List of international cricket centuries by Ian Bell
![Ian Bell batting against Australia at Trent Bridge. Brad Haddin is keeping wicket.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ian_Bell_batting_2013.jpg/240px-Ian_Bell_batting_2013.jpg)
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]
Key
[edit]![Ian Bell practicing at Trent Bridge in 2004](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ian_Bell_Trent_Bridge_2004.jpg/170px-Ian_Bell_Trent_Bridge_2004.jpg)
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | 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 |
Test cricket centuries
[edit]No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 162* | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2/2 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 3 June 2005 | Won | [5] |
2 | 115 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 20 November 2005 | Drawn | [19] |
3 | 100* | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 13 July 2006 | Drawn | [20] |
4 | 106* | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2/4 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 27 July 2006 | Won | [21] |
5 | 119 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3/4 | Headingley, Leeds | Home | 4 August 2006 | Won | [22] |
6 | 109* | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 17 May 2007 | Drawn | [23] |
7 | 110 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 3/3 | McLean Park, Napier | Away | 22 March 2008 | Won | [24] |
8 | 199† | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 1/4 | Lord's, London | Home | 10 July 2008 | Drawn | [25] |
9 | 140 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2/4 | Kingsmead, Durban | Away | 26 December 2009 | Won | [26] |
10 | 138 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 2/2 | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 20 March 2010 | Won | [27] |
11 | 128† | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2/2 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Home | 4 June 2010 | Won | [28] |
12 | 115 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 5/5 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 3 January 2011 | Won | [29] |
13 | 103* | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1/3 | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Home | 26 May 2011 | Won | [30] |
14 | 119* | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3/3 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2011 | Drawn | [31] |
15 | 159 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 2/4 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 29 July 2011 | Won | [32] |
16 | 235† | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 4/4 | The Oval, London | Home | 18 August 2011 | Won | [6] |
17 | 116* | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 4/4 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 13 December 2012 | Drawn | [33] |
18 | 109 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1/5 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Home | 10 July 2013 | Won | [34] |
19 | 109 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Home | 18 July 2013 | Won | [35] |
20 | 113 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 4/5 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Home | 9 August 2013 | Won | [36] |
21 | 167 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3/5 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 27 July 2014 | Won | [37] |
22 | 143 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1/3 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 13 April 2015 | Drawn | [38] |
One Day International centuries
[edit]No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 126*† | 118 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 106.77 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 21 August 2007 | Won | [13] |
2 | 126† | 117 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 107.69 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Home | 16 June 2012 | Won (D/L) | [39] |
3 | 113*† | 143 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 79.02 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Away | 27 January 2013 | Won | [40] |
4 | 141 | 125 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 112.80 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Away | 23 January 2015 | Lost | [14] |
Notes
[edit]A. ^ Bell is joint twenty-eighth in all-time Test century makers along with Wally Hammond, Mohammad Azharuddin, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott.[2]
References
[edit]General
[edit]- "Ian Bell Test centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- "Ian Bell One Day International centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
Specific
[edit]- ^ a b c "Player profile: Ian Bell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Records – Test records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Records – ODI records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "West Indies tour of England, 4th Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, 19–21 August 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh tour of England, 2nd Test: England v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, 3–5 June 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ a b "India tour of England, 4th Test: England v India at The Oval, 18–22 August 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Ian Bell – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Ian Bell – Centuries at venues outside England". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Andy (11 August 2013). "Ian Bell's 'enjoyable' third century equals David Gower's Ashes record". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Dismissed for 99 (and 199, 299 etc)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for England". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "England tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 28 November 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ a b "India tour of Ireland, England and Scotland, 1st ODI: England v India at Southampton, 21 August 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series, 4th Match: Australia v England at Hobart, 23 January 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Lucas, Dan (28 August 2015). "Ian Bell retires from one-day international cricket". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics – Statsguru – Ian Bell – Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of Pakistan, 2nd Test: Pakistan v England at Faisalabad, 20–24 November 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of England and Scotland, 1st Test: England v Pakistan at Lord's, 13–17 July 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of England and Scotland, 2nd Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, 27–29 July 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of England and Scotland, 3rd Test: England v Pakistan at Leeds, 4–8 August 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "West Indies tour of England and Ireland, 1st Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, 17–21 May 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of New Zealand, 3rd Test: New Zealand v England at Napier, 22–26 March 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "South Africa tour of England, 1st Test: England v South Africa at Lord's,10–14 July 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of South Africa, 2nd Test: South Africa v England at Durban, 26–30 December 2009". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, 20–24 March 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Bangladesh tour of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd Test: England v Bangladesh at Manchester, 4–6 June 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of Australia, 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 3–7 January 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of England and Scotland, 1st Test: England v Sri Lanka at Cardiff, 26–30 May 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of England and Scotland, 3rd Test: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, 16–20 June 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "India tour of England, 2nd Test: England v India at Nottingham, 29 July – 1 August 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of India, 4th Test: India v England at Nagpur, 13–17 December 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Scotland, 1st Test: England v Australia at Nottingham, 10–14 July 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2nd Test: England v Australia at Lord's, 18–21 July 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Scotland, 4th Test: England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, 9–12 August 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "India tour of England, 3rd Investec Test: England v India at Southampton, 27–31 July 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v England at North Sound, Apr 13–17, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "West Indies tour of England, 1st ODI: England v West Indies at Southampton, 16 June 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "England tour of India, 5th ODI: India v England at Dharamsala, 27 January 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ian Bell at CricketArchive (subscription required)