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[ProCricketer1982]

Sounds as though the wicket is starting to come to life...........unfortunately!
Would have been nice if it had of stayed flat long enough for England to get in a safe position.
Will be interesting to see what happens from here 

Bells just playing badly tbf,Hes shuffling about, not really committing and then playing wafty shots like its a M5

Cook. Baring the odd Ill advised cut and a couple of edges/misses has looked really good. Has to be our best player of spin as well

[petehosk]

No Sky Sports so can't see what is going on. Only listening to the odd bit of commentary.

[ppccopener]

Think its safe to say pete its a twitchy start from bell
He must know he needs runs today as taylor could take his place...
Tracking it on bbc txt...

[petehosk]

Tuffers saying "he's all over Bell and feels that he has half a chance of getting Bell here!"
The form Bell has been on, I suspect that this would be the same for most bowlers at any level at the moment!!

[FattusCattus]

Is anyone watching it live?  Commentary would seem to indicate Bell all over the place with chances flying around and 1 run off 27 balls??

Has he gone in the head?

[ppccopener]

Just been dropped.nightmare facing spin out of form-use your feet and miss it you look like a fool,stay back and your a sitting duck
Plant you front foot and have a swing? Village!!

[rickjames]

Is anyone watching it live?  Commentary would seem to indicate Bell all over the place with chances flying around and 1 run off 27 balls??

Has he gone in the head?

Doesn't look particularly comfortable against spin, again. That being said an impressive opening session, Cook looks at ease and carrying his weight.

And Tuffers is still out there for TMS? He's supposed to be hosting out end of season awards on Saturday

[kdale6]

would have liked to have seen Gary Ballance on these tracks - right temperment

[smilley792]

Is anyone watching it live?  Commentary would seem to indicate Bell all over the place with chances flying around and 1 run off 27 balls??

Has he gone in the head?

Ian bells highlights........

http://youtu.be/mrgGjIo6QU0

I wonder if the bat used by key in the demo was fully manufactured from start to finish by sky's master batmaker or merely a labelled up import........

[alee]

They showed stats that Cook/Compton have the best average opening partnership of 59 while others were around mid-20's. Bazid Khan asked David Lloyd about Compton and he said that to keep Root in the team Compton had to go.

[smilley792]

Captains cook to his ton! Can he make it a daddy.

Bell hanging in there.

[liscon12]

Cooks new GN Players bat doing the biz, another typical hard working Cook hundred. Keep piling them on Chef!!

[northernboy1987]

Old schools captains innings this from Cook, looks in for the long haul.

[rickjames]

Love you Cooky

[rich041187]

So happy he has stopped playing pyjama cricket so he can focus on tests. Class act opener