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Of course he did it on purpose. You don't just accidently hang on to the ball when bowling.Yoda said:I reckon he did that on purpose.
mendoza10 said:Still Bells fault for killing the run rate
ChapmansThe Saviour said:How can you POSSIBLY blame that on Bell? He put on 90 with Pieterson and got us back in the game. Should we not be looking at the two failures at the top of the order AGAIN? Bell got 47 runs compared to 10 from those two.
mendoza10 said:It just seems to me that Bell takes forever to do nothing - He does score runs (unlike some of the top order) but he gets bogged down, and wastes loads of deliveries.
A strike rate of 66 in his 70 balls faced means that there were about 25 balls which he didnt score, equivelent to 4 maiden overs
thats fine in test matches, but 1 dayers, i think not
Pietersen came in blazing, scored 20 really quickly, but then him and bell got caught dithering for a few overs, and when pietersen realised the run rate req got to over 6 he tried to force boundaries and got out, much like Flintoff and Collingwood did
And 14 times it has taken him between 70-100 balls no doubt.Marc said:14 times Bell has gotten out between 40-49
ChapmansThe Saviour said:So he does better than Joyce, Vaughan, Flintoff and Collingwood (though can't really balme him) yet it's his fault? Sounds like RUBBISH to me Brett.
ChapmansThe Saviour said:In conclusion
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tedebear said:..although I have to say everytime Malinga bowls I cringe - how the f*** is that legal??
ChapmansThe Saviour said:So he does better than Joyce, Vaughan, Flintoff and Collingwood (though can't really balme him) yet it's his fault? Sounds like RUBBISH to me Brett.
Agree with all of that. Vaughan clearly needs a spell in country cricket, because he is obviously very very short of match practice and just isn't the same player as he was before his injury. Bell is a liability in a one day side - he's a class test batsman and you do feel his orthodox style is suited to dropping anchor rather than racking up/chasing down a big total in limited overs.London Calling said:At the mo at least Bell is scoring. There is no room for Vaughan, we are basically playing with 10 men.
Bell is not a natural one dayer and we should and need to be looking elsewhere and not just relying on the Test side. It really stuns me that the selectors have not yet recognised, that there are different skills required in one dayers from a test game.