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Ian Bell stats

Data through 6 September 2020Last updated 6 September 2020

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 19 August 2004 to 6 September 2020. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2004 and 2020, Ian Bell appears in 114 Tests, 156 ODIs, 8 T20Is for England in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in Tests: 7,416 at an average of 42.38 and a strike rate of 49.5, with a highest score of 235. Against Bangladesh in Tests, Ian Bell averaged 142.00 over 6 innings.

International matches

278

Tests 114 · ODIs 156 · T20Is 8

International runs

12,893

26 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

1,837 runs

Best batting average (Test)

42.38

198 innings

Highest score

235

Test

Teams played for

England 2004–2015 · 278Warwickshire 2014–2020 · 109Birmingham Bears 2018–2020 · 17Perth Scorchers 2016–2017 · 10Islamabad United 2019 · 1

BattingBowling

Ian Bell batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	114	198	23	7,416	235	42.38	14,968	49.5	22	42	14	885	38
ODI	156	153	12	5,289	141	37.51	6,865	77.0	4	33	6	509	31
T20I	8	8	1	188	60*	26.86	163	115.3	0	1	0	23	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	59	57	6	1,837	131	36.02	1,406	130.7	1	14	3	183	48
First-class	52	87	8	3,161	204	40.01	6,003	52.7	9	15	11	418	13
List A	26	21	3	998	145*	55.44	1,105	90.3	2	7	1	88	12

Runs per year

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Ian Bell: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	180
2005	489
2006	1,380
2007	1,863
2008	1,266
2009	319
2010	925
2011	1,628
2012	1,221
2013	1,650
2014	1,492
2015	1,414
2016	1,581
2017	1,369
2018	1,833
2019	54
2020	225

Year-by-year batting (45 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2004	ODI	3	110	36.67	62.5	75	0	1
2004	Test	1	70	70.00	53.8	70	0	1
2005	ODI	4	63	31.50	85.1	37	0	0
2005	Test	13	426	35.50	55.2	162	2	1
2006	ODI	16	654	43.60	70.4	88	0	5
2006	T20I	1	14	14.00	82.4	14	0	0
2006	Test	19	712	44.50	49.0	119	3	4
2007	ODI	32	1064	34.32	72.6	126	1	6
2007	T20I	1	22	22.00	100.0	22	0	0
2007	Test	20	777	40.89	53.1	109	1	7
2008	ODI	18	517	30.41	75.1	73	0	2
2008	T20I	3	73	36.50	121.7	60	0	1
2008	Test	21	676	37.56	47.2	199	2	2
2009	Test	10	319	31.90	49.6	140	1	2
2010	ODI	4	139	69.50	71.6	84	0	1
2010	Test	14	786	65.50	52.3	138	2	5
2011	ODI	24	612	26.61	77.9	81	0	3
2011	T20I	2	66	33.00	140.4	39	0	0
2011	Test	11	950	118.75	64.0	235	5	2
2012	ODI	11	549	54.90	82.7	126	1	4
2012	Test	25	672	33.60	39.7	116	1	6
2013	ODI	16	645	43.00	76.9	113	1	4
2013	Test	27	1005	41.88	42.6	113	3	5
2014	First-class	8	506	72.29	58.3	189	2	2
2014	ODI	15	479	34.21	90.9	68	0	4
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	42	21.00	175.0	38	0	0
2014	T20I	1	13	13.00	76.5	13	0	0
2014	Test	13	452	34.77	61.5	167	1	3
2015	First-class	3	178	59.33	49.3	111	1	1
2015	List A	1	52	52.00	62.7	52	0	1
2015	ODI	10	457	50.78	87.5	141	1	3
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	156	31.20	138.1	90	0	1
2015	Test	24	571	25.95	43.9	143	1	4
2016	First-class	22	678	33.90	43.2	174	1	3
2016	List A	8	310	51.67	94.2	94	0	3
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	593	39.53	130.9	80	0	6
2017	First-class	23	588	26.73	58.6	99	0	5
2017	List A	7	410	58.57	94.9	104	1	3
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	371	28.54	120.1	75	0	2
2018	First-class	23	1027	54.05	55.9	204	5	2
2018	List A	5	226	56.50	86.6	145	1	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	580	48.33	139.1	131	1	4
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	54	54.00	117.4	54	0	1
2020	First-class	8	184	23.00	50.7	90	0	2
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	41	13.67	93.2	28	0	0

