How many Test runs has Matthew Bell scored?

Matthew Bell has 729 runs in 32 Test innings from 18 matches at an average of 24.30 and a strike rate of 37.81. Highest score: 107.

What is Matthew Bell's Test batting average?

Matthew Bell's Test batting average is 24.30, from 729 runs and 32 innings.

How many ODI runs has Matthew Bell scored?

Matthew Bell has 133 runs in 7 ODI innings from 7 matches at an average of 19.00 and a strike rate of 49.62. Highest score: 66.

How many international centuries does Matthew Bell have?

Matthew Bell has 2 international hundreds: 2 in Test.

Which teams has Matthew Bell played international cricket for?

Matthew Bell is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.

When did Matthew Bell play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1998 to 2008. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Matthew Bell

Top-order batter · 1998 to 2008 · 25 internationals

New Zealand

Test18 matches ODI7 matches

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25Internationals

862Runs

2Hundreds

-Wickets

20Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100	0
ODI	7	7	0	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	0	1	0	10	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	18	33	19	0	19	0.575	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	7	7	1	0	1	0.142	1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Matthew Bell: Test and ODI stats

Test

18 matches · 1998-2008

729runs

Matches: 18
Average: 24.30
Strike rate: 37.81
Hundreds: 2
Highest: 107
Fifties: 3

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ODI

7 matches · 1998-2001

133runs

Matches: 7
Average: 19.00
Strike rate: 49.62
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 66
Fifties: 1

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	32	32	-	0	1998-12-26	2008-03-22	Complete
ODI	7	7	-	0	1998-10-24	2001-04-17	Complete

Questions fans ask about Matthew Bell

How many Test runs has Matthew Bell scored?: Matthew Bell has 729 runs in 32 Test innings from 18 matches at an average of 24.30 and a strike rate of 37.81. Highest score: 107.
What is Matthew Bell's Test batting average?: Matthew Bell's Test batting average is 24.30, from 729 runs and 32 innings.
How many ODI runs has Matthew Bell scored?: Matthew Bell has 133 runs in 7 ODI innings from 7 matches at an average of 19.00 and a strike rate of 49.62. Highest score: 66.
How many international centuries does Matthew Bell have?: Matthew Bell has 2 international hundreds: 2 in Test.
Which teams has Matthew Bell played international cricket for?: Matthew Bell is recorded for New Zealand in this publication.
When did Matthew Bell play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1998 to 2008. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

26 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
2008-03-22	New Zealand v England	Test	England won by 121 runs
2008-03-13	New Zealand v England	Test	England won by 126 runs
2008-03-05	New Zealand v England	Test	New Zealand won by 189 runs
2008-01-12	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Test	New Zealand won by an innings and 137 runs
2008-01-04	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Test	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2001-11-22	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
2001-11-08	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
2001-04-17	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 79 runs
2001-04-15	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
2001-04-12	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
2001-04-10	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
2001-03-27	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	New Zealand won by inns & 185 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1998 to 2008

Matthew Bell in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

729Runs

24.30Average

37.81Strike rate

2Hundreds

3Fifties

107Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	18	33	19	0	19	0.575	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught16 · 50.0%

Bowled3 · 9.4%

LBW10 · 31.2%

Run out1 · 3.1%

Not out2 · 6.2%

Test batting position: average and innings

112.255 inns

226.9626 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

76.001 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours400 · 54.9%

Other runs329 · 45.1%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

249runs

27.66average

44.70strike rate

150s

1100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Matthew Bell: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
England	6	11	1	268	83	26.80	763	35.12	0	2	3	32
India	4	8	0	58	25	7.25	298	19.46	0	0	3	7
Pakistan	3	5	0	248	105	49.60	506	49.01	1	1	1	37
Australia	2	3	0	15	6	5.00	82	18.29	0	0	0	1
Bangladesh	2	3	1	128	107	64.00	211	60.66	1	0	0	21
South Africa	1	2	0	12	6	6.00	68	17.64	0	0	0	2
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Home	11	20	1	534	107	28.10	1,235	43.23	2	2	6	85
Away	7	12	1	195	83	17.72	693	28.13	0	1	1	15
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	5	5	0	132	75	26.40	395	33.41	0	1	1	18
2nd innings of the match	13	13	0	331	107	25.46	765	43.26	2	1	4	47
3rd innings of the match	6	6	0	82	40	13.66	307	26.71	0	0	1	11
4th innings of the match	8	8	2	184	69	30.66	461	39.91	0	1	1	24
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
No. 1	3	5	1	49	25	12.25	171	28.65	0	0	2	7
No. 2	16	26	1	674	107	26.96	1,714	39.32	2	3	5	92
No. 7	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	43	13.95	0	0	0	1
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Won	7	12	2	324	107	32.40	669	48.43	2	0	2	47
Lost	4	8	0	148	69	18.50	449	32.96	0	1	3	23
Drawn	7	12	0	257	83	21.41	810	31.72	0	2	2	30
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1998	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	16	25.00	0	0	1	1
1999	7	13	1	217	83	18.08	814	26.65	0	1	2	19
2001	5	8	0	263	105	32.87	588	44.72	1	1	1	38
2008	5	9	1	245	107	30.62	510	48.03	1	1	3	42
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Basin Reserve	3	5	0	34	29	6.80	125	27.20	0	0	2	6
Seddon Park	3	5	0	149	105	29.80	337	44.21	1	0	2	24
Eden Park	2	4	0	40	28	10.00	143	27.97	0	0	1	5
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

