Eng vs Pak: Ian Bell hopes to bat big for England in 3rd Test

Bell has scores of 0,4,29,3 in the four innings and has fallen to star offspinner Saeed Ajmal three times.

England’s Ian Bell is desperately looking to do some decent batting on a turning Dubai pitch after featuring in two humbling test defeats against Pakistan.

Bell has scores of 0,4,29,3 in the four innings and has fallen to star offspinner Saeed Ajmal three times.

Pakistan will be looking for its first ever clean sweep against England when the third Test begins on Friday.

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Bell says he’s ‘desperate as ever’ to make amends for his four flop knocks and make sure England batsmen get it right in the third Test.

The struggling middle-order batsman admitted it’s been hard for him and his teammates to make starts,and unfortunate that none of them could get past the ‘first 20-25 deliveries’.

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