Ian Bell player profile – World Cup 2011
Ian Bell is the classiest batsman in the current English cricket arena. He is technically strong and a marvelous stroke player. When he plays his beautiful front-foot drives, the ball is dispatched to the boundary in a matter of seconds. Only a few players
can match the purity of his strokes, particularly to the off-side and straight down the ground. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 batsman is also a strong player of spin and does not like to shy away from loosening himself up during his time at the crease. The top-order player
is a flowing batsman on either side of the wicket while he is very sharp in finding the gaps through the fielders.
Bell started playing international cricket for England Under-19 cricket team on tour of New Zealand in winter 1998. His excellent show with the bat, making 91 in the first Test, and 115 in the third, forced Dayle Hadlee to declare Bell "the best 16-year-old
I have ever seen". Bell was drafted onto the national level for England tour of New Zealand in 2001-02, as a replacement for the injured Mark http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in 2004 where in his first match he played a steady innings
of 75. The right-handed batman, described by The Times as an "exquisite rapier”, was also awarded the Emerging Player of the Year award by International Cricket Council.
Bell’s stubborn attitude and sound technique allows him to play confidently against top bowlers of the world. The young man established himself as a complete batsman on the 2005 tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and since then, has been a regular fixture in the team. His
agile fielding in the circle is also a major plus point to the Englishman's batting skills. In 2006, his good batting against Pakistan in Tests guided him to win ICC Young Player of the year award. The right-hander is tipped as the future skipper of England.
Bell can play late which makes him successful against swing bowling while driving the pacemen through the covers is Bell’s trademark. He is a very energetic cricketer and his quick foot-work makes him one of the best English players against spin. He also
has the ability to play big shots and he looks elegant when he steps out of the crease and hits a spinner over his head. Bell has scored 2776 runs in his 90 one-day games at an average of 35. Having 12 fifties and a century under his belt, Bell’s strike rate
is 72.20.
His critics were briefly silenced after showing a good show against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 suspended his
progress in 2010, but he returned midway through the Ashes and played some gutsy innings in that prestigious series. Bell's recent form has shown that he is stalwart of the English middle order in every format of the game.
Bell has the experience of playing internationally as he was a part of England’s 2007 World Cup campaign in the Caribbean. In his 8 World Cup appearances, he has made 211 runs at an average of 26. Although half of these runs came against top teams like Sri
Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 but still, it is quite a low average for a player of his calibre.
The 28 years old player does not have the best of records in the Subcontinent however, he has improved a lot in the last 18 months. In the World Cup 2011, he is a key English player and all he needs to do is to transfer his 20s and 30s into big innings.
This is a golden era of the English side and if its middle order including Ian Bell clicks, the team will definitely have a chance to win the mega trophy.
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