Ian Bell retires from ODI Cricket

The backbone of England Cricket team, five-time Ashes winner, a complete batsman, Ian Bell calls it time on his one day career. After having scored 5416 runs in the 161 games that he played fro the nation, he has four tons and 34 fifties to his name. England's all time leading scorer now thinks that it is time. in a bid to prolong his stint in whites, Bell earlier confirmed his retirement from the format.

He has been in poor form lately in the just concluded Ashes series. But he believes ther's still something in the longer format for him. 

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"To sit here now as a five-time Ashes winner with the urn safely back in our hands is an amazing feeling, and something I struggle to put into words. But it's taken a hell of a lot out of me, that's for sure. For that reason I've decided now is the right time to officially stand down from international one-day cricket and put all my focus and attention on my Test career," Bell wrote for Metro.co.uk.

"I would love nothing more than to go to Australia in two years' time and right the wrongs of our last Ashes tour there. I've also been asked if I would like to become the first ever English six-time Ashes winner and the answer is yes, absolutely. If I'm playing well and feeling fit, that is without doubt my goal," Bell wrote.