Ian Bell – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameIan Ronald Bell

Born11 Apr 1982

Age44 Years

NationalityEnglish

RoleBatsman/Right-handed, Right-arm medium Bowler

Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	118	7727	42.69	49.46	1	4.22
ODI	161	5416	37.87	77.16	6	6.00
T20I	8	188	26.85	115.33	0	–
T20	107	2790	30.65	124.11	3	8.45
List A	318	11130	41.22	–	33	5.29
First-class	312	20440	43.58	–	47	3.37

Family

RelationsKeith Bell (Brother), Chantal Bell (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	15622	49.46	22	46	919	39	100
ODI	161	157	14	5416	141	37.87	7019	77.16	4	35	525	32	54
T20I	8	8	1	188	60	26.85	163	115.33	0	1	23	2	4
T20	107	103	12	2790	131	30.65	2248	124.11	1	18	270	70	37
List A	318	301	31	11130	158	41.22	0	–	13	79	0	0	109
First-class	312	524	55	20440	262	43.58	0	–	57	105	0	0	238

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	118	6	18	76	1	1/33	76.00	4.22	0
ODI	161	6	14.4	88	6	3/9	14.66	6.00	0
T20	107	10	22	186	3	1/12	62.00	8.45	0
List A	318	0	215	1138	33	5/41	34.48	5.29	1
First-class	312	0	479.1	1615	47	–	34.36	3.37	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Econ
Big Bash League	10	231	61	33.00	126.92	–
Pakistan Super League	1	54	54	54.00	117.39	–
Vitality Blast	17	621	131	41.40	134.71	–
County Championship	42	2301	204	37.11	51.85	2.13
English One Day Cup	18	536	145	53.60	90.85	–
ICC Champions Trophy	8	251	91	31.38	71.31	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	20	666	81	33.30	70.93	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Australia	3	88	39	29.33	127.54	0
New Zealand	3	73	60	24.33	121.67	1
Pakistan	1	14	14	14.00	82.35	0
Sri Lanka	1	13	13	13.00	76.47	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	31	1163	126	43.07	85.39	6	2
Australia	29	1148	141	39.59	78.95	8	1
Sri Lanka	27	724	77	26.81	72.55	2	0
New Zealand	23	654	82	29.73	72.99	3	0
South Africa	15	388	88	27.71	74.76	2	0
West Indies	7	341	126	48.71	78.57	3	1
Pakistan	8	319	88	45.57	69.35	2	0
Ireland	3	192	81	64.00	73.56	2	0
Zimbabwe	4	163	75	40.75	68.20	2	0
Bangladesh	5	152	84	50.67	70.37	2	0
Afghanistan	1	52	52	–	92.86	1	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Zimbabwe	1	3	9	3.00	2.45	7.33
Ireland	1	2	39	19.50	7.80	15.00
Sri Lanka	3	1	30	30.00	7.50	24.00
Pakistan	1	0	10	–	–	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Australia	60	1983	115	34.79	48.13	18	4
India	35	1343	235	41.97	55.59	4	4
Pakistan	25	897	119	49.83	45.35	3	4
Sri Lanka	17	812	119	47.76	57.18	8	2
South Africa	20	789	199	41.53	43.28	4	2
West Indies	18	706	143	44.13	51.99	5	2
Bangladesh	7	633	162	105.50	64.92	2	3
New Zealand	23	564	110	24.52	36.81	2	1

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	2	1	42	42.00	4.67	54.00
Australia	3	0	32	–	4.00	–
India	1	0	2	–	2.00	–

Last 10 innings · batting

54vs IND-L

7vs SA-L

5vs WI-L

1vs AUS-L

51*vs PAK-L

0vs SA-M

1vs WI-M

7vs UH

97vs WI-XI

11vs PAK-L

T20 vs IND-L27 Jul 2025 · c Y Singh b H Singh 54(39) T20 vs SA-L24 Jul 2025 · c Morne van Wyk b C Morris 7(9) T20 vs WI-L22 Jul 2025 · c CAK Walton b FH Edwards 5(7) T20 vs AUS-L19 Jul 2025 · c S Marsh b PM Siddle 1(5) T20 vs PAK-L18 Jul 2025 · Not out 51*(35) T20 vs SA-M3 Mar 2025 · b GJP Kruger 0(2) T20 vs WI-M27 Feb 2025 · c FH Edwards b J Taylor 1(3) T20 vs UH21 Sep 2024 · c GH Worker b S Shenwari 7(11) T20 vs WI-XI9 Jul 2024 · c TL Best b J Taylor 97(64) T20 vs PAK-L7 Jul 2024 · runout (Yasir Arafat) 11(11)

Last 2 innings · bowling

0/2vs YOR

0/15vs MID

First Class vs YOR24 Apr 2016 0/2 First Class vs MID17 Apr 2016 0/15

About Ian Bell

Ian Bell Biography

Ian Bell is an English cricketer born on 11 April 1982 in Warwickshire. He played in all the formats of the game for the English cricket team. He is a right-handed top order batsman and a part-time right-arm medium pace bowler.

Bell is a technically sound batsman and has an excellent temperament. He is also a good fielder in the slips. He is one of the few batsmen to have achieved the feat of scoring a test century against all test playing nations (excluding Zimbabwe).

Background

Bell started his career playing for the England Under-19 cricket team on their tour of New Zealand in 1998. For his marvelous performances in this series, Dayle Hadlee called Bell “the best 16-year-old I have ever seen”. Bell made his first-class debut for Warwickshire in September 1999.

Bell has represented Warwickshire throughout his county cricket career. He was an integral part of the England Under-19 cricket team from 1998 to 2001. He was a part of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from the year 2004 to 2009.

Debut

Bell made his Test debut against West Indies in August 2004 and scored 70 runs in his only innings. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in November 2004. Playing a match winning innings of 75 runs to take England over the winning line, Bell won the Man of the Match award in his first ODI.

His T20 debut came against Pakistan in 2006, where he scored 13 runs in England’s loss.

Rise to Glory

Bell came to prominence when he performed exquisitely in the two-Test series against Bangladesh with scores of 65 not out and 162 not out in the two innings he played. He became the first English cricketer since Leslie Ames in 1935 to score over 100 runs before lunch in a Test match.

He continued his good run as he scored a century along with two half-centuries in the three-match Test series against Pakistan. He was England’s top run scorer with 313 runs at an average of 52.16.

Low Points

Bell had a poor 2005 Ashes campaign as he averaged a meager 17.10 in five matches including a pair (score of 0 in both innings of a Test match) at the Oval.

Stats and Records

Bell has scored 7727 runs in 118 Tests at an average of 42.69 with 22 centuries. In the ODIs, Bell has made 5416 runs in 160 matches at an average of 37.87. He is the highest run scorer for England in the ODIs.

Bell was presented the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award in 2006 and was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours.

He was the Man of the Series for his spectacular during the 2013 Ashes.

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