and in a potentially low scoring match I'd take Batty'a control over Rashid's all sorts

Remember that although this is a test match, in reality its a warm up for India. They know what they are getting with Batty so have decided to have a look at someone else to give themselves as many options as possible i would think.

Batty is nailed on to start the first game in India if you ask me.