Wednesday 26 May 2010

England vs Bangladesh....1 Day to Go

OK, so we all know that a test series against Bangladesh doesn't actually matter much in the grand scheme of things, they are by far the worst test team around and despite the fact that they have a number of good spinners and a few good batsmen they are not likely to pose too many problems to England especially not if like they are suggesting there are overcast conditions which means that the ball will nip around and swing a bit which should lead to some good wickets for the England Seamers.

All eyes will not be on the consistent test match players but on the younger guys that are being given a chance especially with Steven Finn and Eoin Morgan both looking to start the test match tomorrow. Morgan especially gets a chance after impressing over the last 12 months in the 20 and 50 over formats of the game.

Many eyes will be on the middle order batsmen especially to see if he has the temperament to bat for a long period of time if needed and the only problem will be if he gets out trying to play a big shot that would be more at home either during a twenty20 or a fifty over match. He is definitely a talent for the future and with his career in test matches starting off against Bangladesh he should be able to get some runs under his belt and hopefully begin a long and succesful career in test match cricket.

Steve Finn got a chance out in Bangladesh but the conditions and pitches out there really weren't the best for his type of bowling and pitches in England in May should definitely be more the surface that he enjoys bowling on. With the changeable weather, the helpful pitches and his 6ft 8 inch frame he should provide a lot of good balls and I would be surprised if he didn't pick up a 5 wicket haul at some point during the 2 test match series.

But with Bangladesh coming over here I guess that we can count on a 2-0 series win if the weather stays away long enough and hopefully some of the boys will get both runs and wickets under their belts which can only come in handy when we play Pakistan later in the summer.