Adil Rashid talks challenging conditions, Jos Buttlers captaincy and feisty FIFA tournaments in his first Bangladesh tour blog. Billy Hamilton Jersey . After all the talk, its good to get out to Bangladesh. Coming here is something new for a lot of the lads. Its a new experience as well with the weather conditions and the whole atmosphere. I think everyone is looking forward to it. It should be a good tour ahead and hopefully we can do well. This weekend on Sky Sports Mix Watch Bangladesh v England ODI on Sky Sports Mix We had our first tour match on Tuesday in tricky conditions. It was very challenging, it was 40-odd degrees and the humidity was fairly high as well but we have to get used to it fairly quickly. It was completely different conditions for us but, at the same time, it was enjoyable and were looking forward to the next two weeks or so. Obviously, the game was also Jos Buttlers first here as captain and I think hell be very similar to Eoin Morgan: a very positive, very aggressive captain, always looking to take the aggressive, positive option.He went very well on Tuesday, both as a batsman and with his keeping. His captaincy was good too but in games like that it is hard to tell, its more about bowlers getting overs under their belt so he was forced to rotate. Jos Buttler will be a positive captain, says Rashid I definitely think he will lead by example but then whatever is on his mind, he is going to say too. When he talks everybody is going to listen because when he does talk, he talks a lot of sense and with a lot of maturity.He is a very positive character in the way he speaks and the way he goes about his cricket. I think hell be a great leader for us in this one-day series. I think hell do exceptionally well. He has a strong mind-set and, like I said, hes a positive character.Personally, coming to these places with conditions like these where people say it favours the spinners, its about enjoying that challenge and trying to embrace it. Firstly, youve got to adapt to the conditions and then try to really enjoy it. It is going to be a challenge as well because well be bowling to good players of spin, who have been brought up playing spin but Im just looking to enjoy the craft of bowling leg-spin in these conditions and finding a way to succeed out here.Every country you go to you have to adapt and bowl a bit differently, bowl different paces or whatever and its the same out here. You have to find that pace and you have to find it pretty quickly. Its exciting and Im really looking forward to it.In general, whether things are going my way or not, I try to have a positive attitude but since the Big Bash last winter - that went pretty well for me - and the ODI series with Sri Lanka and Pakistan, things have gone well for me with England, with the white ball. Rashid enjoyed a superb white-ball summer for England Whether I perform or not, Im confident in my skills and my ability. Its about going out there and having fun; if you have a good day, you have a good day, if not, it isnt something to worry about. You have good days, you have bad days and that is just part of cricket. At the moment, Im fairly confident in my game and hopefully I can just carry on like that. Rob Key checks out the pitch ahead of the first ODI between Bangladesh and England in Dhaka on Friday. Away from the cricket, weve been here for four or five days and so far weve not been out of the hotel in the evenings. The only place weve been to so far is to the ground and back. There is a lot of free time and so weve been playing a lot of FIFA. Some of the lads have brought their Xboxs and their PS4s with FIFA 17 so there has been a lot of competitions, a lot of banter and a lot of feisty people!There are a lot of jokes flying around and that is keeping us going. In the evenings well all go to somebodys room - it has been Sam Billings so far - and stay there for a couple of hours, have a few games and a bit of a laugh with all the boys. Sam Billings thinks that he is a big dog when it comes to FIFA, according to Rashid I would say Im okay but there are some who think theyre pretty good. Billings actually thinks hes a big dog when it comes to FIFA but he has his ups and downs. There are a few who are pretty good but I hold my own.Im sure the competitions will continue throughout the tour but, of course, our main focus is the cricket, starting with the first ODI on Friday.