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Day Four Live: Reaction To Bell Wicket On Twitter

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@AltCricket

Brilliant knock from Ian Bell. Came in under the cosh, absolutely awesome. #Ashes

@CricketAus

OUT! A great innings from Ian Bell comes to an end, @mstarc56 removing the centurion for 109. ENG 8-371. #Ashes #ReturnTheUrn

@userlastname

Ian Bell was actually very respectable and deserves the standing ovation. We’re gonna need a few innings like Bell’s if we’re gonna win.

@mayesycfc

Take a bow Ian Bell, game changing innings. #Ashes

@SwingkingUCC

Great innings Belly , you stood up when your country needed you well done! #rise #comeonengland

Day Four Live: Early Tweets

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@Alli734

Couldn’t think of a better place to be today than sat in the sun at Trent bridge watching the cricket! Would do anything to be there!

@tomhowarth31

I take it all back about Ian Bell! No longer will I call him a bottler or say he only gets runs when it doesn’t matter!! #Ashes

@ICC_CricInfo

Shot! Now that’s a cover drive. Beautiful to watch from Bell. England 360-7 #Rise #Ashes

@adenpearce

Trent Bridge, on the hottest day of all time. pic.twitter.com/WPILxez9p4

@graemejcowie

Why have I loved living in England for 17 years? TMS in the sunshine. Only bettered by being at Trent Bridge!

Day Four Live: News Roundup

Malcolm Ashton, BBC TMS
“This is a record-breaking seventh-wicket partnership at Trent Bridge in a Test for England. The previous best was 119 between Matt Prior and Tim Bresnan against India in 2011.”

Alan Tyers, The Telegraph
“Superb day again yesterday. Ian Bell produced, for me, his best and most important innings in an England jersey. If he had got out for a pretty 30-odd, I reckon Australia would have won. As it is, the has put England firmly in the driving seat. Scyld Berry reckons England can stick on another 50 today, and that should be enough for the win. Even if they were knocked over in five minutes this morning, I reckon 261 is still a serious target for Australia, probably beyond them already but you never know.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/10170731/Ashes-2013-first-Test-live.html

Sir Ian Botham, The Mirror
“I’d be a lot happier in the England camp, but before people start thinking about a win, I would say there is still a long way to go in the game – and nothing is impossible for a team with Michael Clarke in it. What was all the fuss about? Stuart Broad did absolutely the right thing in standing his ground after that edge. Broad was entitled to stay put, he did not try to influence the umpire in any way, he just stood there and waited for a decision. He’s got away with one. Good luck to him.
If you’re going to start banning and taking action against players who don’t walk, then Australia wouldn’t have a cricket team.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/ian-bothams-ashes-opinion-stuart-2048956#ixzz2Yv9JWQJF

Simon Burnton, The Guadrian
“I think it would have been bizarre, even reprehensible, for Broad to walk. Cricket isn’t about actually getting the batsman out, but convincing an umpire that the batsman is out. In the case of Trott, Australia didn’t get the batsman out, but convinced an umpire that they had. In the case of Broad, they did get the batsman out, but failed to convince an umpire that they had. They’re two sides of the same coin, and if Australia were happy to win the coin-toss with Trott, then they can hardly complain when it lands on the other side.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/13/the-ashes-england-australia-live-report

On This Day in Cricket: 12 July

1930- Sir Donald Bradman makes 334 against England at Headingly

1932- Hedley Verity takes all 10 wickets in a single Innings for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire

1965- Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar born

1969- Former England fast bowler Alan Mullally born

The Broad Appeal Day

Day three of the First Investec Ashes Test is Broad Appeal Day in aid of Motor Neurone Disease here at Trent Bridge.

The appeal led by Stuart, Chris and Gemma Broad was launched after the death of Chris’ wife Miche, who suffered from the disease, in July 2010 and aims to raise funds to continue research into MND, a disease for which there is no cure. Today Trent Bridge are hosting a Broad Appeal stand beneath The New Stand and former England player Chris rang the bell before the start of pay.

We have a full interview with Chris Broad on our AudioBoo channel

Further information about the Broad Appeal can be found at http://www.thebroadappeal.org/ and their JustGiving page  http://www.justgiving.com/The-Broad-Appeal

Day Three Live: Early Afternoon Tweets

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@Antony_Melvin

“Only three teams in history have scored 200+ in the fourth innings to win at Trent Bridge #ashes stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stat…”

@garmstrong61

“Highest successful fourth innings run chase at Trent Bridge in Ashes Tests is 3-189 by England in 1977. Best by Australia is 3-158 in 2001.”

 @paulli00

“@tnfcricket when I grow up I wanna be Ashton Agar! #Ashtag #ashes #tnfcricket pic.twitter.com/9lZLheDwLN”

@Ipkissmog

“@TrentBridge: Exclusive podcast with Duckworth Lewis Method audioboo.fm/boos/1497834-t… #ashes #RISE””

@ChipDrunk

“@ECB_cricket If (IF) Broad is fully fit to bowl in the 2nd innings, i think we can defend around 230/240. #Ashes #Rise”

Day Three Live: Twitter

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@DoctorFiveball

“I’d like to again thank England for sending us to paradise for punishment. #theashes #ReturnTheUrn #RISE #engvaus pic.twitter.com/WEvgKgznkO”

@DonBrownEsq

“Please could we have a nice boring day at Trent Bridge? A couple of century partnerships, 3 or 4 wickets max?”

@Parker105

“Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen have now added more runs batting together in Test cricket than Hobbs and Sutcliffe (who added 3339)”

@Sappoclub

“Trent Bridge weather forecast: Blazing sunshine and beers leading to mid afternoon kips and then early evening lairyness. Wish I was there.”

Aggers Book Signing

Veteran Test Match Special commentator and cricket writer Jonathan Agnew has spent the morning prior to the start of the play signing copies of his new book, Cricket: A Modern Anthology behind the Radcliffe Road stand here at Trent Bridge.

We caught up with Aggers to get his opinion on Ashton Agar, England’s chances in the game and Geoffrey Boycott’s latest cake. Please click below to hear the interview in full via our AudioBoo channel below.

listen to ‘Ashes Podcast: Jonathan Agnew’ on Audioboo