Former England batsman Ian Bell has scored 20,000 first-class runs after posting his fourth County Championship century of the 2018 English domestic season.
Meanwhile, the Warwickshire batsman said earlier this month that he was open to an international return. Furthermore, he also vowed to continue playing as long as he can.
However, with England top-order struggling in the ongoing series, Ian Bell has a lot to offer. The opening duo continued their poor form in the opening day of the fourth Test at Southampton.
Skipper Joe Root is also struggling at No.3 while they are yet to fix their No 4 batsman. The lower-order batsmen and the all-rounders have done the bulk of the scoring for England. With a struggling batting-order, Bell has the experience behind his back to steady the shaky middle-order.
Currently, Ian Bell is batting for Warwickshire against Glamorgan and has 788 County Championship Division Two runs and counting in 2018, with an average upwards of 60.
The middle-order batsman had a poor 2017 county cricket season with the bat. Following that, he admitted that he considered walking away from the game. A complete break from cricket during the off-season has appeared to work in his favours.
Bell has played 118 matches for England, scoring 7,727 runs at 42.69. His last Test outing was against Pakistan in Sharjah in November 2015, and he is eighth on the list of England’s all-time leading run-scorers. Furthermore, he also has 22 hundred to his name.