Andy Flower speaks up about the Ian Bell fiasco – Cricket News Update
England’s team director http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham where the hosts handed a staggering defeat of 319 runs
to the Indians which ended the game a day earlier.
Bell, who batted magnificently as he ripped the Indian bowling, was run-out just before tea, however, after India chose to withdraw their appeal and welcomed the batsman back on the crease after tea.
According to insiders the English management held a discussion with their Indian counterparts since the batsman had failed to ground his bat as he thought that the ball had reached the boundary and the fielder also gave a gesture indicating that he had failed
to stop the ball from touching the boundary.
Consequently, the Indian fielder took the bails off and asked for a run-out. According to International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) rules, India were in their due right to make an appeal and all rules and regulations were followed in spirit, resulting in the run-out
decision of the batsman.
Speaking on the matter the English head coach said, “You should consider what their reaction would have been if the England side had run out an Indian player like that," he said. "I'm not convinced there wouldn't have been uproar.”
“If an England side had done that in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, I think there would have been a proper international incident on the cards. I don't think that's being overly dramatic,” he further said.
He reiterated that India’s decision to recall the batsman was welcomed by his squad and felt that it was the right thing to do even as he admitted that Bell made a mistake which should have been avoided.
Meanwhile, England secured a 2-0 lead against the tourists, who are the reigning number one team in the longest format of the game. However, if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 win the series by a margin of two matches, they will take the number one spot by dethroning India.
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