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Ian Bell

Full name: Ian Ronald Bell

Born: 11th April 1982, Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm medium pace

Teams: England (Test: 2004-2008); England (ODI: 2004/05-2008/09); England (Int Twenty20: 2006-2008); Warwickshire (Main FC: 1999-2008); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2004); Warwickshire Cricket Board (Main ListA: 1999); Warwickshire (Main ListA: 2001-2008); Warwickshire (Main Twenty20: 2003-2008); All teams

Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 2004

Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 2008

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Articles: India win the series

India beat England by 16 runs through D/L method and take a 3-0 lead in this series

Its Yuvraj Singh's show at Indore once again as India thrash England

England win their first tour game

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Pictures: England's Ian Bell in action during the third test in Galle

England's Ian Bell warms up with team mates

Bell plays a shot

Bell hits a shot

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Bell is a very strong technical player and very assured of his off-stump. He was drafted into county cricket at an early age of 17 years, and even then was proclaimed to be one of the most gifted players in the English domestic circuit. In the 2001 season for his county Warwickshire, he went on to score 836 runs at an average of 64. As a result, the selectors saw it fit to blood him at a young age. He was already the England U-19 captain and had been earmarked for greatness. His immense footwork and knowledge of his off stump drew comparisons with Michael Atherton, and he was brought into the Test side, to bat at number 3 and be a permanent replacement for the ageing Mark Butcher. Bell debuted against the West Indies in 2004 and later that year made his maiden appearance in the ODIs against Zimbabwe. He made a great start to his career stroking centuries against Bangladesh and for a brief moment, his average crossed 250. But he was sorted out by the legendary duo of McGrath and Warne in the 2005 Ashes, scoring less than two hundred runs in five matches. But he did strike back when in Australia in 2006, scoring four fifties in the series that England lost 5-0. Bell is a good batsman in both forms of the game, but to become a true English great, he will have to perform more consistently. Although he has scored 2546 runs in 36 Tests as well as 2105 runs in 86 ODIs, his conversion rate is less than satisfying. He has 7 Test centuries while 18 half centuries, and the trend is the same in the shorter version of the game too, with just one century and 14 half centuries.
Profile DateLine: 3rd June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2004-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	43	77	8	2923	199	42.36	8	19	50.68	41

Test Career Bowling (2005-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England	108	3	76	1	1-33	76.00	0	0	108.00	4.22

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1999-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	134	230	21	9157	262*	43.81	23	49	92

First-Class Career Bowling (2001-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	2719	99	1490	47	4-4	31.70	0	0	57.85	3.28

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	79	76	6	2483	126*	35.47	1	15	72.34	23

One-Day International Career Bowling (2004/05-2006)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England	88	0	88	6	3-9	14.66	0	0	14.66	6.00

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1999-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	172	164	14	5238	137	34.92	3	38	56

One-Day Career Bowling (1999-2006)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	1290	8	1138	33	5-41	34.48	0	1	39.09	5.29

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	5	5	1	109	60*	27.25	0	1	110.10	4

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	27	26	5	464	66*	22.09	0	2	107.15	12

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2005)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	132	0	186	3	1-12	62.00	0	0	44.00	8.45

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2001)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	13	23	1	847	115	38.50	2	5	18

Youth Test Career Bowling (1999-2000/01)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	54	0	42	0	0-5					4.66

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2001)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	20	20	0	537	91	26.85	0	5	6

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1999/00-2001)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	36	0	34	0	0-2					5.66