Ian Bell bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	5	97	67	1	1/33	1/33	67.00	4.14	97.0	3
ODI	6	88	88	6	3/9	–	14.67	6.00	14.7	0
First-class	2	48	17	0	–	–	–	2.12	–	2

Wickets per year

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Ian Bell: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	3
2005	1
2006	3
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0

Year-by-year bowling (5 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	1	3	3.00	2.45	3/9
2005	Test	3	1	53.00	3.74	1/33
2006	ODI	5	3	26.33	7.18	2/39
2006	Test	2	0	–	7.00	0/2
2016	First-class	2	0	–	2.12	0/2

Ian Bell against each team

vs Australia vs India vs New Zealand vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs Pakistan vs West Indies vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	58	1859	34.43	48.1	115	4	16
India	Test	33	1317	43.90	56.8	235	4	4
Sri Lanka	Test	17	812	58.00	57.2	119	2	8
Pakistan	Test	23	801	42.16	45.1	119	4	2
South Africa	Test	20	789	41.53	43.3	199	2	4
West Indies	Test	18	706	47.07	52.0	143	2	5
Bangladesh	Test	6	568	142.00	64.5	162	3	1
New Zealand	Test	23	564	28.20	36.8	110	1	2
India	ODI	31	1163	43.07	85.4	126	2	6
Australia	ODI	29	1148	39.59	79.0	141	1	8
New Zealand	ODI	23	654	28.43	73.0	82	0	3
Sri Lanka	ODI	24	641	27.87	74.0	77	0	2
South Africa	ODI	15	388	32.33	74.8	88	0	2
West Indies	ODI	7	341	48.71	78.6	126	1	3
Pakistan	ODI	8	319	53.17	69.3	88	0	2
Ireland	ODI	3	192	64.00	73.6	81	0	2
Bangladesh	ODI	5	152	50.67	70.4	84	0	2
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	110	36.67	62.5	75	0	1
Australia	T20I	3	88	29.33	127.5	39	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	73	36.50	121.7	60	0	1
Nottinghamshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	323	53.83	136.9	82	0	3
Northamptonshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	321	40.12	151.4	131	1	2
Worcestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	187	37.40	123.0	75	0	2
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	161	32.20	127.8	57	0	1
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	144	48.00	132.1	90	0	1
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	140	46.67	121.7	67	0	2
Yorkshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	133	33.25	123.1	50	0	1
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	77	12.83	108.5	34	0	0
Glamorgan	First-class	5	565	188.33	56.1	204	3	2
Sussex	First-class	6	386	96.50	55.2	189	2	1
Surrey	First-class	7	337	48.14	49.6	99	0	3
Hampshire	First-class	6	328	65.60	68.8	174	1	2
Lancashire	First-class	9	241	30.12	45.0	75	0	2
Yorkshire	First-class	9	239	26.56	43.4	97	0	3
Kent	First-class	3	192	64.00	63.4	172	1	0
Durham	First-class	7	147	21.00	49.8	45	0	0
Nottinghamshire	First-class	3	137	45.67	72.9	122	1	0
Somerset	First-class	9	134	14.89	47.3	55	0	1
Essex	First-class	4	85	21.25	46.2	37	0	0
Northamptonshire	First-class	4	84	21.00	59.2	61	0	1
Middlesex	First-class	7	80	13.33	32.3	25	0	0
Gloucestershire	First-class	3	15	5.00	29.4	13	0	0
Nottinghamshire	List A	4	204	51.00	84.0	60	0	3
Durham	List A	3	177	88.50	92.7	145	1	0
Yorkshire	List A	3	124	41.33	104.2	98	0	1

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	3	0	–	3.92	0/8
Sri Lanka	ODI	3	1	30.00	7.50	1/13

