Ian Bell

BCCI President denies Indian team was behind times

Shashank Manohar said some older players in the Indian squad found DVDs “a bit fiddly”.

England’s report card for 2nd Test: Cook tops the class

Alastair Cooks tops, gaining nine out of the maximum ten.

Gritty England have proved that they are the new Australia

The first day of the ongoing Test at Lord’s provided another example of England’s resolve.

Cook misses century as England fightback

By Julian Guyer

Alastair Cook fell short of a third Test hundred in as many innings but still helped England recover from an early collapse on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's. Cook's 96 was the centrepiece of England's 342 for six at stumps here on Friday after Sri Lanka won the toss.

Lord’s Test: Imperious England target series win against Sri Lanka

England registered a dramatic win by an innings and 14 runs in the first Test at Cardiff.

No place for UDRS in India-West Indies series

By Ashish Shukla

The controversial Umpire Decision Review System will not be in place in the forthcoming series between India and the West Indies after the BCCI has convinced its Caribbean counterparts against the use of technology during the entire tour.

Teams don’t want to play against England: Bell

Ian Bell believes England's unpredictability means they are a side none of their rivals will want to face in the knockout stages of the World Cup.

Of egos, comebacks & wake-up calls

It all started with the Bangladesh-Ireland encounter where the hosts looked down and out.

Bell, Trott lift England to consecutive 300s

By Suneer Chowdhary

England’s best batsman in either format, Jonathon Trott was joined by the Ian Bell and it hardly looked that they had not been batting together for the whole day yesterday. There were nudges and nurdles to start off with but once the pair had had a look at the pitch, it was the Irish who were doing all the running. They slammed 15 boundaries between them, along with a six to go with it. 

Trott, Bell propel England to 327/8 against Ireland

By Jamie Alter

Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen provided the foundation and Jonathan Trott – who equalled the record for quickest to 1,000 ODI runs - and Ian Bell the foil as England put Ireland to the sword in Bengaluru.