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Full name Matthew David Bell
Born February 25, 1977, Dunedin, Otago
Current age 31 years 226 days
Major teams New Zealand,Northern Districts,Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
32
2
729
107
24.30
1928
37.81
2
3
100
0
19
0
ODIs
7
7
0
133
66
19.00
268
49.62
0
1
10
0
1
0
First-class
153
262
18
8955
265
36.70
21
50
122
0
List A
145
139
12
3368
121*
26.51
3
21
67
0
Twenty20
5
3
1
20
13*
10.00
26
76.92
0
0
1
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
153
25
23
0
-
-
-
5.52
-
0
0
0
List A
145
2
4
0
-
-
-
12.00
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v India at Wellington, Dec 26-30, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Oct 24, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 17, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1993/94
Last First-class
Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Apr 7-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Wellington v Northern Districts at Wellington, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Otago v Wellington at Invercargill, Jan 28, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Matthew Bell, a top-order batsman, made his debut for Northern
Districts in 1994 marked by his dismissal: hit-wicket. It took him until his third season to make his maiden first-class hundred and in 1998 was called up to the Test squad to face India. Stomach cramps marred his entry to the international arena, however, and he was unavailable for the remainder of the summer. He was retained for New Zealand's tour of England the following season and, although he made a watchful 83 at Old Trafford, he struggled to make an impact in the series. His maiden hundred though, against Pakistan in 2001, was instrumental in helping New Zealand win the third Test and draw the series 1-1. Although selected to tour Australia later that year, his poor form against a strong Australia attack led to his exclusion to New Zealand's tour of Pakistan the
following April. A prolific start to the 2007-08 domestic season brought him a promotion to the Test squad for the home series against Bangladesh more than six years after his previous appearance. Will Luke January 2008
