Both sides ambassadors of the game says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 – Cricket News Update
England’s middle order batsman, Ian Bell talks about his team’s upcoming clash against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 by emphasizing the importance of spirit of the game, claiming that both sides must act as ambassadors when they lock horns at UAE.
The Poms will take on the Men In Green as their first assignment of the new year, and while their Test record in 2011 has been phenomenal, their opponents have also build up solid reputation by winning three series on the trot against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Both teams will pit up after the infamous spot fixing drama, which came to surface in 2010 – leading to prison terms to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 this year. Relations have been strained since then between the two sides but with both teams
in top form, their bouts remain highly anticipated.
Despite conquering the longer version, England’s form in the 50-over format has been poor of late, which saw them getting hammered on tour of India by a 5-0 margin. Also their attitude came under questioning with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 fined for showing dissent.
Bell however, feels that both sides must act as ambassadors of cricket by allowing the game to flourish on the field.
"We didn't put ourselves in a great light in the one-day series http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 with some of the stuff that was going on and we need to make sure that this series is played in the right way. Hopefully that will happen. It's important for both sides to be ambassadors
for the game and we need to make sure that it is played in the right way," said Bell.
He also termed his opponents as “unpredictable” and feels that despite the Men In Green having the edge due to the conditions in the Middle-East, his side can still pose plenty of questions due to the uncertain nature of Pakistani cricket.
"Pakistan have great individual players, they always have done, but they are unpredictable," he said. "On their day they can beat anyone but they can always lose to anyone. You never quite know what you are going to get with them."
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