Ian Bell: I have another five or six years at the highest level to play – Cricket News Update
England’s promising top-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 hopes to continue playing international cricket for the Three Lions for another five to six years, and is looking forward to assist the young batsmen coming into the side in their development.
“At just turned 30 I'm hoping I have another five or six years at the highest level to play,” said the right-handed batsman while speaking to a British Daily on Tuesday.
“There are a lot of Tests coming up in the near future and I am as hungry as ever to keep working hard in the nets and doing the hard yards in the gym to keep playing at the top level as long as I can,” he added further.
The 30-year-old Warwickshire batsman has established himself as a regular batsman in England’s Test side since making his international debut in August 2004. Though he has been less successful in the 50-overs format, he is showing promise in ODI cricket as well, especially his match-winning 88 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at Lord’s last month.
Bell, a veteran of 80 Tests and 119 ODIs, is one of the most senior players in England’s current squad. With a number of young batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root, Nick Compton and Jonny Bairstow coming into the side for the India tour, the Warwickshire batsman realises the responsibility of moulding the raw batting talent into a formidable unit.
“This is an exciting time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 man. “As a senior player I want to help the team develop and be a major part of meeting those challenges,” he added further.
The Poms endured a tough home summer against the Proteas, which saw them relinquishing their World No. 1 Test status to the tourists with a 2-0 series defeat, and then drawing the ODI and T20 series.
Bell admitted that they were outplayed by the Proteas in all the three disciplines and has vowed to salvage some lost pride by making a winning start to the India Test series, commencing on November 15, in Ahmedabad.
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