After all the doom and gloom surrounding English football, we thought the cricketers might be able to cheer us up. Betfair went to find Ian Bell watching the rain and waiting for the One Day series against South Africa to start for an exclusive chat.

Hi Ian, so with the Test series over you can probably look back at your 199 at Lord's with a bit of context. Are you still gutted it wasn't 200?

Yes, to be honest. I was desperate to score a double hundred and to get that a Lord's wo