England recall Bell for West Indies ODIS

BIRMINGHAM — Ian Bell was recalled to the England squad yesterday for their upcoming three-match one-day international (ODI) series against the West Indies.

Warwickshire batsman Bell, back in the limited overs set-up after being left out of England's 4-0 one-day win against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in February, having struggled in the preceding Tests.

However, with Kevin Pietersen having retired from one-day internationals last week, England have a vacancy at the top of the order which Bell, who made an unbeaten 76 in the washed out third Test against the West Indies concluded at Edgbaston yesterday, could now ll alongside one-day skipper Alastair Cook.

The 30-year-old Bell av- erages just over 34 in 108 one-day internationals but has scored just the one hundred.

In addition to their 14-man one-day squad, England also named a separate 13-man party for the stand alone Twenty20 at Trent Bridge ahead of the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title in Sri Lanka in September.