IR Bell’s hundred and its statistical accreditations
IR Bell scored 143 against West Indies at North Sound the first test of the 2015 series. It has the following statistical accreditation
It represents the 823rd hundred by England batsmen against various oppositions and represents the 135th hundred by England batsmen against West Indies.
It represents the 131st hundred by an England batsman batting at number four against various oppositions and the 24th hundred by an England batsman batting at number four against West Indies
It represents the 22nd hundred by IR Bell in tests. He now occupies the joint third place in the list of batsmen who have scored most hundreds for England. The other three England batsmen who have scored 22 hundreds are – G Boycott, MC Cowdrey and WR Hammond. AN Cook {25} and KP Pietersen {23} occupy the first two places in the list.
| No | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 162* | v Bangladesh | Chester-le-Street | 03 Jun 2005 |
| 2 | 115 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20 Nov 2005 |
| 3 | 100* | v Pakistan | Lord’s | 13 Jul 2006 |
| 4 | 106* | v Pakistan | Manchester | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 5 | 119 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 04 Aug 2006 |
| 6 | 109* | v West Indies | Lord’s | 17 May 2007 |
| 7 | 110 | v New Zealand | Napier | 22 Mar 2008 |
| 8 | 199 | v South Africa | Lord’s | 10 Jul 2008 |
| 9 | 140 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 |
| 10 | 138 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 20 Mar 2010 |
| 11 | 128 | v Bangladesh | Manchester | 04 Jun 2010 |
| 12 | 115 | v Australia | Sydney | 03 Jan 2011 |
| 13 | 103* | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 26 May 2011 |
| 14 | 119* | v Sri Lanka | Southampton | 16 Jun 2011 |
| 15 | 159 | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 |
| 16 | 235 | v India | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 |
| 17 | 116* | v India | Nagpur | 13 Dec 2012 |
| 18 | 109 | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Jul 2013 |
| 19 | 109 | v Australia | Lord’s | 18 Jul 2013 |
| 20 | 113 | v Australia | Chester-le-Street | 09 Aug 2013 |
| 21 | 167 | v India | Southampton | 27 Jul 2014 |
| 22 | 143 | v West Indies | North Sound | 13 Apr 2015 |
It represents the second hundred by IR Bell against West Indies. He had scored 109 not out against West Indies at Lord’s in May 2007. It also represents the highest score by him against West Indies.
| No | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 109* | v West Indies | Lord’s | 17 May 2007 |
| 2 | 143 | v West Indies | North Sound | 13 Apr 2015 |