The was a stat for a long time that Bell had never made the first 100 in an innings in a Test for England, I think he has a few now, but it does reinforce the impression that he'll score very heavily when his sides on top, but don't seem to have the fight for tough situations.
Bell should be under huge pressure for his place, but you get the sense that he is seen as part of the set up and as such more or less undroppable. After all, how else do you explain him getting in ahead of Bairstow despite being a poor player of spin, being due to "skip" the next game and the guy left out having made 95 and 57 against the best attack in the world in the previous test?
One wonders how England will line up in New Zealand. Compton hardly deserves to be dropped (much as I do not think him test class) and Root should be a nailed on certainty for a run in the team given how well he acquitted himself...though Bairstow should have been as well...
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