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[Manormanic]

true enough, though few as stupid as "The Shermanator"!

[Simmy]

that merlin machine is a beast! lol

[Spanky]

Top videos Simmy, thanks for posting those. Love watching Ian Bell bat.

[uknsaunders]

great videos - interesting techniques and my god how good is the footwork!

[mickyp]

Thought some of his sweeping looked a bit iffy tbh, especially against the off spin....

[19reading87]

Why was you not sure if you would be allowed to post them and where did you get them from???

[pacman75cricket]

Is it just me appears to be batting on off stick against both off & leg spin. (trying something new? commentators suggested this for batsman against Ajmal)

[Opener]

I think he is trying to take the lbw out of the equation by batting on off stick. I think rather than being a bit iffy against off-spin there is a length where he is not sure what to do as I feel he does not read spin very well.

[jamesisapayne]

Thanks for uploading them Simmy, he's such a good player to watch. Michael Vaughan in the background by the sound of it?

[Blazer]

Thanks for the video Simmy. His footwork is amazing, worth watching over and over.

[Nickauger]

Is it just me appears to be batting on off stick against both off & leg spin. (trying something new? commentators suggested this for batsman against Ajmal)

Looks more of a forward press to me.

[Simmy]

Why was you not sure if you would be allowed to post them and where did you get them from???

lad at school is on the EPP and i asked to see some vids of him batting and bowling so he fetched a memory stick in..

and it had these two videos on it as well because ian was there for them to pick up tips etc..

so i dont really own or have permisions for the video.

thats why they are set to link only access on you tube

[19reading87]

Well explained

[jamesisapayne]

He's a right fidget at the crease!

[Buzz]

on the technique - I think he looks significantly more comfortable against the legspin personally which is unusual.
He appears to be taking guard on Middle and Off and then using a forward press movement. Personally I think this is making him look unbalanced against the offspin.
His execution of the sweep looked terrible - but then I think he was premeditating every shot to try and work the ball into the "gaps" or targets.
Having said that what a wonderful player he is to be able to premeditate like that and still look a class act