Matthew Bell: Test batting by series and tournaments
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
England in New Zealand Test Series	3	6	0	117	69	19.50	299	39.13	0	1	3	21
Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series	2	3	1	128	107	64.00	211	60.66	1	0	0	21
All	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1,928	37.81	2	3	7	100

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Hundreds 2

Best Test performances

Matthew Bell: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
107	184	58.15	18	Bangladesh	University Oval, Dunedin	2008-01-04
105	163	64.41	17	Pakistan	Seddon Park	2001-03-27
83	224	37.05	7	England	Old Trafford	1999-08-05
75	180	41.66	11	Pakistan	Lancaster Park	2001-03-15
69	156	44.23	12	England	McLean Park	2008-03-22
40	88	45.45	6	Pakistan	Lancaster Park	2001-03-15
29	96	30.20	5	England	Basin Reserve	2008-03-13
28	74	37.83	3	Pakistan	Eden Park	2001-03-08
26*	72	36.11	1	England	Lord's	1999-07-22
25	133	18.79	3	India	Seddon Park	1999-01-02

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
2008-03-22	England	0 & 69	-	McLean Park	England won by 121 runs
2008-03-13	England	0 & 29	-	Basin Reserve	England won by 126 runs
2008-03-05	England	19 & 0	-	Seddon Park	New Zealand won by 189 runs
2008-01-12	Bangladesh	1	-	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by an innings and 137 runs
2008-01-04	Bangladesh	107 & 20*	-	University Oval, Dunedin	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2001-11-22	Australia	4	-	Bellerive Oval	Match drawn
2001-11-08	Australia	6 & 5	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Match drawn
2001-03-27	Pakistan	105	-	Seddon Park	New Zealand won by inns & 185 runs
2001-03-15	Pakistan	75 & 40	-	Lancaster Park	Match drawn
2001-03-08	Pakistan	0 & 28	-	Eden Park	Pakistan won by 299 runs

ODI CAREER · 1998 to 2001

Matthew Bell in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

133Runs

19.00Average

49.62Strike rate

0Hundreds

1Fifties

66Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	7	7	0	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	0	1	0	10	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	7	7	1	0	1	0.142	1 (1ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught3 · 42.9%

Bowled2 · 28.6%

Stumped2 · 28.6%

ODI batting position: average and innings

19.002 inns

2-0 inns

325.333 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

637.001 inns

7-0 inns

82.001 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours40 · 30.1%

Other runs93 · 69.9%

Recent ODI form

Last 7 batting innings

133runs

19.00average

49.62strike rate

150s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Sri Lanka	3	3	84	66	28.00	148	56.75	1	8
Pakistan	2	2	10	5	5.00	29	34.48	0	0
South Africa	1	1	37	37	37.00	76	48.68	0	2
Zimbabwe	1	1	2	2	2.00	15	13.33	0	0
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Home	1	1	37	37	37.00	76	48.68	0	2
Neutral	6	6	96	66	16.00	192	50.00	1	8
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Batting first	4	4	92	66	23.00	174	52.87	1	8
Chasing	3	3	41	37	13.66	94	43.61	0	2
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
No. 1	2	2	18	16	9.00	63	28.57	0	2
No. 3	3	3	76	66	25.33	126	60.31	1	6
No. 6	1	1	37	37	37.00	76	48.68	0	2
No. 8	1	1	2	2	2.00	3	66.66	0	0
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
Won	3	3	105	66	35.00	188	55.85	1	8
Lost	4	4	28	16	7.00	80	35.00	0	2
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s
1998	2	2	18	16	9.00	63	28.57	0	2
1999	1	1	37	37	37.00	76	48.68	0	2
2001	4	4	78	66	19.50	129	60.46	1	6
All	7	7	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	1	10

Matthew Bell: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	4	4	0	78	66	19.50	129	60.46	0	1	0	6	0
All	7	7	0	133	66	19.00	268	49.62	0	1	0	10	0

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best ODI performances

Matthew Bell: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
66	97	68.04	6	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2001-04-17
37	76	48.68	2	South Africa	University Oval, Dunedin	1999-02-14
16	48	33.33	2	Sri Lanka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1998-10-26
5	21	23.80	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2001-04-12
5	8	62.50	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2001-04-15
2	15	13.33	0	Zimbabwe	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1998-10-24
2	3	66.66	0	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2001-04-10

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
2001-04-17	Sri Lanka	66	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	New Zealand won by 79 runs
2001-04-15	Pakistan	5	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
2001-04-12	Pakistan	5	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
2001-04-10	Sri Lanka	2	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
1999-02-14	South Africa	37	-	University Oval, Dunedin	New Zealand won by 3 wickets
1998-10-26	Sri Lanka	16	-	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1998-10-24	Zimbabwe	2	-	Bangabandhu National Stadium	New Zealand won by 5 wickets