Ian Bell is a cricketer who represents the England cricket team. [1] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 22 and 4 occasions respectively. [2] [3] As of November 2015, he has played 118 Tests and 161 ODIs for England, scoring 7,727 and 5,416 runs respectively. [1]
Bell made his Test debut in 2004 in the fourth Test against the West Indies at The Oval, scoring 70 in a ten-wicket England victory. [4] His first century came a year later against Bangladesh at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. [5] His highest Test score is 235 against India at The Oval. [6] Bell has scored Test centuries at fifteen cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside England. [7] [8] He has scored his twenty-two Test centuries against eight different opponents; he is most successful against Australia, Pakistan and India, with four against each. England have never lost a test match in which Bell has scored a century. [9] His dismissal for 199 against South Africa in July 2008 made him just the seventh batsman to lose his wicket on that score in Test cricket. [10] As of November 2015, Bell is joint twenty-eighth among all-time Test century makers, [2] [A] and joint third in the equivalent list for England. [11]
Bell's ODI debut came in 2004 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, a match England won by five wickets. He scored 75 runs in the match, and received the man of the match award. [12] His first century came three years later at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, scoring an unbeaten 126 in a 104-run victory over India. [13] His highest ODI score is 141 against Australia at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart in 2015. [14] Following the conclusion of the 2015 Ashes series, Bell announced his retirement from ODI cricket. [15]
Bell has played eight Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, without scoring a century, [16] his highest score being 60 not out. [1] As of 2015, Bell is joint forty-sixth—with Garfield Sobers, Marcus Trescothick and David Boon—in the list of century-makers in international cricket, all formats of the game combined. [17]
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
* | Remained not out |
† | Man of the match |
Balls | Balls faced |
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
Test | The number of the Test match played in that series |
S/R | Strike rate during the innings |
H/A | Venue was at home (England) or away |
Date | Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches |
Lost | The match was lost by England |
Won | The match was won by England |
Drawn | The match was drawn |
D/L | The match was decided using the Duckworth–Lewis method |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 162* | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | 2/2 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 3 June 2005 | Won | [5] |
2 | 115 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 20 November 2005 | Drawn | [19] |
3 | 100* | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 13 July 2006 | Drawn | [20] |
4 | 106* | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 2/4 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 27 July 2006 | Won | [21] |
5 | 119 | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 3/4 | Headingley, Leeds | Home | 4 August 2006 | Won | [22] |
6 | 109* | West Indies | 6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 17 May 2007 | Drawn | [23] |
7 | 110 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 3/3 | McLean Park, Napier | Away | 22 March 2008 | Won | [24] |
8 | 199† | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 10 July 2008 | Drawn | [25] |
9 | 140 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 2/4 | Kingsmead, Durban | Away | 26 December 2009 | Won | [26] |
10 | 138 | Bangladesh | 5 | 2 | 2/2 | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 20 March 2010 | Won | [27] |
11 | 128† | Bangladesh | 5 | 1 | 2/2 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 4 June 2010 | Won | [28] |
12 | 115 | Australia | 7 | 2 | 5/5 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 3 January 2011 | Won | [29] |
13 | 103* | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 1/3 | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Home | 26 May 2011 | Won | [30] |
14 | 119* | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 3/3 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2011 | Drawn | [31] |
15 | 159 | India | 3 | 3 | 2/4 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 29 July 2011 | Won | [32] |
16 | 235† | India | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | The Oval, London | Home | 18 August 2011 | Won | [6] |
17 | 116* | India | 5 | 3 | 4/4 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 13 December 2012 | Drawn | [33] |
18 | 109 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1/5 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 10 July 2013 | Won | [34] |
19 | 109 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Home | 18 July 2013 | Won | [35] |
20 | 113 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 4/5 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 9 August 2013 | Won | [36] |
21 | 167 | India | 4 | 1 | 3/5 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 27 July 2014 | Won | [37] |
22 | 143 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 13 April 2015 | Drawn | [38] |
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 126*† | 118 | India | 3 | 1 | 106.77 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 21 August 2007 | Won | [13] |
2 | 126† | 117 | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 107.69 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2012 | Won (D/L) | [39] |
3 | 113*† | 143 | India | 2 | 2 | 79.02 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Away | 27 January 2013 | Won | [40] |
4 | 141 | 125 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 112.80 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Away | 23 January 2015 | Lost | [14] |
A. ^ Bell is joint twenty-eighth in all-time Test century makers along with Wally Hammond, Mohammad Azharuddin, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott. [2]
