Ian Bell

IPL 2026 begins March 28 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru facing Sunrisers Hyderabad. All teams have finalised coaching staffs featuring experienced names. Andy Flower leads RCB, Stephen Fleming heads CSK, while Mahela Jayawardene guides MI. Other teams also boast strong coaching setups, setting the stage for a competitive season.

Ian Bell chose to rub it in as England launched their preparation for the fourth Test match against India at Old Trafford after five days of rest and recreation.

West Indies were 127 for five off 23 overs in reply to England's 288 for six, a deficit of 161 runs, when rain stopped play in the first ODI on Saturday.

Ian Bell rediscovered his form with sparkling 167 as England piled up a mammoth first innings total of 569/7 to take control of the third Test.

Former England batsman Ian Bell on Saturday announced his decision to retire from professional cricket.

Former England cricketer Ian Bell has been appointed as an assistant coach for Melbourne Renegades in the upcoming Big Bash League season 13. Bell has 287 games with England across all formats and has previously worked with England Under-19s, Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, and Chennai Braves in the Abu Dhabi T10 League. Bell's coaching experience comes from his distinguished career.

Former England batsman Ian Bell on Wednesday signed a one-year extension with county club Warwickshire to the end of the 2021 season.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that the year-end home series against India will not only be a keen contest but would also be a lot different.

Heavy rain and a huge puddle on the boundary prevented play in the fourth Test for almost 3 hours Friday, frustrating England's attempts to build a substantial lead over India.

Captain Eoin Morgan said that England will not take India for granted when the two clash in the last Triseries league match at WACA on Friday.

Former England batsman Ian Bell says playing cricket behind closed doors is "hard to imagine" and "not ideal" but players will have to get used to it for the foreseeable future.

"I can't imagine an Indian side without Rishabh Pant in it," says former England batsman Ian Bell and calls the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman a "rare talent", who played with a lot of maturity against the Englishmen recently. Making a comeback into the Indian white-ball side, Pant was promoted to No. 4 and the 23-year-old did not disappoint. He scored half centuries in the two ODIs.

The Dubai Capitals triumphed over the Gulf Giants by five wickets in their ILT20 Season 3 campaign, with Dasun Shanaka's explosive 34 off 10 balls leading the charge. Coach Ian Bell praised the team's adaptability to diverse pitch conditions. Key contributions from Shai Hope and Sikandar Raza were crucial in setting the stage for victory.

Graeme Swann considers his teammates Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott 'ugliest' top-three in the world and he wouldn't pay to watch them.

Ian Bell and James Anderson, heroes of England's 14-run win over Australia in the first Ashes Test, made impressive gains in the latest ICC Test Rankings.

Cricket Australia has failed to find the source of an offensive tweet on its official account during the team's second Ashes Test match against England at Lord's.

Geoffrey Boycott has hailed BCCI's decision to persist with Ravi Shastri as Indian cricket team's director and said that at the highest level an international side needs a manager and not a coach.

Skipper Steven Smith smashed an enthralling hundred as Australia recovered from late jitters to enter the tri-series final with a thrilling three-wicket triumph over England.

Alastair Cook said Tuesday the prospect of being the first England side to win a home Ashes series 4-0 was a spur as they prepared for the fifth and final Test against Australia at The Oval.

With a series of away tours lined up in 2014, this young Indian team is expected to have a tough time.

Pacer Trent Boult struck twice as New Zealand continued to make England struggle on the first day of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.

R Ashwin, who on Monday scored a century to become the first Indian player to score a hundred and take five wickets in an innings of a Test for a third time, earned effusive praise from former cricketers. Ashwin took five wickets for 43 in England's first innings on Sunday, the second day of the second Test, and followed it up with 106 on Monday. It was his fifth Test ton.

Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik will work with England Lions' as batting consultant for a brief period of nine days when the side will tour India.

England's stunning victory against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Cardiff has kept them on course to reclaim second position on the ICC Test Championship table.

New Zealand enhanced its coaching roster in the lead-up to the 2023 ODI World Cup with former England internationals Ian Bell and James Foster set to join the set-up for the next four months, where the team will have a hectic schedule.

India's uninspiring batting show continued as they threw away a decent start to be all out for 200 against England in a virtual semifinal clash of the tri-series.

MS Dhoni made 20 bowling changes between the lunch and tea breaks in a bid to slow down the game but could not prevent England from piling up 569/7d.

Ian Bell, a former England batsman, has been named as the batting coach for the Sri Lankan national team. The announcement was made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on their official website on Tuesday. Bell, who amassed an impressive 7727 runs in 118 Tests during his career, is set to begin his coaching duties with the Sri Lankan side later this week. His appointment comes as the team prepares for their upcoming tour of England, which will feature three Test matches.

Legendary Australian pacer Glenn McGrath said the real difference between England and Australia in the Ashes was the form of England batsman Ian Bell.

Graham Gooch is set to become the full-time batting coach of England after his successful stint with the team on a consultancy basis for the last two years.