Tweets of the Week: Bell appreciation

Former team-mate Kevin Pietersen and company congratulated England batsman Ian Bell, who reached a milestone 100 Test matches on Friday.
Former team-mate Kevin Pietersen and company congratulated England batsman Ian Bell, who reached a milestone 100 Test matches on Friday…
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Huge day for <a href="https://twitter.com/Ian_Bell">@Ian_Bell</a> today! What a player, what a guy! Comfortably the most stylish batter I ever played with! Richly deserves today. #100</p>- Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) <a href="https://twitter.com/KP24/statuses/479886306500411392">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/Ian_Bell">@Ian_Bell</a> on your 100th test!! Well deserved!! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23classact&src=hash">#classact</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23YouBears&src=hash">#YouBears</a></p>- Boyd Rankin (@boydrankin) <a href="https://twitter.com/boydrankin/statuses/479906382821752832">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Eng win toss and bowl! Congrats Ian_bell on the #100 cap! Class player, one of the most stylish out there! Go well!</p>— Phil Tufnell (@philtufnell) <a href="https://twitter.com/philtufnell/statuses/479920816382308352">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Congratulations & Good Luck to Ian Bell playing in his 100th Test match today at Headingley. A fantastic achievement :-)</p>- Mark Ramprakash (@MarkRamprakash) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRamprakash/statuses/479875584890523648">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>All about Ian Bell today… 100th Test and what a venue to play it… One of England's finest players on the eye…. And a great lad…</p>- Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelVaughan/statuses/479876471260217344">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/Ian_Bell">@Ian_Bell</a> on his 100th Test. Great achievement and well deserved. One of England's finest.</p>- Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/StewieCricket/statuses/479653364981334016">June 19, 2014</a></blockquote>
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