Ian Bell: Eoin Morgan ·³Ââd me to rediscover my game and ²óÉü¤¹¤ë my Ashes place

Ian Bell has ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd Eoin Morgan for putting the °µÎÏ on him to ²óÉü¤¹¤ë ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ form and Ä´°õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë an Ashes place.

Back for good? Ian Bell has recoveted his Test place and composure after a summer out injured

»Ù±ç¤¹¤ë for good? Ian Bell has recoveted his ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë place and composure after a summer out Éé½ý¤µ¤»¤ëd

Bell ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë an unbeaten 121 as England reached 335 for five against Australia A in Hobart and looks in the form of his life ahead of next week's ³«»Ï ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë.

The 28-year-old's England days had looked numbered when he ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ëd the summer through ½ý³² on the »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë of some erratic form - and then Morgan took his place and shone with the bat.

However, Bell now seems to have ²óÉü¤¹¤ëd the upper ¼êÅϤ¹ and he said: 'There¡Çs no µ¿Ìä when you lose your place, through ½ý³² or whatever, you¡Çre going to have to fight hard to get it »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë.

'Probably coming here, I thought I would be the one on the outside and not playing.'

Instead, the spare batsman has been Morgan.

'Eoin is a fantastic player and he has a Â絬ÌÏ¤Ê Ì¤Íè,' Bell Äɲ乤ëd. 'It¡Çs difficult [for Eoin] but also ¹­Âç¤Ê¡¿Â¿¿ô¤Î¡¿½ÅÍ×¤Ê for English cricket to have a ¼Á player like him who is on the sidelines at the minute.'

Bell never received explicit ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Ê¤É¤Ø¤Î¡ËÌ©¹ð¡¤¹ðÁʡʾõ¡Ë that he was ½ð̾¡¿Ä´°õ¤¹¤ëd in to the ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë team for England¡Çs ´ë¤Æ¡¤ÅØÎÏ¡¤Äó°Æ to ÊÝ»ý¤¹¤ë the Ashes.

But he said: 'I guess just ¸ºß Áª¤Öd in the three games speaks more than any words. It¡Çs nice to have that »Ù±ç and ¿®ÍÑ¡¿¿®Ç¤, and I hope the form can continue now for the Ashes.'

The ¹ç°Õ is that Bell, for so long ¡Ê¡¼¤Î¤¿¤á¤Ë¡Ë¤È¤Ã¤Æ¤ª¤¯d as a À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë of the ̤Íè thanks to his? te chnique, is about to come of age.

'There¡Çs no µ¿Ìä I feel a better player than I was the last time I was on an Ashes ¾®Î¹¹Ô¤¹¤ë,' he ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd.

'I feel a better player, and my game is starting to really take ·ÁÂÖ¡¿Ä´À°. But it counts for nothing yet. It¡Çs ¹­Âç¤Ê¡¿Â¿¿ô¤Î¡¿½ÅÍ×¤Ê practice, and ¹­Âç¤Ê¡¿Â¿¿ô¤Î¡¿½ÅÍ×¤Ê to go out and get hundreds, but the big stuff starts in Brisbane.'

Bell, whose 113-ball hundred ´Þ¤à¡¿Éõ¤¸¹þ¤á¤ëd 13 fours and a six and much of his trademark ¥¿¥¤¥ß¥ó¥° to all parts, took a particular liking to the µÓ-spin of Steve Smith.

The all-rounder is one of three A team players also in Australia¡Çs 17-man squad for Brisbane.

Runs galore: Ian Bell hammered 121 not out and shared a stand of almost 200 with Paul Collingwood

Runs galore: Ian Bell ÂçÂÇ·â¤òÍ¿¤¨¤ëd 121 not out and ³ôd a stand of almost 200 with Paul Collingwood

But Bell did not go after him just to try to ÅÚÂæ¤òÊø¤¹ his ¿®ÍÑ¡¿¿®Ç¤.

'That¡Çs the way I¡Çve been playing the spinners recently, trying to be quick on my feet and ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë myself a little bit on the bowler,' he explained.

'It wasn¡Çt because it was him, just the way I try to play spin now.

'However, the Ashes series hasn¡Çt started. It would be nice to take this into the Ashes; then I can tell you.

'I feel like I¡Çm getting into the ¸¢Íø place I need to be to be playing ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë cricket, mentally and ÆùÂÎŪ¤Ë - and I think I¡Çm ±ß½Ï¤·¤¿ing as a player. I think I¡ Çve learned a lot from my mistakes.

'I¡Çve really enjoyed working with (England batting coach) Graham Gooch over the last 12, 16 months. He¡Çs Äɲ乤ëd some nice bits of experience that have helped in my game.

'He ²ñÃÌ about going on and getting big hundreds, and today it was in the »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë of my mind what Goochie ²ñÃÌ about. In the past, I¡Çve been ¡ÆÍ­ºá¤Î¡Ç of getting 50s.'


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