Thread: Who should be England's wicket-keeper?
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Old 04-01-2007, 01:21 PM in reply to first change's post starting "Pietersen's been very good. Bell is..."
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Originally Posted by first change
What this series has been for Bell is a break-through. He has proved - as much to himself as others - that he can mix it with the best. But he needs to turn fifties into hundreds (big hundreds) - as he did against Pakistan.
Yup. Agreed. Thing is.. he's 24 years old and a comparative Test novice.. probably 5 years short of the beginning of his peak... and ten years short of senior-player status! If Bell is not converting 50s to 100s on a regular basis between the ages of 28 and 38 (generally the best years for a batsman) then let's start taking these concerns seriously... but why worry at this stage?

ps. I'd hope Flintoff would NOT get out to crummy shots: he's by some margin the most capped player in the side and has been around long enough to know better!
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