Birmingham Bears are a T20 cricket team located in Birmingham, their current captain is which former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game?
Birmingham Bears T20 Cricket Club Birmingham Bears are a T20 cricket team located in Birmingham. They are formally known as the Warwickshire Bears and are a part of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. They currently play at Edgbaston in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. They have won one Natwest T20 Blast, beating Lancashire Lightning in the final at Edgbaston. Their current captain is former New Zealand international Grant Elliott. International players include Jeetan Patel (New Zealand), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand), Ian Bell (England), Chris Woakes (England), William Porterfield (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Rikki Clarke (England) and Tim Ambrose (England).
Ian Bell Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982, Coventry) is an English cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team. He currently plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed higher/middle order batsman, described in "The Times" as an "exquisite rapier," who is a very good cover driver on the off side. He is an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler and a slip fielder. He is also noted for his sharp reflexes and often fields in close catching positions. He has scored twenty-two Test centuries and four ODI 100s. He is one of only a handful of batsman to have scored a test century against all current test playing nations (this excludes Zimbabwe). In 2015, he became the second player since Ian Botham to be involved in 5 Ashes series wins.