Bangladesh A v England XI: James Tredwell shines as Kevin Pietersen woes continue

By Derek Pringle in Chittagong Published: 1:10PM GMT 07 March 2010

Well held: Ian Bell creates a diving catch off James Tredwell"s turn bowling Photo: AFP

The torture of Kevin Pietersen at the hands of left-arm spinners continues after he was discharged for dual by Mehrab Hossain in Englands diversion opposite Bangladesh A in Chittagong on Sunday.

Mehrab, a part-time bowler with 4 Test wickets at 70 apiece, private Pietersen with the initial round he bowled at him. If you have a phobia, you competence as well stoop to it quickly.

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Pietersens wicket, in the days penultimate over, put a dampener on Englands exclusion of the home side for 202, an feat that due majority to James Tredwell, who took 6 for 95 with his off-breaks.

Afterwards, Tredwells happiness was the opposition of Pietersens mood, something that is doubtful to urge right afar that any old left-armer seems to be equates to to get him out.

"KP was a bit dissapoint when he got behind to the sauce room," Tredwell confirmed. "Obviously he would have favourite to get a score. But we all know what KP is like. Hes a assured impression and Im certain ruin come bouncing behind in the short term."

Pietersens disadvantage to left-arm turn creates Englands batting see some-more erroneous and could thus change any plans they competence have to fool around five bowlers in Fridays opening Test here. Bangladesh have a excellent left-arm spinner in Shakib Al Hasan, their captain, but they have one or dual others they could call on should he destroy to do the job.

Word has really got around and Pietersen had faced usually 4 balls when captain Mohammad Ashraful summoned Mehrabs left-arm tweakers. Ashraful was probably anticipating to give Pietersen a couple of ungainly moments prior to the close, but got some-more than he bargained for when the batsman edged to Sagir Hossain, the wicketkeeper.

The cadence played was a organisation defensive pull when something some-more wary was required. But soft hands are not the subtract of a batsman as twitchy with stress as Pietersen looks at present.

Before his wicket, the equates to to winning the initial Test, if not the last personnel, was creation itself well known to England, with Tredwells 6 wickets a clever spirit for them to fool around a second spinner to one side Graeme Swann.

"I dont think it counts a good understanding that we are both off-spinners," pronounced Tredwell. "Bangladesh have a lot of left-handers, that comes in to the tab as we turn the round afar from the bat. I positively goal I have bowled myself in to contention."

Taking wickets on the subcontinent can be harder than anticipating a quiet, open space out here, but Tredwell worked well, wheeling afar with his off-breaks unvaried for twenty-seven overs in to the sea breeze. The usually important insurgency came from Raqibul Hasan, who achieved dominant on 107, usually over half of the home sides sum of 202.

Tredwells movement is not one for the purists, with small make use of of his front arm or body. But he gets sufficient revolution on the round with a clever wrist movement to grasp deposit and dip, and that mostly beats batsmen some-more than any spin.

It was positively a multiple that did for Ashraful, the hosts majority arrayed batsman with 53 Tests, who was held by Ian Bell at short-leg. Ashraful was forsaken for the new one-day array and competence concur his place in the Tests too, presumably to Raqibul, after the pairs resisting fortunes yesterday.

Raqibul, a compress right-hander, looked a nick on top of his team-mates. Three sixes off Tredwell showed a warding off to be quiet in to the diversion of pull and poke that did for so majority of his friends.

With Tredwell you do majority of the work in to the wind, it was left to Cook to stagger his pacemen, Tim Bresnan, Ajmal Shahzad, Liam Plunkett and Steve Finn from the alternative end.

Finn, 6ft 7ins and creatively arrived from London the prior day, looked knackered after 4 overs. He after returned for a antagonistic second spell in that he took the wickets of Sagir Hossain and Dolar Mahmud, but left the margin shortly after pang with cramp.

Although jet-lagged, Finn is tall and discerning and probably vied with Plunkett for being Englands fastest bowler yesterday. Bresnan and Shahzad suggest a steadier choice than Plunkett, but the Durham pacemans fickle inlet lends itself to wicket-taking, if at larger expense.

What Andy Flower and Cook contingency confirm is either they need to force the issue to take wickets opposite Bangladesh, or either the home sides batsmen, not the majority trained or technically achieved in universe cricket, will stoop with a couple of turns of the screw. If it is the latter afterwards Bresnan competence usually be the man.

Pace bowlers used to these conditions lend towards to work the lbw, that is what happened when England batted.

Michael Carberry is Andrew Strausss deputy for this tour, but his chances of opening the batting with Cook in the Test were hampered when he was lbw to Dolar Mahmud. Cook followed, lbw to Robiul Islam, a preface to the fall, and presumably decline, of Pietersen.