IR Bell

Middle-order batter, England, 114 Tests, 2004-2015. Debut v West Indies, 2004

38.8Adjusted average, 56th of 143 batters. Raw 42.8, so −4.0 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.8 to 45.6.

Where the −4.0 comes from

The bowling he faced−3.4

Home or away−1.4

The grounds+0.8

Value per innings: 43.756th
Each run worth: 1.17×
At home, adjusted: 37.8raw 47.6
Away, adjusted: 41.6raw 37.4

Head to head with JL Smith His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

53Abdullah ShafiquePakistan39.2 54RG SharmaIndia39.2 55JL SmithEngland39.0

56IR BellEngland38.8

57Z CrawleyEngland38.7 58TM DilshanSri Lanka38.6 59Mushfiqur RahimBangladesh38.5

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

Z CrawleyEngland38.7Head to head TM DilshanSri Lanka38.6Head to head JL SmithEngland39Head to head Mushfiqur RahimBangladesh38.5Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2004	1	70	70	70.00	0	1	53.8
2005	13	426	162	35.50	2	1	55.2
2006	19	712	119	44.50	3	4	49.0
2007	20	777	109	40.89	1	7	53.1
2008	21	676	199	37.56	2	2	47.2
2009	10	319	140	31.90	1	2	49.6
2010	14	786	138	65.50	2	5	52.3
2011	11	950	235	118.75	5	2	64.0
2012	25	672	116	33.60	1	6	39.7
2013	27	1005	113	41.88	3	5	42.6
2014	13	452	167	34.77	1	3	61.5
2015	24	571	143	25.95	1	4	43.9
Career	198	7416	235	42.38	22	42	49.5

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

38.1

Value / inns

43.7

Volume

Runs

7416

Average

42.38

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

34.4

Strike rate

49.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

40.36

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	58	1859	34.43	4
India	33	1317	43.90	4
Sri Lanka	17	812	58.00	2
Pakistan	23	801	42.16	4
South Africa	20	789	41.53	2
West Indies	18	706	47.07	2
Bangladesh	6	568	142.00	3
New Zealand	23	564	28.20	1

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Pakistan	1	33.00	1/33	0

Home & away

Home

46.82bat avg

37.8adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

40.36bat avg

41.6adjusted

47bowl avg

Neutral

19bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	54	2542	48.88
2nd	60	2527	47.68
3rd	47	1407	33.50
4th	37	940	33.57

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan40 & 0Sharjah Cricket Stadium2015-11-01 v Pakistan4 & 46Dubai International Cricket Stadium2015-10-22 v Pakistan63 & 5Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi2015-10-13 v Australia10 & 13The Oval2015-08-20 v Australia1Trent Bridge2015-08-06 v Australia53 & 65Edgbaston2015-07-29 v Australia1 & 11Lord's2015-07-16 v Australia1 & 60Sophia Gardens, Cardiff2015-07-08 v New Zealand12 & 1Headingley2015-05-29 v New Zealand1 & 29Lord's2015-05-21

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 198
Not outs: 23
Runs: 7416
Average: 42.38
Strike rate: 49.5
Highest: 235
Hundreds: 22
Fifties: 42
Ducks: 14

Wickets: 1
Average: 67.00
Economy: 4.14
Strike rate: 97
Best: 1/33
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 97