Century For Bell On A Good Day For Warwicks

Last updated : 21 May 2011 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry born Ian Bell made 139 on the second day of Warwickshire's County Championship game with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Walsgrave Hospital born Bell, who was a recent visitor to a Coventry City game, had said that he wanted the batting practice and to bat for moost of the day and resumed on 67.

Against the likes of Graeme Swann and Chris Broad who took the wickets of Bell's team-mates, Bell's century came off 189 balls and saw fourteen fours being hit.

He hit another four fours and one six before being finally caught by Franks off the bowling of Broad after making 139.

Bell was the last man out for Warwickshire whose innings was ended with the score on 376 in 94.5 overs.

Notts had made twenty four runs before Naqaash Tahir struck to remove firstly Patel and five runs later Wagh.

Mullaney was caught by Clarke off the bowling of Boyd Rankin, Brown was bowled by Maddy for eight and Voges was caught by Porterfield to leave Notts on 52-5.

When Maddy got the wicket of Franks, Notts were 70-6 at tea.

The wickets continued to tumble. Maddy had Read caught and bowled, Graeme Swann went for 16 and when Stuart Broad was caught behind by Tim Ambrose, Notts were all out for 117 in 32.2 overs.

Warwicks enforced the follow on. Patel was out without scoring after receiving three balls from Tahir before being caught by Ambrose.

Wagh and Mullaney added 33 runs before the latter went caught by Metters to give Boyd Rankin his fourth wicket in the match which became five four balls later when Wagh was caught by Ambrose and then six when Brown was caught by Maddy.

Notts closed on 60-4 trailing by 199 runs.

Resuming the second day on 43-0 Warwickshire Seconds made good progress at Binley Road with Westwood 47 and Barker 69 leading the way before the innings closed on 298 from exactly one hundred overs. Sanderson 4-55 was the most successful Yorkshire bowler.

In their second innings, Yorkshire made a strong reply, wiping out the Bears' first innings lead by the close when they were 101-1 trailing by just one run