PLAYER CAREER

Matthew Bell

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1998–2008

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	18	32	32	32	1998-12-26	2008-03-22
ODI	7	7	7	7	1998-10-24	2001-04-17

25Internationals

862Career runs

2Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 18
Innings: 32
Runs: 729
Average: 24.30
Strike rate: 37.81
Highest score: 107
Not outs: 2
100s: 2
50s: 3
Ducks: 7
4s: 100
6s: 0
Balls faced: 1,928

Bowling

Matches: 18
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 18
Innings: 33
Catches: 19
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 19
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 19
Dismissals / inns: 0.575
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 7
Innings: 7
Runs: 133
Average: 19.00
Strike rate: 49.62
Highest score: 66
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 10
6s: 0
Balls faced: 268

Bowling

Matches: 7
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 7
Innings: 7
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.142
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

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

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

New Zealand

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

19984 runs
1999217 runs
2001263 runs
2008245 runs

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2008	5	9	245	107	30.62	48.03	1	1	42	510	N/A	N/A	N/A
2001	5	8	263	105	32.87	44.72	1	1	38	588	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	7	13	217	83	18.08	26.65	0	1	19	814	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	1	2	4	4	2.00	25.00	0	0	1	16	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199818 runs
199937 runs
200178 runs

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	4	4	78	66	19.50	60.46	1	6	129	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	1	1	37	37	37.00	48.68	0	2	76	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	2	2	18	16	9.00	28.57	0	2	63	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1998-10-24
First available scorecard
ODI v Zimbabwe · Dhaka
2001-03-27
First century in this archive · 105 runs
Test v Pakistan · Hamilton
2008-01-04
Highest recorded innings · 107 runs
Test v Bangladesh · University Oval
2008-03-22
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · McLean Park