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Alastair Cook has been named as England's Test captain for their tour of Bangladesh in February and March, after the selectors opted to rest the regular captain Andrew Strauss, as well as their leading strike bowler, James Anderson, from the two-Test and three-ODI tour that also includes a two-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan in Dubai, in which Paul Collingwood will once again take charge.
Two uncapped players, the Yorkshire pace bowler Ajmal Shahzad and the Kent offspinner James Tredwell, have won places in both squads while another uncapped player, Hampshire's opening batsman, Michael Carberry has been included in the Test squad.

Test squad Alastair Cook (Essex, captain), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steven Davies (Surrey), Graham Onions (Durham), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire), Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex)

One-day squad Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Joe Denly (Kent), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex)

Resting players from test matches now .

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wycbloods wrote:Resting players from test matches now .

What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

CoverKing wrote:

wycbloods wrote:Resting players from test matches now .

What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Didn't we rest players when we went to Bangladesh? Isn't that how Dan Cullen got a gig?

Lightning McQueen wrote:

CoverKing wrote:

wycbloods wrote:Resting players from test matches now .

What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Didn't we rest players when we went to Bangladesh? Isn't that how Dan Cullen got a gig?

Dan Cullen got a gig by not resting players. We had a couple injuries. HIs debut also had the like of Warne and MacGill in the side. He was the 3rd choice spinner at the time and got a gig that way

CoverKing wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

CoverKing wrote:What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Didn't we rest players when we went to Bangladesh? Isn't that how Dan Cullen got a gig?

Dan Cullen got a gig by not resting players. We had a couple injuries. HIs debut also had the like of Warne and MacGill in the side. He was the 3rd choice spinner at the time and got a gig that way

OK, I just remember our touring side was little light on back then.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

CoverKing wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

CoverKing wrote:What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Didn't we rest players when we went to Bangladesh? Isn't that how Dan Cullen got a gig?

Dan Cullen got a gig by not resting players. We had a couple injuries. HIs debut also had the like of Warne and MacGill in the side. He was the 3rd choice spinner at the time and got a gig that way

OK, I just remember our touring side was little light on back then.

Im sure we rested players from the ODI squad. Test squad was as good as it could be that i can recall. Someone else?

As i thought. Hayden and Jacques opened. (langer out injured)
Ponting, Hussey Clarke other batsman.
Gilly the keeper.
the 3 spinners plus Lee and Gillespie.

McGrath out due to personal problems with his wife Jane at the time!!

CoverKing wrote:

wycbloods wrote:Resting players from test matches now .

What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Agreed. But I don't care what England say as long as we clean them up in the Ashes.

regards,

REB

Lightning McQueen wrote:

CoverKing wrote:

wycbloods wrote:Resting players from test matches now .

What a joke!!
Whats the bet they will come over here and say they are underdone at test cricket!!

I hope they we never ever rest a player from Test cricket and hand out a baggy green cap!

Didn't we rest players when we went to Bangladesh? Isn't that how Dan Cullen got a gig?

No way!
He debuted in the 2nd test..we had only JUST won the 1st test (by 3 wickets) after the Bangas scored 427 and we replied with only 269
Ponting scored 118* in the 2nd innings to lead us home, BUT was dropped in the nineties.
In the 2nd Test the Aussie brought in Jaques to open (Hussey dropped down to replace Martyn who was dropped) and Cullen to replace Clark

Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a lack of respect to Test cricket by resting for England's tour of Bangladesh, and has questioned whether Alastair Cook is up to the task of leading the team in his absence.

http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/c ... 47490.html

England face an anxious wait to see if Stuart Broad and Graham Onions will be fit for the Test series against Bangladesh although were boosted when scans showed no major back problems in the two pacemen. They are hopeful the pair will be available for the first Test against Bangladesh on March 12 although neither will play the warm-up match starting on Sunday.

England's pace attack has been hit by a spate of injuries with Ryan Sidebottom ruled out of the Test series after aggravating a thigh problem during the first ODI, while Broad picked up his back problem during the second match and Onions has been struggling since arriving for the Tests.

Bangladesh A v England XI
First Class Match
Chittagong

TEA DAY ONE

Bangladesh A 7/158
Raqibul Hasan 70*
JC Tredwell 3/66
ST Finn 2/13

Bangladesh A v England XI
First Class Match
Chittagong

STUMPS DAY ONE

Bangladesh A 202
Raqibul Hasan 107*
JC Tredwell 6/95
England XI 3/68
IJL Trott 32*
KP Pietersen 2

KP's form just does not get any better

From Jan 1, 2009
- Batted 39 times for England for 1 century, with 7 fifties
- Batted 32 times for England since last century

Test - 785 runs @ 39.25 (1 hundred, 5 fifties)
ODI - 173 runs @ 17.30 (s/rate 73)
T20I - 300 runs @ 42.85 (2 fifties)

Bangladesh v England
1st Test
Chittagong

STUMPS DAY ONE

England 3/374
AN Cook 158*
KP Pietersen 99

Poor KP...

RoosterMarty wrote:Poor KP...

33 innings for England without a ton

Bangladesh v England
1st Test
Chittagong

LUNCH DAY TWO

England 4/487
AN Cook 173
KP Pietersen 99
P Collingwood 86*