Matthew Bell (cricketer)
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| Full name | Matthew David Bell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 February 1977 Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Batting | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 206) | 26 December 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 March 2008 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 107) | 24 October 1998 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 April 2001 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2011 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2017
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Matthew David Bell (born 25 February 1977 in Dunedin) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He plays domestic cricket for Wellington and has been playing first-class cricket since 1994.
He is the assistant coach of the White Ferns.
He made his first-class debut for Northern Districts against a New Zealand Academy side on 9 March 1994, playing in the middle order and scoring 14 and 10. His next match saw him move up the order to open the batting, which became his favoured position, and he scored 43 and 60 against Wellington, who he would join in 1997.
His form attracted the attention of selectors, and he played for a New Zealand XI against the touring Zimbabweans in 1996, before representing the New Zealand Academy against the Zimbabweans six days later, where he scored 83.
He travelled to South Africa with the Academy side in the summer of 1997, scoring a half-century and an unbeaten 105 in the third and final four-day game against the South African Academy side.
In 1998, he represented New Zealand A against Zimbabwe, contributing 50 as the A side won by an innings. He then played against Pakistan, scoring 91, which earnt him a call up to the Test squad.
His early one-day career was less successful, but his breakthrough season came in 1997-8, his first for Wellington, in which he scored 611 runs at 43.64.
After being dropped from the New Zealand international set up in 2001, Bell returned to Wellington, and continued to score consistently in domestic competition. Having already established himself as an opening batsmen, in the 2003-04 season he scored 775 runs at an average of 45.58 and in 2005-06 he scored 645 at 46.07. He started the 2007-08 season by scoring a career-best 265 against Central Districts, and 188 not out against Canterbury.
Bell has always been stronger in the longer form of cricket, and his first-class record outweighs his List A record, with his best season coming in 2005-06, where he scored 203 runs at an average of 33.83. During his time with the Wellington Firebirds, they won the State Championship in 2000-2001 and 2003–04, and the State Shield in 2001-02.
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