Bell a 'pain in backside', says Sri Lanka coach

By Richard Sydenham

SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) – Sri Lanka manager Stuart Law described England batsman Ian Bell as “a suffering in a backside” after he plundered a third century in his final 5 exam innings upon Sunday.

Bell’s chanceless 119 not out, his 14th exam hundred, helped give England a possibility of winning a rain-affected third test, that would sign a 2-0 array win as good as a fifth unbroken array victory.

The 29-year-old middle-order batsman constructed an additional in vogue innings that gave him a fifth uninterrupted exam measure of over 50.

“Playing good cricket is all about coherence as good as Ian has finished that in a final 12-18 months,” Law told reporters. “He’s softened that coherence turn in his fool around as good as he’s proposed to do a guarantee he showed entrance by a ranks as a youngster during Warwickshire.

“It was an additional good innings today, he’s a suffering in a backside to be honest with you, a approach he plays, as good as he keeps it unequivocally simple. Scores fast though hits a round in 360 grade arcs. It’s unequivocally formidable to contain.

“He’s full of certainty as good as we can see that in a approach he plays. Hats off to him, he played an additional good hit today.”

Bell’s knock, done off 169 balls as good as together with twelve fours, is partial of an considerable method that proposed with 115 opposite Australia in Sydney, 103 not out during Cardiff in this array as good as 52 as good as 57 not out during Lord’s.

“I feel similar to I’m batting as good as we can during a minute,” Bell said. “It’s good to minister to us removing in winning positions. The idea unequivocally is to be as unchanging as possible.

“In a past I’ve played good during times, substantially not when it’s got unequivocally tough, though hopefully in a final 12-18 months I’ve proposed to put in performances when a group have indispensable them many as good as we do it some-more consistently, that is what we wish to do as a batsman.”

(Editing by Ed Osmond)

Bell a ‘pain in backside’, says Sri Lanka coach