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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
England v South Africa: Lord's licks its lips after Ian Bell's batting feastBy Simon Hughes at Lord'sLast Updated: 12:22am BST 12/07/2008 With all the talk of a Twenty20 revolution in the shires, and international players eschewing Test cricket, and right-handed batsmen converting themselves temporarily into left-handers, cricket is in a state of considerable flux. | It feels like the cosy world...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Once described as the best 16-year-old cricketer ever seen, Ian Bell has turned the corner. Simon Briggs reports.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Ian Bell is the first Englishman to discover what it is like to get out for 199 in a Test match - and the 26-year-old Warwickshire batsman insisted that it is not such a bad experience.
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The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
What is it about Ian Bell? By which I mean, why does the poor fellow arouse such animosity? No other player in the current England team sees his failures magnified and successes downplayed to such an extent. Even when he bats well, his critics use this as evidence that, damn it, he should be batting like this all the time. Perhaps today's splendid 199 against South Africa will quieten the critics....
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Line and Length (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Today marks the start of a Line & Length series. With just under a year to go until the start of the 2009 Ashes series, we will be posting a weekly feature every Wednesday on the 50 cricketers who have...
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Herald (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Sex-scandal cricket star sent home in disgraceSbongile Dimbaza HERALD REPORTERA FORMER Grey High School cricket and rugby star has been suspended by the England Cricket Board and sent home in disgrace over shock allegations he had sex with a 15-year-old girl he was coaching privately.Warren Bell, 22, who played cricket for the Eastern Province Amateur team, was playing for Spondon Cricket Club...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh's confession that he likes partying does not make him an irresponsible cricketer but current lack of form makes him susceptible to criticism, feels former opener Chetan Chauhan.
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Arthur: Preparing for the Flintoff factor at HeadingleyWe're going to have to be on our guard. He (Flintoff) is a wonderful cricketer and he adds a lot to the England side. He certainly gives it a bit more varietySouth Africa coac Mickey Arthur England v South AfricaLive on Sky SportsSecond Test starts Friday10am, Sky Sports 1 & HD1You can also follow it with full interactive commentary on skysports.com.Related...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
... become very hard to judge quality and temperament for Test cricket. But where do the international cricketers have the time in a packed calendar?”Far from participating in domestic matches, the stars — Mahendra Singh Dhoni being the latest — are pulling out of international series. There is only so much the mind and the body can take.The total international playing days in 2007 and the first...
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Test Match Special (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Sir Allen Stanford, the man who could turn England's cricketers into overnight dollar millionaires if they win a Twenty20 match in November, is no fan of Test cricket. And if he had been at Lord's on Sunday, it is fair to assume he would not have suddenly been converted like Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus. In the best weather of the match, South Africa's openers remorselessly drove Michael...
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St. Aidan to Abbey Manor (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Great to see Ian Bell biffing the South African cricketers to all corners yesterday, though I was one of many who would probably have dropped him from the side after an unimpressive run of form. But what do I know? The selectors have been patient, and have been repaid in bucketloads. Some good things just take time. You can't marinade something in 5 minutes, or build a marriage, or become...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
... from their members, Bradshaw admitted yesterday: "It is only a discussion document."Before the bell: MCC-leaked document on new Twenty20 tournament was always a non-starterThe future of English cricket will be finalised in the next few weeks, starting with a meeting of the county chairmen on Tuesday and Wednesday, with little reference to this document. The ideal would be if everyone could...