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Bangladesh v England on Sky Woakes: Tour conditions tough Hussain: Bangladesh not easy Rashid not difficult to face Tony Perez Jersey .com) - Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of 16th-ranked Sooners 48-14 loss to No. Reggie Sanders Jersey . - Defensive end-linebacker Mike Neal apparently is returning to the Packers. SEATTLE -- Richard Sherman did a CenturyLink Leap. Golden Tate grabbed a 12th Man flag and circled the field with it. Even team owner Paul Allen made an appearance and gave a victory speech. The Seattle Seahawks are headed to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. "To see all our work that we put in -- the mornings, the nights, the weights, all your life, as a young player and in the NFL," Malcolm Smith said after his end zone interception with 22 seconds remaining clinched the 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. "Its amazing." Seattles top-ranked defence forced three fourth-quarter turnovers, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down for the winning points. Seattle will meet Denver (15-3) for the NFL title in two weeks in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Its the first trip to the big game for the Seahawks (15-3) since they lost to Pittsburgh after the 2005 season. The conference champs had the best records in the league this year, the second time the top seeds have gotten to the Super Bowl in 20 seasons. It also is a classic confrontation of Denvers record-setting offence led by Peyton Manning against the NFLs stingiest defence. Denver opened as a 1-point favourite over Seattle on the Glantz-Culver Line. "It will be a great matchup," coach Pete Carroll said. "I think its an extraordinary opportunity to go against a guy that set all the records in the history of the game." Moments after Sherman tipped Colin Kaepernicks pass to Smith for the interception, the All-Pro cornerback jumped into the stands behind the end zone, saluting the Seahawks raucous fans. With 12th Man flags waving everywhere, and "New York, New York" blaring over the loudspeakers, CenturyLink Field rocked like never before. "Thats as sweet as it gets," said Sherman, who also went into several rants about 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree, whom he called a "sorry receiver." "This is really special," added Carroll, who has turned around the Seahawks in four seasons in charge. "It would really be a mistake to not remember the connection and the relationship between this football team and the 12th Man and these fans. Its unbelievable." San Francisco (14-5) led 17-13 when Wilson, given a free play as Aldon Smith jumped offside, hurled the ball to Jermaine Kearse, who made a leaping catch in the end zone. Steven Hauschka then kicked his third field goal following Kam Chancellors pick, and Smith intercepted in the end zone on the 49ers final possession. "This feels even sweeter, with the amazing support we have had from the 12th Man," Allen said, comparing this Super Bowl trip to the previous one. Until Seattles top-ranked defence forced a fumble and had two interceptions in the final period, the game was marked by big offensive plays in the second half. That was somewhat shocking considering the strength of both teams defences. And those plays came rapidly. Marshawn Lynch, in full "Beast Mode," ran over a teammate and then outsped the 49ers to the corner of the end zone for a 40-yard TD, making it 10-10. Kaepernick then was responsible for consecutive 22-yard gains, hitting Crabtree, then rushing to the Seattle 28. His fumble on the next play was recovered by centre Jonathan Goodwiin, who even lumbered for 2 yards. Joey Votto Jersey. Anquan Boldin outleapt All-Pro safety Earl Thomas on the next play for a 26-yard touchdown. Then, Doug Baldwin, who played for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, stepped up -- and through San Franciscos coverage -- on a scintillating 69-yard kickoff return that made the stadium shake for the first time all day. That set up Hauschkas 40-yard field goal. And a frantic finish. Seattle took its first lead on Wilsons throw to Kearse with 13:44 left, and CenturyLink rocked again. The place went silent soon after when Niners All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman sustained an ugly left knee injury midway and was carted off. Bowman, who was having a huge game, had forced a fumble at the San Francisco 1, but Lynch recovered. "I never heard him yell like that, or even stay down for a moment," teammate Patrick Willis said of Bowman. The Seahawks had gotten their first turnover moments earlier when Cliff Avril stripped Kaepernick and Michael Bennett recovered. But Lynch and Wilson botched a