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Edgbaston	90	3078	38.96	189
Lord's	50	1665	36.20	199
Kennington Oval	34	1267	38.39	235
Trent Bridge	26	1086	49.36	159
The Rose Bowl	13	972	88.36	174
Old Trafford	24	908	50.44	128
Riverside Ground	14	805	73.18	162
Headingley	30	713	24.59	119
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	17	517	34.47	87
Sophia Gardens	11	483	53.67	103

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Queens Sports Club	1	3	3.00	2.45
Civil Service Cricket Club	1	2	19.50	7.80
Old Trafford	1	1	13.00	6.50
Iqbal Stadium	1	1	33.00	4.71

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	981	776	126.4	26	–	–	–
T20	Middle	833	669	124.5	23	–	–	–
T20	Death	211	124	170.2	9	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	1783	2408	74.0	36	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	3207	4189	76.6	90	48	1	6.25
ODI	Death	299	268	111.6	15	40	5	5.70

How Ian Bell was dismissed

Caught292 (62%)
Bowled76 (16%)
Lbw60 (13%)
Run out27 (6%)
Caught and bowled10 (2%)
Stumped6 (1%)

How Ian Bell took wickets

Caught4
Bowled2
Caught and bowled1

Last 20 innings

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Ian Bell: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
19 Aug 2018	2
29 Aug 2018	204
4 Sep 2018	12
4 Sep 2018	10
10 Sep 2018	1
18 Sep 2018	112
18 Sep 2018	5
24 Sep 2018	16
22 Feb 2019	54
1 Aug 2020	9
8 Aug 2020	13
8 Aug 2020	0
15 Aug 2020	15
15 Aug 2020	6
22 Aug 2020	1
30 Aug 2020	28
1 Sep 2020	13
4 Sep 2020	0
6 Sep 2020	50
6 Sep 2020	90

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
6 Sep 2020	First-class	Glamorgan	90	148	bowled	Sophia Gardens
6 Sep 2020	First-class	Glamorgan	50	116	caught	Sophia Gardens
4 Sep 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Somerset	0	3	caught and bowled	County Ground, Taunton
1 Sep 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Northamptonshire	13	12	caught	County Ground, Bristol
30 Aug 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Glamorgan	28	29	caught	Sophia Gardens
22 Aug 2020	First-class	Worcestershire	1	6	caught	County Ground, Worcester
15 Aug 2020	First-class	Somerset	6	12	caught	Edgbaston
15 Aug 2020	First-class	Somerset	15	33	caught	Edgbaston
8 Aug 2020	First-class	Gloucestershire	0	3	caught	County Ground, Bristol
8 Aug 2020	First-class	Gloucestershire	13	35	caught	County Ground, Bristol
1 Aug 2020	First-class	Northamptonshire	9	10	caught	Edgbaston
22 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	54	46	run out	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
24 Sep 2018	First-class	Kent	16	19	lbw	Edgbaston
18 Sep 2018	First-class	Sussex	5*	7	retired hurt	County Ground, Brighton
18 Sep 2018	First-class	Sussex	112	260	lbw	County Ground, Brighton
10 Sep 2018	First-class	Leicestershire	1	10	lbw	Grace Road
4 Sep 2018	First-class	Durham	10	18	caught	Edgbaston
4 Sep 2018	First-class	Durham	12	47	lbw	Edgbaston
29 Aug 2018	First-class	Glamorgan	204	331	lbw	Penrhyn Avenue
19 Aug 2018	First-class	Gloucestershire	2	13	bowled	Edgbaston

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Ian Bell faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Ian Bell scored in Tests?

7,416 runs in 198 innings (114 matches) at an average of 42.38 and a strike rate of 49.5, in the data from 2004 to 2015.

How many runs has Ian Bell scored in ODIs?

5,289 runs in 153 innings (156 matches) at an average of 37.51 and a strike rate of 77.0, in the data from 2004 to 2015.

How many runs has Ian Bell scored in T20Is?

188 runs in 8 innings (8 matches) at an average of 26.86 and a strike rate of 115.3, in the data from 2006 to 2014.

What is Ian Bell's highest score?

235 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Ian Bell scored?

38 hundreds in the data: 22 in Tests, 4 in ODIs, 1 in T20 leagues, 9 in first-class, 2 in List A.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.