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[Mr_Orange]

No Rashid for England...

[petehosk]

Replaced by Ball - that makes 5 pace bowlers and 1 spinner (plus Root) so it is obviously not a wicket likely to turn too much!?
If Stokes was absolutely 100% fit and able to bowl 10 overs, I can't help but wonder whether they would consider playing Bairstow. Or whether selectors prefer that extra bowler as a backup?

[northernboy1987]

Feel bad for Rashid, spend 2 years backing him and then drop him for the opening game of a major tournament? Only two players worldwide (Zampa and Hastings) took more ODI wickets than Rashid in 2016.

[edge]

Bizarre that, played Rashid as the sole spinner against Ireland and Morgan backed him as the no1 bowler. Must be something going on we don't know.

[Calzehbhoy]

He's probably tired again....!

I've got a feeling it's more to do with the fitness of Stokes and Woakes that it is Rashid's place in the side.

[billyb]

Rashid isn't a strong wicket taking option against a Bangladeshi side that have plenty of strong spinners to play against domestically I guess?

I'm glad the game hasn't started, because I dreamt about Bangladesh winning!

[petehosk]

If I wasn't going to play Rashid, and was only 90% sure that Stokes was fit enough to bowl, then I would have given Stokes an extra couple of days and selected:

Roy
Hales
Root
Morgs
Bairstow
Buttler
Ali
Woakes
Plunkett
Wood
Ball

[Calzehbhoy]

Big fan of the new scorecard ribbon at the bottom.

[petehosk]

I assume this is only being televised on Sky Sports?

[northernboy1987]

Woakes off the pitch already?!

[Mr_Orange]

I assume this is only being televised on Sky Sports?

Live on Sky and highlights on BBC2 at 11:20 tonight.

They'll have highlight clips on the BBC site, Twitter etc throughout the game.

[Slackie]

Woakes off the pitch already?!

Hamstring niggle apparently

[Alvaro]

Mo just dropped a goober

[alexhilly1492]

first sitter down already

[WalkingWicket37]

Woakes off the pitch already?!

@Seniorplayer put the vudoo doll away!!