We shouldn’t just look at abilities to play in ‘greener’ conditions as the only criteria for a batsman’s skill, ideally a batsman should be able to play on all types of pitches but turns out those who play well on greener/bouncier pitches do not necessarily play good on dead/dusty-bowl pitches and vice versa. So Ian Bell has skill for one and not for other, same goes for Younis. Both have played 66/67 matches, Younis has scored about 1000 runs more than Bell. If Bell in the end gets better average/more centuries than good for him but IMO he would still be a “good” batsman and not a legendary one.
Just tell me one match in which Bell saved England from defeat or even let a draw n whats Ian Bell highest score i dont think he even scored a double century ever
Where Younis Last year saved a match against Africa and then against NZ in NZ
thats a good point… But 80% of times when a Pakistani batsman scores a 100 it will help a lot coz he will be the only person who scored. Bell only gets a chance to score when cook, peterson, strauss, and trott fail too.
Bell hasnt scored a double yet but had 199. Here is what bell had done in last 2 years
The way Razzaq and Kamran Akmal saved the game against India in India, Younis have never saved a game in that fashion ? are akmal and RAzzaq better than younis khan ?
So what makes you think Ian Bell will become a legend in 5 years or after? Are you saying all the batsmen you listed who play ahead of Ian Bell will disappear and only Ian Bell will continue to play like Tendulkar?
I was hoping bell will score a double, well Hopefully double is coming soon. I think i stretched it a lot when i called him legend in making but to me Mohammed Yousaf is a legend too. Its just how strict r u on defining legend.
I said it from start that He isnt scoring a lot of runs, but technically he is very very strong hence capable of scoring a lot of runs.
Bell also took 2 very good catches at forwardshort leg. Both times, batsmen pulled the ball - he did not take his eyes off the ball and took excellent catches.
Bell is #3 in top batsmen list for test Matches. If he keeps batting at # 3 he will shld be #1 soon.
Only two problems.
1st. I am pretty sure when trott comes back he will play @ #3.
2nd. England plays their next test match in late March next year !
