Ka taƙaita labarin:  Ian Bell ya dage cewa Ingila ba ta raina West Indies ba kafin gwajin farko, duk da wasu maganganu marasa kyau daga shugaban mai shigowa na Hukumar Cricket ta Ingila da Wales. Shugaban Yorkshire mai barin gado Colin Graves, wanda zai fara aiki a matsayin magajin Giles Clarke a wata mai zuwa, ya kara daukan mataki kafin a fara yawon shakatawa ta hanyar ayyana masu masaukin baki a matsayin'masu matsakaici' kuma ya yi alkawarin 'wasu bincike' idan Ingila ba ta lashe jerin ba. West Indies sun rataya don yin wasa a kan wani filin da ba a amsa ba a Antigua a makon da ya gabata kuma hangen nesa na irin wannan bene a Grenada a ranar Talata yana nufin cika burin Graves na iya zama aiki mai wuya. Ian Bell ya ce bai taba tsammanin Ingila za ta lashe gasar a West Indies ba tare da gwagwarmaya ba. Amma, Bell, bayan gwaje-gwaje 106 da shekaru 11 a kan hanyar kasa da kasa, bai taba tsammanin wani abu daban ba. 'Ba mu da iko kan waɗannan maganganun (daga Graves), amma mun san kuma muna girmama wannan gefen West Indies sosai,' in ji mai shekaru 33. 'Ba shakka ban zo nan ina tsammanin za su juya ba kuma wannan zai zama jerin sauki. Ba za ka taba tsammanin hakan ba a duk wata kungiya ta kasa da kasa, ballantana ma wata kungiya ta gwaji. 'Ban yi mamaki ba sam. Na yi tsammanin gasa. 'Akwai wasu 'yan wasa matasa masu kyau a wannan bangaren West Indies. Mun ga yadda Jason Holder ya taka leda a karshen, a cikin wani abu mai ban mamaki, da kuma yadda Jerome Taylor ya yi wasa, musamman tare da sabon kwallon, ya nuna cewa dole ne mu yi wasa mai kyau a nan. 'Shin mun yi imani za mu iya lashe gasar? Hakika, amma ana bukatar aiki tuƙuru don a cim ma hakan.' Bell na iya cewa duk abubuwan da suka dace amma mai bude wasan Windies Devon Smith, wanda zai zama dan Grenada na farko da zai buga wasan cricket na gwaji a tsibirin, ya bayyana cewa maganganun Graves ba su wuce ba. Bell ya zira kwallaye dari a wasan farko, amma Ingila ta kasa ganin nasarar. 'Sun ce a cikin manema labaru za su ci uku don ƙauna, wannan shi ne na farko a ƙasa kuma muna sa ido ga na gaba biyu da za su zo,' in ji shi. 'Yana motsa ni, da kuma dukan tawagar, su fita can kuma su tabbatar da su ba daidai ba ne ga...
Shugaban ECB mai shigowa Colin Graves ya kira West Indies'matsakaici' Amma Ingila ta kasa lashe gwajin farko a Antigua duk da mamayewa. Ian Bell ya dage cewa tawagarsa ba ta raina West Indies ba. Dan wasan West Indies Devon Smith ya ce kalaman sun karfafa masu masaukin baki.