Ian Bell is a cricketer who represents the England cricket team. [1] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 22 and 4 occasions respectively. [2] [3] As of November 2015, he has played 118 Tests and 161 ODIs for England, scoring 7,727 and 5,416 runs respectively. [1]
Bell made his Test debut in 2004 in the fourth Test against the West Indies at The Oval, scoring 70 in a ten-wicket England victory. [4] His first century came a year later against Bangladesh at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. [5] His highest Test score is 235 against India at The Oval. [6] Bell has scored Test centuries at fifteen cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside England. [7] [8] He has scored his twenty-two Test centuries against eight different opponents; he is most successful against Australia, Pakistan and India, with four against each. England have never lost a test match in which Bell has scored a century. [9] His dismissal for 199 against South Africa in July 2008 made him just the seventh batsman to lose his wicket on that score in Test cricket. [10] As of November 2015, Bell is joint twenty-eighth among all-time Test century makers, [2] [A] and joint third in the equivalent list for England. [11]
Bell's ODI debut came in 2004 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, a match England won by five wickets. He scored 75 runs in the match, and received the man of the match award. [12] His first century came three years later at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, scoring an unbeaten 126 in a 104-run victory over India. [13] His highest ODI score is 141 against Australia at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart in 2015. [14] Following the conclusion of the 2015 Ashes series, Bell announced his retirement from ODI cricket. [15]
Bell has played eight Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, without scoring a century, [16] his highest score being 60 not out. [1] As of 2015, Bell is joint forty-sixth—with Garfield Sobers, Marcus Trescothick and David Boon—in the list of century-makers in international cricket, all formats of the game combined. [17]
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
* | Remained not out |
† | Man of the match |
Balls | Balls faced |
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
Test | The number of the Test match played in that series |
S/R | Strike rate during the innings |
H/A | Venue was at home (England) or away |
Date | Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches |
Lost | The match was lost by England |
Won | The match was won by England |
Drawn | The match was drawn |
D/L | The match was decided using the Duckworth–Lewis method |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 162* | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | 2/2 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 3 June 2005 | Won | [5] |
2 | 115 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 20 November 2005 | Drawn | [19] |
3 | 100* | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 13 July 2006 | Drawn | [20] |
4 | 106* | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 2/4 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 27 July 2006 | Won | [21] |
5 | 119 | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 3/4 | Headingley, Leeds | Home | 4 August 2006 | Won | [22] |
6 | 109* | West Indies | 6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 17 May 2007 | Drawn | [23] |
7 | 110 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 3/3 | McLean Park, Napier | Away | 22 March 2008 | Won | [24] |
8 | 199† | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 10 July 2008 | Drawn | [25] |
9 | 140 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 2/4 | Kingsmead, Durban | Away | 26 December 2009 | Won | [26] |
10 | 138 | Bangladesh | 5 | 2 | 2/2 | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 20 March 2010 | Won | [27] |
11 | 128† | Bangladesh | 5 | 1 | 2/2 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 4 June 2010 | Won | [28] |
12 | 115 | Australia | 7 | 2 | 5/5 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 3 January 2011 | Won | [29] |
13 | 103* | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 1/3 | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Home | 26 May 2011 | Won | [30] |
14 | 119* | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 3/3 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2011 | Drawn | [31] |
15 | 159 | India | 3 | 3 | 2/4 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 29 July 2011 | Won | [32] |
16 | 235† | India | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | The Oval, London | Home | 18 August 2011 | Won | [6] |
17 | 116* | India | 5 | 3 | 4/4 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 13 December 2012 | Drawn | [33] |
18 | 109 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1/5 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 10 July 2013 | Won | [34] |
19 | 109 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Home | 18 July 2013 | Won | [35] |
20 | 113 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 4/5 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 9 August 2013 | Won | [36] |
21 | 167 | India | 4 | 1 | 3/5 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 27 July 2014 | Won | [37] |
22 | 143 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 13 April 2015 | Drawn | [38] |
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 126*† | 118 | India | 3 | 1 | 106.77 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 21 August 2007 | Won | [13] |
2 | 126† | 117 | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 107.69 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2012 | Won (D/L) | [39] |
3 | 113*† | 143 | India | 2 | 2 | 79.02 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Away | 27 January 2013 | Won | [40] |
4 | 141 | 125 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 112.80 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Away | 23 January 2015 | Lost | [14] |
A. ^ Bell is joint twenty-eighth in all-time Test century makers along with Wally Hammond, Mohammad Azharuddin, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott. [2]