handoff on fourth down on the play after Bowmans injury. It took only two plays for Chancellor to haul in Kaepernicks underthrow to Boldin, and Hauschkas 47-yarder ended the scoring. But not the excitement. Kaepernick, who rushed for 130 yards, got San Francisco to the Seattle 18 with his arm. But his pass for Crabtree was brilliantly tipped by Sherman to Smith. "We knew it would come down to us in the back end to win this thing," Sherman said. The final play was similar to last years Super Bowl ending, when Kaepernick missed Crabtree in the end zone from the 5 and Baltimore survived. "Its tough. Any time you get this close to the Super Bowl and lose, its pretty upsetting," tight end Vernon Davis said. "We just didnt get it. Weve been down this road before in the same kind of situation. Its hard." Whether it was nerves or just a great play by Aldon Smith, Wilson fumbled on Seattles first snap. Smith got credit for a sack and a recovery, too -- a defenders dream -- at the Seahawks 15. More staunch defence followed, this time by Seattle, which held and only gave up Phil Dawsons 25-yard field goal. Seattle simply had no answers for Kaepernicks runs, looking either flat-footed or plain-out lost when he took off. He gained 98 yards on the ground in the first half, including a 58-yard second-quarter run, the longest of his three-year career and the longest Seattles defence allowed all season. But he was less effective in the second half and was plagued by turnovers. Wilson came up with a huge improvisation of his own moments after Kaepernicks long jaunt. Wilson avoided the rush with some nifty scrambling before spotting Baldwin behind the defence for a 51-yard pickup. All it resulted in was Hauschkas 32-yard field goal, making it 10-3. Baldwin finished with six receptions for 106 yards. And now its on to New Jersey, where Carroll once coached the Jets for a season. That didnt end well -- he was fired so the team could hire Rich Kotite. He heads back with a chance to add a Super Bowl crown to two national titles as coach at Southern California. "Its quite a magical moment," Carroll said. "You cant really grasp the moment. Did we really do this?" Yep -- the Seahawks and their 12th Man. Black China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Discount Jerseys ' ' '
Adil Rashid talks challenging conditions, Jos Buttlers captaincy and feisty FIFA tournaments in his first Bangladesh tour blog. Billy Hamilton Jersey . After all the talk, its good to get out to Bangladesh. Coming here is something new for a lot of the lads. Its a new experience as well with the weather conditions and the whole atmosphere. I think everyone is looking forward to it. It should be a good tour ahead and hopefully we can do well. This weekend on Sky Sports Mix Watch Bangladesh v England ODI on Sky Sports Mix We had our first tour match on Tuesday in tricky conditions. It was very challenging, it was 40-odd degrees and the humidity was fairly high as well but we have to get used to it fairly quickly. It was completely different conditions for us but, at the same time, it was enjoyable and were looking forward to the next two weeks or so. Obviously, the game was also Jos Buttlers first here as captain and I think hell be very similar to Eoin Morgan: a very positive, very aggressive captain, always looking to take the aggressive, positive option.He went very well on Tuesday, both as a batsman and with his keeping. His captaincy was good too but in games like that it is hard to tell, its more about bowlers getting overs under their belt so he was forced to rotate. Jos Buttler will be a positive captain, says Rashid I definitely think he will lead by example but then whatever is on his mind, he is going to say too. When he talks everybody is going to listen because when he does talk, he talks a lot of sense and with a lot of maturity.He is a very positive character in the way he speaks and the way he goes about his cricket. I think hell be a great leader for us in this one-day series. I think hell do exceptionally well. He has a strong mind-set and, like I said, hes a positive character.Personally, coming to these places with conditions like these where people say it favours the spinners, its about enjoying that challenge and trying to embrace it. Firstly, youve got to adapt to the conditions and then try to really enjoy it. It is going to be a challenge as well because well be bowling to good players of spin, who have been brought up playing spin but Im just looking to enjoy the craft of bowling leg-spin in these conditions and finding a way to succeed