IR Bell Profile

General Information Full name Ian Ronald Bell Born April 11, 1982, Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire Current age 28 years 286 days Major teams England, England Lions, Marylebone Cricket Club, Warwickshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 62 85 7 Innings Played 106 82 7 Not Outs 11 8 1 Runs 4192 2677 175 Highest 199 126* 60* Average 44.12 36.17 29.16 Balls Faced 8283 3718 146 St/R 50.60 72.00 119.86 100's 12 1 0 50's 26 16 1 4's 483 265 21 6's 18 11 2 Catches Taken 53 26 4 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 62 85 7 Innings Played 6 6 - Balls 108 88 - Runs 76 88 - Wickets 1 6 - Best Inning Bowling 1/33 3/9 - Best Match Bowling 1/33 3/9 - Average 76.00 14.66 - Economy Rate 4.22 6.00 - St/R 108.0 14.6 - 4 Wickets 0 0 - 5 Wickets 0 0 - 10 Wickets 0 0 - Profile Ian Ronald Bell MBE was born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands. He is an England Test cricketer. He also plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed higher/middle order batsman, described by The Times as an "exquisite rapier,"[1] and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He is also noted for his sharp reflexes and often fields in close catching positions. Once described by Dayle Hadlee as the best 16-year old he had ever seen, Ian Bell had been earmarked for greatness long before he was drafted onto the England tour of New Zealand in 2001-02, as cover for the injured Mark Butcher. Technically sound, Bell is a top-order batsman very much in the mould of Michael Atherton, who was burdened with similar expectations when he made his England debut a generation ago. But unlike Atherton, who invariably produced his best when his back was firmly against the wall, Bell's most fluent efforts have generally come about in a pressure vacuum, a trait that belies an average hovering around the 40 mark, and a record of a century every five or so Tests. As a youngster Bell attended Princethorpe College and made the 1st XI in year 7. He was not just a talented young cricketer; he also attended Coventry City's school of excellence, despite being a supporter of Aston Villa.