Confidence in the England camp is sky high after a magnificent Ashes series victory over Australia and that was very much in evidence on Sunday night / Monday morning when an English ODI team put a Prime Minister’s XI to the sword.

Ian Bell was in imperious form, scoring 124 runs off 102 deliveries as the tourists won with nine balls left to spare and it bodes well for the forthcoming ODI series against Australia, where the hosts will be looking to gain revenge.

Bell was delighted with his knock as he outshone Dan Christian, a player who recently went for $900,000 in an IPL auction.

He said: “Strange how some England guys have not been picked up. It would have been a great experience in the IPL but there is a lot more for me to do. I’m not established in this one-day side yet.”

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