The series between Bangladesh and England is in an interesting position now as it is tied at 1–1. We saw some heated and aggressive acts from players of both the team in the last match. So the final ODI on 12th october at chittagong will be a cracker definitely.
For the inccidents of the last match, Buttler was censured by the ICC coordinate official, Javagal Srinath, while two Bangladeshis, Mashrafe Mortaza and Sabbir Rahman were fined 20 percent of their match fees. In this case stokes who did the most shameful things was escaped.
England’s coach, Trevor Bayliss, has said that his players won’t back down in case of further showdowns, taking after Jos Buttler’s warmed contention with Bangladesh’s players amid the second ODI on Sunday.
Bayliss said that he didn’t empower such conduct from his players and included that the ICC assents were a decent sign of where the reprimand lay for Sunday’s scenes.
He said, “Don’t forget there are always two teams in this type of argument and some of the teams around the world are not quite as pristine as they might like to make out.”
Baylis added, “We are not going to back down from anything and certainly we have some characters in the team who will not back down.”
He also said, “I haven’t read the match referee’s report but they were fined and Jos was warned for retaliating and that in itself tells a bit of a story. I think Jos wearing the captain’s hat was not going to take it lying down. He got a slap on the wrist and I am sure he will be doing his best to stay out of trouble in the future.”
About the revealed character of Buttler, Bayliss said, “Since I have been here it is the first time Jos has been warned and his role is a little different to what it has been in the past, I think he has every right as captain to back his players up.”
He also said, “You only have to watch some of our pre-match football matches to see the passion he has got. I have no qualms about the passion he shows. He has to be a little more careful about how he reacts, [but] he gets respect for that as well from the rest of the guys. It is a case of just watching what he says and the way he reacts to that.”
About playing in subcontinent Bayliss said, “I think when playing in the subcontinent, with the crowds and the heat and that type of thing, some of these things can get out of proportion a little bit.”
He also added, “We have got to be on the look-out to make sure it does not distract us from the way we want to play the game, and concentrating on what we do. We have spoken about it before, when the Pakistan series started, and there will probably be a reminder from the coach leading into the third game.”
Bayliss admitted the inexperience of England side shown in the 2nd ODI. He lastly said, “The lesson from both games is that Bangladesh are no pushover. They have a very good team, a very good bowling attack playing in home conditions. A number of the teams have found out over the last 12–18 months they are no push-over. A lot of teams will be reassessing how they approach matches against Bangladesh in the future.”
Both the teams have already arrived in Chittagong for the final match of the ODI series. Because of the heated mentality of both the teams, the crowd in Chittagong will definitely have a hell of a match on Wednesday.
— — Published on TheCricketWeb.net