Full name Ian Ronald Bell
Born April 11, 1982, Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire
Current age 37 years 248 days
Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Islamabad United, Marylebone Cricket Club, Perth Scorchers, Warwickshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board
Nickname Belly
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Princethorpe College, Rugby
Relation Brother - KD Bell
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 118 | 205 | 24 | 7727 | 235 | 42.69 | 15622 | 49.46 | 22 | 46 | 919 | 39 | 100 | 0 |
ODIs | 161 | 157 | 14 | 5416 | 141 | 37.87 | 7019 | 77.16 | 4 | 35 | 525 | 32 | 54 | 0 |
T20Is | 8 | 8 | 1 | 188 | 60* | 26.85 | 163 | 115.33 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
First-class | 307 | 516 | 55 | 20256 | 262* | 43.93 | 57 | 103 | 233 | 0 | ||||
List A | 318 | 301 | 31 | 11130 | 158 | 41.22 | 13 | 79 | 109 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 104 | 100 | 12 | 2749 | 131 | 31.23 | 2204 | 124.72 | 1 | 18 | 267 | 69 | 36 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 118 | 6 | 108 | 76 | 1 | 1/33 | 1/33 | 76.00 | 4.22 | 108.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 161 | 6 | 88 | 88 | 6 | 3/9 | 3/9 | 14.66 | 6.00 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 307 | 2875 | 1615 | 47 | 4/4 | 34.36 | 3.37 | 61.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
List A | 318 | 1290 | 1138 | 33 | 5/41 | 5/41 | 34.48 | 5.29 | 39.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
T20s | 104 | 10 | 132 | 186 | 3 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 62.00 | 8.45 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 19-21, 2004 scorecard |
Last Test | England v Pakistan at Sharjah, Nov 1-5, 2015 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Nov 28, 2004 scorecard |
Last ODI | Afghanistan v England at Sydney, Mar 13, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20I | England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, May 20, 2014 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1999 |
Last First-class | Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Sep 24-26, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | 1999 |
Last List A | Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Jun 7, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah, Feb 22, 2019 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Warwcks 2nd | v Derby 2nd XI | Barnt Green | 8 Jul 2019 | Other |
11, 4 | Warwcks 2nd | v Lancs 2nd XI | Birmingham | 2 Jul 2019 | Other |
54 | Islamabad Un | v Zalmi | Sharjah | 22 Feb 2019 | T20 |
16 | Warwickshire | v Kent | Birmingham | 24 Sep 2018 | FC |
112, 5* | Warwickshire | v Sussex | Hove | 18 Sep 2018 | FC |
1 | Warwickshire | v Leics | Leicester | 10 Sep 2018 | FC |
12, 10 | Warwickshire | v Durham | Birmingham | 4 Sep 2018 | FC |
204 | Warwickshire | v Glamorgan | Colwyn Bay | 29 Aug 2018 | FC |
2 | Warwickshire | v Gloucs | Birmingham | 19 Aug 2018 | FC |
19 | Bears | v Worcs | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2018 | T20 |
Ian Bell, much admired by the purists, who could swoon over his cover drive when he was in full flow, filled English cricket with elegance in a career that brought 118 Tests, 169 caps in limited-overs formats and a stack of first-class runs for Warwickshire. He never quite achieved the greatness that some predicted for him as a teenager, but he was a very fine player at international level and English cricket lost a little grace when he played his last Test against Pakistan in Sharjah in November 2015.
NBC Denis Compton Award 1999, 2000, 2001
PCA Young Cricketer of the Year 2004
Awarded the MBE in 2005
ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2006