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Will be the worlds number one ranked test bastman before his career is finished
Fifty quid says you are wrong.
I think this could well happen. Englands future looks rosy and they will be a top 3 team at least for the foreseeable future. Hes still young and is bound to move up the batting ofrder again at some stage.
I hope he doesnt move up the order, as a pair we have the best number 6 and number 7 in world cricket
Cricket isnt like that. Its a little bit autistic to think Bell has a great record at number 6 and a poor one at number 3 so he should stay there. Batting at 3 or 4 against a great Australian side and 6 against the Bangledeshi's early in his career partly contributed to that. He is technically as good as anyone and much stronger mentally - there will be a time when he moves up the order but with Trott and KP batting as they are theres no need for that at the moment.
Also for Bell personally to challenge himself, maximise his potential and try to become the best batsman he can be then he must move up the order at some stage
you could argue Gilchrist could have moved up to 6 or even 5 at a push to challenge himself
leave Bell where he is, in the space of a year against 2 mediocre test sides and one very poor side, in your thoughts he has gone from should be dropped to now being the real deal and should be back up the order.
let him earn his spot up the order which means scoring bundles at 6 over a longer period
If Ian Bell does indeed become the number one ranked Test batsmen, wouldn't it be a cause for double celebration? Bell achieving fantastic levels of performance and an England side that has a world class player in the middle order?
Adam Gilchrist despite being an unbelievable batsmen with a phenomenal average never made it to number 1 in the world purely down to batting lower down. That was probably the best place for Gilchrist to bat but you cant have it both ways because Bell will never be number 1 in the world batting 6 for the rest of his career.
If I was a bookie I would offer 8-1....so a decent each way bet.
Didn't Steve Waugh become world number one batting at five and six for most of his career?
Didn't Steve Waugh become world number one batting at five and six for most of his career?
you wouldnt get 8-1
more like about 4-1
Pretty sure Hussey has been ranked one and he has never come in any higher than 5