'As I turn 30, it's time for a few 100s'
Ian Bell, writing in the Independent , says after a couple of very good years with very few failures, the series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka had been a real struggle for him.
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
Ian Bell, writing in the Independent, says after a couple of very good years with very few failures, the series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka had been a real struggle for him.
I know that things haven't gone my way, but I can honestly say that I haven't lost any confidence in my ability to do well for England. I've developed so much as a player over the last two or three years and last summer I got to No 3 in the ICC's batting rankings. It has been disappointing, but it is certainly not due to my taking my foot off the pedal.
I still believe I'm a good player of spin and I've got some strengths in that department which I've proved over a period of time, and I will still come out and play the spinners exactly as I have always done. I will still look to come down the pitch and hit them over the top, and I will still look to sweep against them.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo