Well Done Ian Bell!!!!!

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:38

Well done Ian Bell. Amazing stats have brought him the honour of being one of Wisden's 5 cricketers of the year:

778 runs in 11 Tests.

1080 runs in 33 ODIs.

Truely brilliant.

by tac Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:41

Must average close to 40 in both forms of the game . . . pretty good for a pom.

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:41

40 in the Tests, 33 in the ODIs.

by JKLever Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:41

by tac Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:42

Brass Monkey wrote:40 in the Tests, 33 in the ODIs.

Bradmanesque . . .

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:45

I mean, yeah, I've obviously got a foc off grudge against him but I simply CANNOT FATHOM how EVERY PUNDIT seems to think he's the dog's bollocks, yet I surmise that not a single one of them would be able to mention a 'memorable innings' in that period of time. Bar possibly his match winning ton against India in an ODI. Big f*cking whoop.

I reckon I'm done, I really do. From now on, Ian Bell is a f*cking great batsmen.

by eowyn Wed 09 Apr 2008, 12:54

I've think he's picked for being ginger on here more than anything else.

by Merlin Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:01

Brass Monkey wrote:I mean, yeah, I've obviously got a foc off grudge against him but I simply CANNOT FATHOM how EVERY PUNDIT seems to think he's the dog's bollocks, yet I surmise that not a single one of them would be able to mention a 'memorable innings' in that period of time under pressure . Bar possibly his match winning ton against India in an ODI. Big f*cking whoop.

I reckon I'm done, I really do. From now on, Ian Bell is a f*cking great batsmen.

Word.

(I added under pressure)

The stats freaks will however keep sharpening their knobs and point to the numbers.

Lest we forget .... 11 point fark all in 10 innings versus the Aussies in the 2005 Ashes ( included one knock of 60+)
Do the maths.
The kids sh!te (cept when others are also scoring big, the pressure's off the decks flat and the bowling's crap)

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:06

Well Merls, that's as spot on as it gets.

I bet next year he'll get the PFA 'Young' Player of the Year award for two 40's on a flat deck against Australia when their attack is most pop-gun.

He's only young, you know.

by taipan Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:07

Does this mean he will be in the team for the SA series?

Good times.

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:09

taipan wrote:Does this mean he will be in the team for the SA series?

Good times.

Mate, he'd have been in the Test team for the SA series if he'd had more ducks in the last 12 months than Inzi has had pies.

by Merlin Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:09

Aye ... give the lad time ...
Oh bugger me .. I clean forgot, he's already played in 30+ tests already !!!
Shocked

by tac Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:13

He could end up with one of the most mediocre test careers in history . . . 100+ tests at 40 . . . 80% of his runs against minnows/on flat decks . . . Gangulyesque . . .

by Merlin Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:15

I'd rather he didn't.

But you see, Vawn really "likes" him .... 'nuff said.
And Vawn has vowed to be around as skipper (if wanted .. yeah bollocks ..if) till 2012 AD.

You note the problemmo, right?

by Fred Nerk Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:16

Easter....US Masters coming up.....climax of EPL......start of AFL......somebody bitching about Wisden's 5CY choices with so much indignation you'd almost swear they matter.

Must be April.

by Merlin Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:19

Aye .. but you forgot to mention Spring (oop in Norf'ern hemisphere anyway) ... snow, minus freakin' 10 C ... floods in Worcester ... Slurreyites talking sh!t ... and crikkett about to start!
Yeah, must be April.

by freddled gruntbuggly Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:27

Brass Monkey wrote:40 in the Tests, 33 in the ODIs.

Good to see Wisden maintaining their high standards. Wouldn't want to see their awards being 'cheaped', would we?

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:29

Well, that's what I was getting at. Then Nerk came with his big daddy longstroke. Yeah, in essence they don't matter, but I just can't see what he's done to deserve some pretty illustrious company.

by freddled gruntbuggly Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:33

I think Wisden have run out of decent candidates. Players can only be picked once, after all, and who else is there?

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:39

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:I think Wisden have run out of decent candidates. Players can only be picked once, after all, and who else is there?

True. I'm not sure. Haven't checked out who's been one.

by freddled gruntbuggly Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:40

Just about everybody . . .

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:42

Bell stood out as the England batsman who grew up, even if statistically he lacked the huge scores everyone continues to expect from him. It was in one-day cricket that he progressed the most, with an un-English strike-rate of 93. "It was hard to ignore the style," Lawrence Booth wrote. "The confidence placed in him as a senior batsman helped bring out that diminutive, almost impish, aestheticism; his cover-drive won the team's beauty contest hands down. The catches he has made at short leg, or at silly point when Monty Panesar has been bowling, have long indicated a ball-sense of world-class standard."

OH F*CKING SPARE ME. WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS.

F*CK YOU ALMANACK. F*CK YOU.

by Lara Lara Laughs Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:43

Aye. Well played Bell-ster!

by Brass Monkey Wed 09 Apr 2008, 13:51

To paraphrase:

"We stuck Ian Bell in because he's a loveable little scamp who's got some good-looking shots. OK, he underachieved for the 4th year in a row and OK, we lied about his S/R in ODIs. He's only 26 you know!"

by Lara Lara Laughs Wed 09 Apr 2008, 14:16

Bell, added Berry, was "on the cusp of greatness".

Oh yeah.

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