NatWest Series 2005

[Rangeela]

Schedule

Jun 16 England vs Bangladesh Brit Oval
Jun 18 Australia vs Bangladesh Sophia Gardens
Jun 19 England vs Australia Bristol
Jun 21 England vs Bangladesh Trent Bridge Floodlit match
Jun 23 England vs Australia Riverside Floodlit match
Jun 25 Australia vs Bangladesh Old Trafford
Jun 26 England vs Bangladesh Headingley
Jun 28 England vs Australia Edgbaston Floodlit match
Jun 30 Australia vs Bangladesh Canterbury
Jul 02 Final Lord's

Australia squad

* Ricky Ponting
* Adam Gilchrist
* Michael Clarke
* Jason Gillespie
* Brad Haddin
* Matthew Hayden
* Brad Hogg
* Michael Kasprowicz
* Simon Katich
* Brett Lee
* Damien Martyn
* Glenn McGrath
* Andrew Symonds
* Shane Watson

Bangladesh Squad

* Habibul Bashar
* Khaled Mashud
* Mushfiqur Rahim
* Mohammad Ashraful
* Javed Omar
* Rajin Saleh
* Nafis Iqbal
* Aftab Ahmed
* Shahriar Nafees
* Mohammad Rafique
* Enamul Haque jnr
* Mashrafe Mortaza
* Tapash Baisya
* Anwar Hossain Monir
* Talha Jubair
* Shahadat Hossain
* Khaled Mahmud
* Tushar Imran
* Nazmul Hossain
* Manjural Islam Rana

England Squad

* Michael Vaughan
* Kabir Ali
* Paul Collingwood
* Andrew Flintoff
* Ashley Giles
* Darren Gough
* Stephen Harmison
* Geraint Jones
* Simon Jones
* Jon Lewis
* Kevin Pietersen
* Vikram Solanki
* Andrew Strauss
* Marcus Trescothick

 

[nik]

why is it that England always annouce their squad last and australia 1st?! as a joke i voted for bangladesh!

 

[jazz]

why is it that England always annouce their squad last and australia 1st?!

the home team always annouces its squad last

 

[rahulk666]

I think England will beat Australia in just one match. The third team is Bangladesh so we already know it is going to to be Aus-Eng final. So if Eng beats Australia in final then England has a chance to win the Natwest cup even if they lose all the previous three matches against Australia in prelim round.

 

[indiancricketer]

I think Aussies will win this competion...poor bangledesh they gotta face 2 STRONG teams...Good luck to them i hope they shock the world by beating Aussies

 

[sohum]

The Aussies will win, in my opinion. Bangladesh will be crushed and I reckon a few ODI records will be broken.

 

[The Champ]

Going to be a tough one i reckon, some thing tells Eng will do it

 

[rahulk666]

Good luck to them i hope they shock the world by beating Aussies

Its just a fools hope... just as Gandalf told Peregrine Took in Lord of the rings.

 

[irottev]

Australia easily. THey will go unbeaten.

 

[SaiSrini]

I feel England might win this!!!

 

[Ramz]

i think england will win it.. they have beaten australia in the ICC trophy, so they will feel confident.. and hopefully england should do it. the likes of flintoff, peiterson,harmison, cough etc..

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Go Bangla!!!

 

[jonah]

Probably be the same old story; any confidence England have picked up will be lost by losing all their one-dayers to the Aussies, then the Ashes will be over before they even start. Sorry if I sound pessimistic, must have got out of the wrong side of the bed... :

 

[sohum]

Haha--the wrong side of the bed also happens to be the side of honesty. I think the ODI series can go either way in terms of Australia and England--ODI's are just too shifty to call. England may be able to gain some false-thought advantage if they win the ODI series--but the Aussie test outfit is entirely separate and invincible.

 

[rahulk666]

ODI's are kinda like lottery these days. A Sehwag or trescothick or Gilchrist alone can win a game for their respective side single-handedly... just as a McGrath, or Harmison can win it single-handedly too.

Tests are different and Aussies are the best in Tests. Noone comes closer. But, maybe England will give a much better fight this time.