Ian Bell steps into the boxing ring
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
IAN BELL has spent the last month training like Rocky Balboa in a big effort to keep his spot in the England team.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
IAN BELL has spent the last month training like Rocky Balboa in a big effort to keep his spot in the England team.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
IAN BELL has spent the last month training like Rocky Balboa in a big effort to keep his spot in the England team.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tuesday night at the Fremont Abbey the Seattle Rock Orchestra, now well over 50 musicians strong, celebrated the Arcade Fire's beloved debut album Funeral by playing it start to finish to a sold out crowd. Their performance was so fantastic, so full of love, that I now want every show ever to be exactly like that one. EXACTLY like that one. I want dozens of violin, cello, and viola players to be crowded...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Ian Bell has admitted he needs to score more Test runs 'when it matters' if he is to cement his place at No 3 against South Africa this winter.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Tonight the Seattle Rock Orchestra and a plethora of local musicians from bands like Exohxo, Hey Marseilles, With Friends Like These, and more will play the Arcade Fire's debut full-length record Funeral in it's entirety. As a 70+ piece orchestra. With brass and woodwinds and strings and everything. Holy shit, it's going to be epic. Exohxo open the show, and in this week's Underage I spoke with the...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Ian Bell flies to South Africa on Saturday believing his best in an England shirt is about to come.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Ian Bell says his best years for England are to come, despite suggestions the forthcoming Test series in South Africa could be his last.
The Vehicles Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By Ian Bell A fuel card subscriber's all important question is - 'Where can I use the gas card or fuel card?'. You can expect to answer this with some clear facts on fuel cards. Well, let us begin by defining what does a fixed-rate fuel card do. A fuel card is much like a credit card with the only difference being that the only merchandise you can buy using fuel card is fuel. Common Sense? Yes, indeed....
Are you a left-arm Chinaman? (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
In his recent autobiography, Michael Vaughan has admitted that, during the 2005 Ashes celebrations, the entire England team rocked up to 10 Downing Street and were disappointed by what they saw. They immediately identified the key problem: no booze. The infamous all-night bender, followed by tipsy open-topped bus fiesta had rather given the impression that drink was not wanting. But, after stumbling...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Alastair Cook may be vice-captain in name but it is Paul Collingwood who most assume fulfils that role Without even a hint of debate or uncertainty, English cricket is heading inexorably towards an Alastair Cook captaincy. With every week that passes, the assumption grows that he will lead England in Bangladesh next spring. Nobody has thought to inquire whether this is actually a very good idea. Now...
Rock Cricket Club (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
A little randomness for a cold, miserable, wet Thursday, but some brightness came as I skimmed through the Northumberland Gazette today. In the regular Remember when… feature, where news items and photos are reproduced from both 25 years and 50 years ago. So imagine my delight at spying, not only one, but three current Rock players looking incredibly young in a photo from their days playing...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Next month, on November 17th, the Seattle Rock Orchestra (who've recently played with Jeremy Enigk and Grand Hallway), will perform Arcade Fire's Funeral in it's entirety . For the event, the 50 piece orchestra is collaborating with a guest backing band including Matt Bishop of Hey Marseilles , Ian Bell of Black Swedes, Jima of the Purrs, Alessandra Rose of the Kindness Kind , Matt Shaw of With Friends...
The World of Cricket (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
So after a long summer of cricket that included the Ashes Test Series, the Hectic 7 match One Day Series between Australia and England and then the ICC Champions Trophy tournament England will be hopping on a plane and jetting off to South Africa for a long tour that will last from the 1st November to the 18th January. The squads were announced back earlier this month and there were a few surprises...
Gurender Philip Bedi's world (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
I went to Portishead, a small town near Bristol to see Jatin and work on one web service, Jatin is a terrific host and amazing friend, He has superb flat, and it was fun staying with him and working together like old times at Tag. I met with Ian Bell, he is a nice chap and talented professional, I think will learn a lot by working with him. I stayed in Portishead for 4 days, Jatin has nice set up and...
Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
I read that perennially overlooked batsman Mark Ramprakash has attacked the apparent bias towards certain counties when it comes to selection for England squads. I'm a fan of Ramps and have been for a number of years but I'm mystified at his singling out of Warwickshire players as benefitting from the Ashley Giles factor. Just look at today's Test and one-day selections. All told, eleven of the eighteen...