Cricket: Debutant Bell Sets His Stall for Future ; England Have Scored 313 for Five in Their First Innings
Birmingham Post › August 20, 2004
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The marker put down by Ian Bell's glorious debut innings of 70 might not get him on the winter tour of South Africa but it guarantees him a decent run in the England side whenever the next opening is available, either through loss of form or injury to the incumbents.
He came in at 64 for three and shared in a great recovery partnership with Michael Vaughan of 146 in 37 overs and set it up for Andrew Flintoff to round off the day with an unbeaten, destructive 72.See the full content of this document
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Cricket: Debutant Bell Sets His Stall for Future ; England Have Scored 313 for Five in Their First Innings
Bell's innings spoke volumes not only for a technique that is a credit to those at Edgbaston who have carefully nurtured him, and it, through his teens, but also for his steely temperament which got him through a shaky start and a...
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