Knowing our depth of feeling about Ian Bell, you must be desperate to read how we’re going to cover the news that he’s likely to replace Kevin Pietersen for the rest of the Ashes. It’s heated debate like what follows that makes the cricket world tick.
Angry that Ian Bell’s back?
You are wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. [...]
AP Webster from Spun Out writes:
I think your bold Ian Bell campaign needs a touch of Obama magic. Here is a poster that is bound to get the message across ahead of the third Test:
Ian Bell gets some unwarranted abuse, but if Paul Harris bowls a ball that will hit the stumps if it goes straight on, you bloody well get your bat in the way.
We distinctly remember Ian Bell leaving a straight one from Shane Warne before now and that was bad enough. Paul Harris’s variations are ‘the [...]
If someone else had played Ian Bell’s innings today it would have been superb. But from him, this was a superhero effort. On top of the pressure of the situation, he had the pressure of his reputation. He went out to bat knowing that he was "the man that doesn’t make runs under pressure".And he battled. Just a couple of tests ago he was driving us to distraction. As fans, we’ve a...
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