Ian Bell credits medical staff for getting him fit before the 1st ODI – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the first match of the One Day International (ODI) series at Southampton and gave credit to the medical staff, which did a good job for him to be included in the
playing XI.
The 30-year-old was dropped from the limited-overs squad earlier this year after a poor run of form in the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 from the shorter formats of the game has given
another opportunity to Bell to re-establish himself at the top of the order.
Unfortunately, the right-hander faced an injury one day before the match, when he was struck on his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 played the first ODI with 10 stitches on his jaw.
Bell rose to the occasion and proved his class by scoring a magnificent hundred on his comeback as he smashed 126 runs off merely 117 balls, in which he struck a dozen boundaries and a huge six. The century helped his team go 1-0 ahead in the series.
The batsman expressed that the injury was severe but the support staff helped him recover in time.
"I was quite lucky that all the precautions from the backroom staff yesterday (Friday) got me in a good frame of mind. It had gone quite deep to the bone. It was weird, because it hurt more by my ear really rather than where it actually hit me," Bell said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 defeated the visitors in the Test series as well and Bell looked in great touch as he scored three half-centuries in as many matches. The stylish batsman seems to be at the top of his game at the moment and is timing the ball brilliantly.
"I felt I was in pretty good nick by the end of that Test series, so it was nice to go at the top of the order and play some proper cricket shots. I didn't try to slog – which probably in the past I've been guilty of doing," he added.
The second match of the series is going to be played tomorrow at the Oval.
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