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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">London, Sep 16.&nbsp;England batsman Ian Bell believes Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene&rsquo;s appointment as a consultant will surely help improve England&#39;s record on the sub-continent.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJayawardene will join England&#39;s tour to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Test series against Pakistan next month.<br \/>\r\nBell, 33, described the appointment as &quot;brilliant&quot; and said he would &quot;badger&quot; the newly-retired batsman for advice, bbc.co.uk reported on Wednesday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The one thing we need to do is get better on the subcontinent, and he&#39;s (Jayawardene) one of the best ever,&quot; he said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Jayawardene, 38, scored 11,814 runs in 149 Tests and 12,650 runs in 448 One-Day Internationals.<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;To have his input leading into the series, and all the preparation, is going to be huge for us. I&#39;m really looking forward to that,&quot; Bell said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;He was certainly hard to get out in those conditions, so I&#39;ll be picking his brain all the way through if I can, probably badgering him a bit too much, but trying to get everything I can out of him to make my game better,&quot; the right handed batsman said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEngland lost 0-3 to Pakistan in the UAE in 2012, but Bell believes they are better equipped this time and said either Alex Hales or Moeen Ali could open the batting.&nbsp;&quot;Experience tells me in the UAE you have to be flexible, you have to go for a different style of cricket,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;\">(IANS)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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