26 March 2005- England Lineup
It's the first test match of the English Summer.
Here are the teams.
England
Afzaal comes into the team, after nearly 4 years on the Outer. The surprising selection here was Ian Bell, (1 test) was preffered over the in-form Kevin Pietersen, a young South-African born wipersnapper.
Alex Tudor, also comes into the side in place of Steve Harmison, who withdrew with a cold at the last moment.
Bangladesh will look, to win their very first test match.
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Michael Vaughan Calls heads, its a tails. Javed Omar has a big smile on his face, Bangladesh will bat first.
Channel 4's Johnathen Agnew describes the conditions as he sees it: "It's looks pretty flat for batting this, but the bowlers might get some early help."
England will need to strike early, to have any real chance in this match.
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The first 15 minutes of the series, symbolised England's plight. Several Times they just missed the edge, a drop catch by a nervous Ian Bell, enrages them further.
Finally Simon Jones clings onto one off his own bowling, Bangladesh are a rocky 1/11
Jones is on fire, at one stage he has figures of 4-3-4-4. Bangladesh are in deep strife at 5-26. Mohammed Rafique with a dogged 42 saves some face for Bangladesh, who are eventually dismissed for 179. Below is the Batting and Bowling Scorecard respectively.
