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Despite his recent struggles Ian Bell has been earmarked as a danger by the South Africans. Photographer: Paul Harding/Action Images It may come as news to those who have followed Ian Bell's progress over the past year but he has been identified by South Africa as the key figure in England's batting line-up in the eagerly awaited four-Test series starting at Lord's on Thursday. Despite Bell making only one hundred in his last 15 Tests, the former South African fast bowler Allan Donald yesterday said his compatriots regard him as the batsman most likely to hold England together against one of the most potentially destructive out-and-out pace attacks to visit this country since Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis helped Pakistan win a controversial series in 1992. "Without a doubt they'll target him," said Donald. "He's just come off... [read full story]
