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Sydney, Sep 22 (ANI): England batsman Ian Bell believes that fellow player Jonathan Trott’s clash with Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz will help forge the kind of spirit the Three Lions need to sustain them during the Ashes series.

Trott and Riaz had an altercation minutes before the fourth one-day at Lord’s, with Trott grabbing Riaz by the throat after both exchanged heated words in the net area.

Bell said the South Africa-born top-order player was unaffected by the incident.

“Things like this can be hard to get over, but when I saw Trotty he acted as if nothing had happened and he’d dealt with it,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.

Pakistan won by 38 runs at Lord’s to square the five-match series at 2-2 ahead of the finale at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl ground on Wednesday, but Bell insisted England would be better for Trott’s clash, if not their defeat.

“Without a shadow of a doubt, this team would never leave someone to battle on their own - and no England team I’ve ever been involved in would do that,” Bell said.

England begins their defence of the Ashes in Australia in November.

“This incident has brought the guys closer together, and we hope that will help us in the future - because the Australia tour will be tough. If we can get through things like this as a team it is something to move on from,” Bell said. (ANI)