out here.Every country you go to you have to adapt and bowl a bit differently, bowl different paces or whatever and its the same out here. You have to find that pace and you have to find it pretty quickly. Its exciting and Im really looking forward to it.In general, whether things are going my way or not, I try to have a positive attitude but since the Big Bash last winter - that went pretty well for me - and the ODI series with Sri Lanka and Pakistan, things have gone well for me with England, with the white ball. Rashid enjoyed a superb white-ball summer for England Whether I perform or not, Im confident in my skills and my ability. Its about going out there and having fun; if you have a good day, you have a good day, if not, it isnt something to worry about. You have good days, you have bad days and that is just part of cricket. At the moment, Im fairly confident in my game and hopefully I can just carry on like that. Rob Key checks out the pitch ahead of the first ODI between Bangladesh and England in Dhaka on Friday. Away from the cricket, weve been here for four or five days and so far weve not been out of the hotel in the evenings. The only place weve been to so far is to the ground and back. There is a lot of free time and so weve been playing a lot of FIFA. Some of the lads have brought their Xboxs and their PS4s with FIFA 17 so there has been a lot of competitions, a lot of banter and a lot of feisty people!There are a lot of jokes flying around and that is keeping us going. In the evenings well all go to somebodys room - it has been Sam Billings so far - and stay there for a couple of hours, have a few games and a bit of a laugh with all the boys. Sam Billings thinks that he is a big dog when it comes to FIFA, according to Rashid I would say Im okay but there are some who think theyre pretty good. Billings actually thinks hes a big dog when it comes to FIFA but he has his ups and downs. There are a few who are pretty good but I hold my own.Im sure the competitions will continue throughout the tour but, of course, our main focus is the cricket, starting with the first ODI on Friday.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Bangladesh v England on Sky Woakes: Tour conditions tough Hussain: Bangladesh not easy Rashid not difficult to face Tony Perez Jersey .com) - Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of 16th-ranked Sooners 48-14 loss to No. Reggie Sanders Jersey . - Defensive end-linebacker Mike Neal apparently is returning to the Packers. SEATTLE -- Richard Sherman did a CenturyLink Leap. Golden Tate grabbed a 12th Man flag and circled the field with it. Even team owner Paul Allen made an appearance and gave a victory speech. The Seattle Seahawks are headed to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. "To see all our work that we put in -- the mornings, the nights, the weights, all your life, as a young player and in the NFL," Malcolm Smith said after his end zone interception with 22 seconds remaining clinched the 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. "Its amazing." Seattles top-ranked defence forced three fourth-quarter turnovers, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down for the winning points. Seattle will meet Denver (15-3) for the NFL title in two weeks in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Its the first trip to the big game for the Seahawks (15-3) since they lost to Pittsburgh after the 2005 season. The conference champs had the best records in the league this year, the second time the top seeds have gotten to the Super Bowl in 20 seasons. It also is a classic confrontation of Denvers record-setting offence led by Peyton Manning against the NFLs stingiest defence. Denver opened as a 1-point favourite over Seattle on the Glantz-Culver Line. "It will be a great matchup," coach Pete Carroll said. "I think its an extraordinary opportunity to go against a guy that set all the records in the history of the game." Moments after Sherman tipped Colin Kaepernicks pass to Smith for the interception, the All-Pro cornerback jumped into the stands behind the end zone, saluting the Seahawks raucous fans. With 12th Man flags waving everywhere, and "New York, New York" blaring over the loudspeakers, CenturyLink Field rocked like never before. "Thats as sweet as it gets," said Sherman, who also went into several rants about 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree, whom he called a "sorry receiver." "This is really special," added Carroll, who has turned around the Seahawks in four seasons in charge. "It would really