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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

Media Watch

Tom Fordyce, BBC Chief Sports Writer

“Some days of Test cricket are played out in half-empty stadiums, the weather grey, the cricket stodgy. Walking round Trent Bridge this morning is the complete, joyous opposite – thousands of beaming faces, the smell of sun-cream and cold lager, the sun bright, the sky clear and the cricket thrilling. There can be few happier places in the country today.”

Day Four Live: Bell The Next To Go

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Ian Bell has finally fallen for 109 but his knock has put England in a strong position. Starc gets one to straighten a touch and that is another to catch the outside edge which goes through to Haddin. The lead is now up past 300 and as Bell strides off to a standing ovation, Finn takes his place and the next half an hour could produce a few fireworks.

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