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Ian Bell vs Michael Vaughan

Who was the better test batsman?


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BazBall21

International Captain
Definitely Vaughan. They average similar but he generally batted higher and with considerably more success than when Bell batted top 3. He also has three hundreds against Glenn McGrath whereas Bell was notoriously a bit of a downhill skier with the exception of the 2013 ashes.
 
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Majestic

U19 Captain
England post 2000s XI :

Cook
Strauss
Vaughan(c)
KP
Root
Stokes
Prior(wkt)
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Anderson

Yeah, Bell misses out.
 

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