• Batsman ‘gutted’ at not being selected for South Africa tour
• Nick Compton and Gary Ballance recalled with Adil Rashid also left outIan Bell has said he will fight for his Test dwelling having been dropped by England for the tour of South Africa in which only Alastair Cook,Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad remain from the side that drew the series the final time they visited in 2009-10.
The 33-year-old, a veteran of 118 Tests, and described himself as “absolutely gutted” after hearing he is to be replaced following a difficult series against Pakistan and a disappointing two years in which he has averaged 29 and scored only two centuries.
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Source: theguardian.com