be a mistake to not remember the connection and the relationship between this football team and the 12th Man and these fans. Its unbelievable." San Francisco (14-5) led 17-13 when Wilson, given a free play as Aldon Smith jumped offside, hurled the ball to Jermaine Kearse, who made a leaping catch in the end zone. Steven Hauschka then kicked his third field goal following Kam Chancellors pick, and Smith intercepted in the end zone on the 49ers final possession. "This feels even sweeter, with the amazing support we have had from the 12th Man," Allen said, comparing this Super Bowl trip to the previous one. Until Seattles top-ranked defence forced a fumble and had two interceptions in the final period, the game was marked by big offensive plays in the second half. That was somewhat shocking considering the strength of both teams defences. And those plays came rapidly. Marshawn Lynch, in full "Beast Mode," ran over a teammate and then outsped the 49ers to the corner of the end zone for a 40-yard TD, making it 10-10. Kaepernick then was responsible for consecutive 22-yard gains, hitting Crabtree, then rushing to the Seattle 28. His fumble on the next play was recovered by centre Jonathan Goodwiin, who even lumbered for 2 yards. Joey Votto Jersey. Anquan Boldin outleapt All-Pro safety Earl Thomas on the next play for a 26-yard touchdown. Then, Doug Baldwin, who played for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, stepped up -- and through San Franciscos coverage -- on a scintillating 69-yard kickoff return that made the stadium shake for the first time all day. That set up Hauschkas 40-yard field goal. And a frantic finish. Seattle took its first lead on Wilsons throw to Kearse with 13:44 left, and CenturyLink rocked again. The place went silent soon after when Niners All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman sustained an ugly left knee injury midway and was carted off. Bowman, who was having a huge game, had forced a fumble at the San Francisco 1, but Lynch recovered. "I never heard him yell like that, or even stay down for a moment," teammate Patrick Willis said of Bowman. The Seahawks had gotten their first turnover moments earlier when Cliff Avril stripped Kaepernick and Michael Bennett recovered. But Lynch and Wilson botched a handoff on fourth down on the play after Bowmans injury. It took only two plays for Chancellor to haul in Kaepernicks underthrow to Boldin, and Hauschkas 47-yarder ended the scoring. But not the excitement. Kaepernick, who rushed for 130 yards, got San Francisco to the Seattle 18 with his arm. But his pass for Crabtree was brilliantly tipped by Sherman to Smith. "We knew it would come down to us in the back end to win this thing," Sherman said. The final play was similar to last years Super Bowl ending, when Kaepernick missed Crabtree in the end zone from the 5 and Baltimore survived. "Its tough. Any time you get this close to the Super Bowl and lose, its pretty upsetting," tight end Vernon Davis said. "We just didnt get it. Weve been down this road before in the same kind of situation. Its hard." Whether it was nerves or just a great play by Aldon Smith, Wilson fumbled on Seattles first snap. Smith got credit for a sack and a recovery, too -- a defenders dream -- at the Seahawks 15. More staunch defence followed, this time by Seattle, which held and only gave up Phil Dawsons 25-yard field goal. Seattle simply had no answers for Kaepernicks runs, looking either flat-footed or plain-out lost when he took off. He gained 98 yards on the ground in the first half, including a 58-yard second-quarter run, the longest of his three-year career and the longest Seattles defence allowed all season. But he was less effective in the second half and was plagued by turnovers. Wilson came up with a huge improvisation of his own moments after Kaepernicks long jaunt. Wilson avoided the rush with some nifty scrambling before spotting Baldwin behind the defence for a 51-yard pickup. All it resulted in was Hauschkas 32-yard field goal, making it 10-3. Baldwin finished with six receptions for 106 yards. And now its on to New Jersey, where Carroll once coached the Jets for a season. That didnt end well -- he was fired so the team could hire Rich Kotite. He heads back with a chance to add a Super Bowl crown to two national titles as coach at Southern California. "Its quite a magical moment," Carroll said. "You cant really grasp the moment. Did we really do this?" Yep -- the Seahawks and their 12th Man. Black China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Discount Jerseys ' ' '
