Bell recalled by England

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By Will 2 years ago, mid-July Leave a comment on this post

Ian Bell and Steve Harmison earn recalls. No luck for Jamie Dalrymple. Monty’s in, Never Knowingly also in - and Sajid Mahmood. More at CI.

Tags: england, ian-bell, Jamie-Dalrymple, jon-lewis, monty-panesar, pakistan, pakistan-in-england, sajid-mahmood, steve-harmison |

Comments to “Bell recalled by England” Innocent Abroad wrote:
July 9th, 2006 at 9.37 pm

I’m afraid CI, as you call it, is in disgrace in this corner of West London - telling us that Chris Read bowled three overs in the warm-up match but not what style he bowled - or even with which arm

Alex Holland wrote:
July 9th, 2006 at 10.06 pm

According to the BBC, Ian Bell was bowling off-spin, so God knows.

Amusing game, but it raises some questions about the England A matches; were they trying to wear Pakistan out for the test series? If so, is that really cricket?

Top marks to Key for taking the piss, though. Who kept wicket when Read was bowling?

Salil Benegal wrote:
July 10th, 2006 at 3.03 am

Alex: Nothing wrong with that. If a home team can use a warmup or two to get some sort of upper hand over their opposition, then as long as it’s within fair boundaries, do it!

Quite unimpressed by this, mainly because Read’s not there. I’d blogged a couple of times about the need to pick him, especially on the back of his 150 (while Jones continues to bat like a muppet) but the selectors aren’t taking any notice.

Fingers crossed that he and Dalrymple will get much deserved call ups later in the series.

ty wrote:
July 10th, 2006 at 6.03 pm

ha ha chris read bowled!? true allrounder

Amy wrote:
July 11th, 2006 at 11.16 am

I was at that warm up match.
Possibly the funniest thing I have seen.

Bopara kept wicket whilst Read bowled.
Jamie Dalrymple was bunny hopping between his field placements.
At one point all players tucked their collars into their hats (!?!)
And I had a conversation with Alastair Cook whilst at 3rd man about the Wimbledon final.

I’m upset Dalrymple hasn’t been called up. He bowled brilliantly on the Saturday. Shame his batting didn’t come off… maybe that’s why he wasn’t picked?

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