I grew up idolising Tendulkar: Ian Bell
21 Nov 2013 5:02 AM IST
‘The mental side of his game was very important. Obviously, when I played against him he had been playing the game at the highest level for 15 years. I grew up idolising him and he was a real hero of mine,’ said Bell.
‘I feel very lucky and privileged to have shared the same field as him and played against him,’ he added. Bell said Tendulkar was probably the only batsman in the world who could change the whole atmosphere of the ground.
‘To play against Sachin was incredible. I am not sure there will ever be another Sachin Tendulkar. You knew that wherever you played against him, in England or India, when he came out to bat the whole atmosphere of the ground changed.
There’s not many players around the world who can do that,’ Bell was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.
Bell, who is preparing for the first Ashes Test, commencing here on Thursday, said the recently retired Indian icon would be immensely missed. ‘You just know watching him, just watching him go about his business, he was a genius in the game, someone who will be really missed. Obviously, he will never be forgotten but he will be missed. A great player and a pleasure to play against,’ said the England batsman.
Real-time Snicko set for Ashes Test
BRISBANE: The controversial decision review system has had a last-minute update for the start of the Ashes this week, with a real-time Snickometer set to be added to the technology available to match umpires.
Series’ broadcaster Channel Nine has struck a deal with BBG Sports, the company that provides ‘Hot Spot’ and the updated ‘Snicko’ technologies, to use the products from Thursday’s first Test.
It clears the way for the International Cricket Council to trial the new technology as part of the decision review system (DRS) following the agreement of Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Sydney Morning Herald said. Channel Nine has been told by the ICC that umpires will be using it, along with Hot Spot, the ‘Eagle Eye’ ball-tracking system.
‘I feel very lucky and privileged to have shared the same field as him and played against him,’ he added. Bell said Tendulkar was probably the only batsman in the world who could change the whole atmosphere of the ground.
‘To play against Sachin was incredible. I am not sure there will ever be another Sachin Tendulkar. You knew that wherever you played against him, in England or India, when he came out to bat the whole atmosphere of the ground changed.
There’s not many players around the world who can do that,’ Bell was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.
Bell, who is preparing for the first Ashes Test, commencing here on Thursday, said the recently retired Indian icon would be immensely missed. ‘You just know watching him, just watching him go about his business, he was a genius in the game, someone who will be really missed. Obviously, he will never be forgotten but he will be missed. A great player and a pleasure to play against,’ said the England batsman.
Real-time Snicko set for Ashes Test
BRISBANE: The controversial decision review system has had a last-minute update for the start of the Ashes this week, with a real-time Snickometer set to be added to the technology available to match umpires.
Series’ broadcaster Channel Nine has struck a deal with BBG Sports, the company that provides ‘Hot Spot’ and the updated ‘Snicko’ technologies, to use the products from Thursday’s first Test.
It clears the way for the International Cricket Council to trial the new technology as part of the decision review system (DRS) following the agreement of Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Sydney Morning Herald said. Channel Nine has been told by the ICC that umpires will be using it, along with Hot Spot, the ‘Eagle Eye’ ball-tracking system.
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