03 June, 2017
But he only bowled five overs in two matches against the Proteas and was rested from Monday's seven-wicket defeat at Lord's with a knee injury, having already had surgery a year ago.
As well as the batting, the bowling looks good and the spinners are in form. "We will think about playing an extra bowler". It's a 10:30 start, if there's anything in the wicket, it will be useful to bowl then. "It was manageable, so given that we have four days between now and the next game, hopefully he'll rest up well and be fully fit". Jason Roy endured another day to forget, making just 1 from 7 balls to extend his fallow run at the top of the order, while Jake Ball, surprisingly included in place of the legspinner Adil Rashid, struggled for consistency as his ten overs were dispatched for 82 runs.
"It's a lesson with the bat and ball - our bowlers to be disciplined and to our batsman that, sometimes, you have to sit in", Morgan said.
"We have guys who can impact a game as much as he can, particularly with the pace we have got". We are excited about the game, they will start as favourites, but we will not fear them. "And it looked like he's improved his bowling at the death tremendously too", he said of the all-rounder, who lived up to his $2.17 million price tag for Rising Pune Supergiant.
"It went all right, I bowled 10 deliveries off a full run this (Thursday) morning", Stokes told Sky Sports. "Side strains are a big confidence thing". In between, Rubel tried short pitch balls & tried to create pressure on England but Root & Hales played intelligently and made things hard for Bangladesh. Tamim and Soumya Sarkar added 56 for the first wicket before the latter was caught on the cover point boundary by substitute fielder Jonny Bairstow off Ben Stokes for 28. Both teams have experienced quite a few highs and lows, over the past few months.
Bangladesh threatened the same punishment in its first one-day global on English soil in seven years by producing its highest score against England, and the eighth-best total in trophy history, 40 runs more than its previous best. That time we were ranked 10th, now we are ranked sixth.
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza felt 305 on The Oval wicket was enough.
So, what has changed between 2013 and the 2017? The 2004 champions, the 1998 and 2006 finalists, have slipped down the ladder and find themselves out of the top-eight. The Proteas haven't won an ICC tournament since the first iteration of the Champions Trophy in 1998, but based on their talent level alone, it's easy to see why they're expected to buck that trend. "They adapted to the longer boundary pretty well, and to wicket - it was a really good wicket to bat on".
