Bell first made her identify within the inaugural season of The Hundred in 2021. She was a tall seamer with first rate tempo, who had an uncanny skill to hoop an inswinger right into a right-handed batter.
A global debut got here the next summer season.
However after two spectacular seasons on the prime of the ladies’s sport, and after England had drawn however not gained the Ashes, Bell determined she needed extra.
“I sat down with Mase [England women’s fast-bowling coach Matt Mason] and Lewy [head coach Jon Lewis] and mentioned ‘how am I going to push my sport ahead?'” Bell says.
It was determined the very factor that made Bell good was really holding her again.
Her motion allowed her to bowl that inswinger however the best way she fell to the left in her supply stride made it all-but unattainable to swing the ball the opposite approach.
“I had again ache quite a bit,” says Bell.
“And secondly bowling inswing was my solely possibility as a result of I fell away a lot.
“We mentioned to get higher I would really like extra tempo, extra bounce and in time it could permit me entry to swing the ball each methods.”
A choice to alter was made however there have been doubts at first.
“For few months I might do a few session and be like ‘no I don’t need to change it’,” Bell says.
“It took till I received again from New Zealand in March to leap in two toes.”
There have been numerous hours of drills with Mason away from the cameras. Lewis, himself a former bowling coach, has overseen the adjustments.
“We did a lot technical stuff,” Bell says.
“What I’ve completed is tried to get extra upright by having two toes on the ground, dragging my again foot so it isn’t within the air and I fall over.”
