England have misplaced 5 of their six ODIs this winter, usually fielding under-strength groups in entrance of underwhelming crowds in Australia and South Africa. However Wednesday’s sport, the primary of a three-match collection in a rearranged tour, is anticipated to draw a crowd close to the stadium’s 25,000 capability.
Situations in Mirpur have usually performed into Bangladesh’s favour, with low or variable bounce suiting their array of finger-spinners. However Moeen mentioned that England have been excited concerning the prospect of taking over Bangladesh at a venue that has been their fortress during the last decade.
“That is the one factor we’re actually trying ahead to,” he instructed reporters on Tuesday. “We have talked about how good the group is right here, how loud they’re. I do not suppose it builds any strain in any manner. It is superb – it is at all times superb to play in entrance of huge crowds.
“And do not forget, plenty of our gamers play IPL and it is in all probability the primary place when it comes to the noise and issues like that. We have performed some massive video games everywhere in the world. That kind of factor… if something, it is extra thrilling to play in entrance of an enormous crowd that makes plenty of noise.”
England’s latest ends in ODIs have been poor, with eight defeats of their final 10 accomplished video games relationship again to India’s tour final summer time. However Moeen downplayed the relevance of their kind, underlining the truth that they’ve recurrently been with out first-choice gamers as a result of a packed schedule that includes overlapping collection.
“Bangladesh in their very own circumstances are superb and we all know the menace they pose,” Moeen mentioned. “We now have misplaced 8 within the final 10, however we’re additionally the champions of the world and have performed properly earlier than that – and truly we’ve not actually had our greatest crew for lots of the time just lately.”
Whereas a number of gamers have criticised England’s continuous schedule – most notably Ben Stokes, who lashed out at directors when retiring from ODIs final yr – Moeen mentioned that England have been well-placed to manage as a result of their depth throughout codecs.
“It is going to be regular,” Moeen predicted. “Not only for us, however for many international locations now. Clearly our schedule is sort of robust, however we have sufficient actually good gamers to [cope with] that.
“We have got an excellent aspect right here and we have an excellent aspect over there. We’re in a really lucky place and a blessed place as an England cricket crew in all codecs in the mean time.”
