tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post37180464022262093..comments2023-09-26T13:58:24.399+01:00Comments on Cricket Forever: Ian Bell, a young Ramprakash?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153704692133983969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post-9293341786193028632008-06-20T11:56:00.000+01:002008-06-20T11:56:00.000+01:00He is a good player but certainly not the best... ...He is a good player but certainly not the best... may that journalist was his uncle or in-law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post-54475934198051570482008-06-17T02:27:00.000+01:002008-06-17T02:27:00.000+01:00I always thought Bell was a rabbit. Very needy. De...I always thought Bell was a rabbit. Very needy. Desperate to prove himself. Worse than Simon Katich. <BR/><BR/>I like rabbits. But not on a cricket pitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post-88566357913676840252008-06-15T13:55:00.000+01:002008-06-15T13:55:00.000+01:00So he can dance?So he can dance?Jrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855673052242389414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post-27556911334502475112008-06-12T16:05:00.000+01:002008-06-12T16:05:00.000+01:00Thanks for your comments Brian.Thanks for your comments Brian.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153704692133983969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055390014782593168.post-89512270333161166602008-06-12T13:48:00.000+01:002008-06-12T13:48:00.000+01:00Rob, I agree completely. I've felt for a while th...Rob, I agree completely. I've felt for a while that there were unavoidable similarities between the two and more and more people have started to notice how few runs Bell has made when it's really mattered and the pressure hasn't been taken off him by other players doing the business earlier. While Bell's already made far more Test tons than Ramps managed, you're right to point to the fact that the context is different now - averages are higher, batsmen hold sway more often around the world, and Bell has benefited from the relative security provided by an England contract in a way that would have helped Ramprakash too if they'd existed in the early nineties.<BR/><BR/>I've written on many occasions of my very high regard for Bell, who (like Ramps) has all the equipment bar the right mentality to be among the world's best batsmen. The trouble is I don't think he really believes it himself and I'm now starting to wonder if he ever will.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure he'll start against SA at Lord's but I think he'll need some really meaningful runs soon to keep his place (although the fact that Colly is also struggling so much may help him to do so).Brian Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.com