Craig Kieswetter rides his fitness to keep up great initial impressions

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Here is the pick scenario. Opening the batting for England Lions opposite England in Abu Dhabi last week, Craig Kieswetter has done 4 when he attempts to trounce Ryan Sidebottom at the behind of over his head. It looks a rash, over-eager shot and he mistimes it, promulgation the round high in to the air towards Stuart Broad at mid-off. Broad takes the catch, Kieswetter wanders off, impiety himself, and resolves to be somewhat some-more resourceful in his strokeplay subsequent time.

But Broad did not take the catch. He lost steer of the greying white round in the dusk sky and it landed a integrate of yards at the behind of him.

Kieswetter went on to have 81 from 66 balls, an innings that tender Andy Flower, the group director, so majority that he was rught away drafted in to the full England patrol for the debate to Bangladesh. If Broad had not spin unsighted, Kieswetter competence be personification for the Lions opposite Pakistan A in Dubai today.

Yesterday he was since the curtsy by Lady Luck again, benefiting from 4 forsaken catches and one longed for stumping on his approach to creation 143 from 123 balls opposite a diseased Bangladesh Cricket Board XI. He is right away certain to have his general entrance when the one-day array opposite Bangladesh starts on Sunday. Talent takes you so far in life, generally when you can set upon a round similar to Kieswetter, but we all need a small fitness along the approach as well.

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As a contest, this diversion was as disproportionate as the using conflict on Dhakas pell-mell streets in between the England group manager creation the approach at the behind of to the road house and the large rickshaws being sparse from the path. Although the home side enclosed 4 players with general experience, their pick up of off spinners and skiddy join bowlers was provender to Englands batsmen on a slow, prosaic pitch.

Paul Collingwood helped himself to a hundred from 66 balls and Alastair Cook began his army as captain for the debate with a run-a-ball 56. Amid all the feasting, Kevin Pietersen looked some-more than a small miffed to miss out when he played around his initial round and was leg-before to Alauddin Babus middle pace. Englands bowlers did not suffer the conditions, either, but Graeme Swanns 4 wickets ensured that a sum of 370 for 7 was never approaching to be threatened.

This is usually Englands second full debate to Bangladesh and the home side are unfortunate to secure a feat over the usually Test-playing republic that they have nonetheless to kick in general cricket. England can design a sterner exam here tomorrow, when the Bangladesh Cricket Board is approaching to margin a stronger side.

When the three-match one-day array begins, Bangladesh will positively have to understanding with Kieswetter, who reached his hundred yesterday from 101 balls and went on to strike 6 sixes and thirteen fours. Watching from the alternative end, Cook was majority impressed. To have the capability to do that as clean as he did shows how majority of a bent he is, the captain said.

Collingwood, by contrast, played a rarely in effect nauseous duckling of an innings, as he is so happy to do, levering bottom-handed drives over mid-wicket to strike 6 sixes, even if they were not as big as those struck by Kieswetter. A integrate of Kieswetters lofted off drives sailed entirely 40 metres over the range and in to the crowd.

And nonetheless we would not have seen these strokes if Shafaq Al Zabir, the left-arm join bowler, had supposed possibly of the lapse catches from Kieswetter, forcing off the at the behind of feet when he had done 4 and 28. On such moments can innings, and careers, turn.

England XI*A N Cook lbw b Babu 56C Kieswetter c Haque b Mahmudul 143K P Pietersen lbw b Babu 0P D Collingwood c Al Zabir b Baisya 109E J G Morgan lbw b Sharifullah 11L J Wright c Al Zabir b Baisya 25†M J Prior lbw b Baisya 8L E Plunkett not out 14G P Swann not out 0Extras (lb Four) 4Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 370J C Tredwell and A Shahzad did not bat.Fall of wickets: 1-127, 2-127, 3-252, 4-272, 5-342, 6-356, 7-356.Bowling: Baisya 9-1-72-3; Al Zabir 5-0-34-0; Naim 10-0-53-0; Mahmudul 10-0-77-1; Babu 10-0-85-2; Sharifullah 6-1-45-1.

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI*Shahriar Nafis b Shahzad 12Nasiruddin Faruque lbw b Swann 37Mahmudul Hasan c Wright b Swann 22Raqibul Hasan b Tredwell 41Naim Islam lbw b Swann 40Sharifullah c Shahzad b Plunkett 47Ariful Haque c Morgan b Swann 22Alauddin Babu b Wright 10Tapash Baisya not out 3†Shahin Hossain lbw b Plunkett 4Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 9, nb Five) 20Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 258Shafaq Al Zabir did not bat.Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-57, 3-107, 4-152, 5-187, 6-216, 7-246, 8-253, 9-258.Bowling: Shahzad 9-1-42-1; Plunkett 10-0-57-2; Swann 10-1-44-4; Wright 8-0-42-1; Collingwood 3-0-11-0; Tredwell 10-0-56-1.Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan and Tanvir Ahmed.