Ravinder Bopara
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | - | 3 |
| Runs scored | - | 36 |
| Batting average | - | 36.00 |
| 100s/50s | - | 0/0 |
| Top score | - | 29 |
| Overs bowled | - | 14 |
| Wickets | - | 3 |
| Bowling average | - | 23.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | - | 2-43 |
| Catches/stumpings | - | -/- |
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As of 24 March 2007 |
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Ravinder Singh ("Ravi") Bopara (born 4 May 1985, Forest Gate, Newham, London) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex. Although originally a specialist batsman, he is now improving his medium-pace bowling and developing into an all-rounder. He is the second Sikh to play cricket for England, after Monty Panesar.
Bopara made his first-class debut for Essex in May 2002. In 2003 and 2004, he played several matches for England Under-19s, including in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2004.
In the 2005 season, he scored 880 first-class runs, including his first first-class century. He also hit 135 in a non-first-class match against the touring Australians, putting on 270 for the second wicket with Alastair Cook.[1]
In 2006 he was selected for England A in their tour of the West Indies in March, and in matches against the touring Sri Lankans and Pakistanis in the summer of that year. In July, he was selected in England's 30-man provisional squad for the 2006 Champions Trophy.
In January 2007 Kevin Pietersen sustained a rib injury in England's first One-Day International against Australia, keeping him out of the remainder of the series. Bopara was called up as his replacement, and made his ODI debut on 2 February. Later that month, he was named in the England squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup,[2] and he played his second ODI in England's second match of that tournament.
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 Bopara playing against Cambridge UCCE, April 2005 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ This article from Cricinfo gives Bopara's score as 134, but the scorecard from Cricinfo and the scorecard from CricketArchive both say 135.
- ^ Bopara wins place ahead of Loye, Cricinfo, 14 February 2007.
[edit] References
- Player Profile: Ravinder Bopara from Cricinfo
- Ravinder Bopara from CricketArchive
- The Lowdown — Ravinder Bopara from Cricinfo
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England squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Bell | 2 Bopara | 3 Joyce | 4 Pietersen | 5 Strauss | 6 Vaughan | 7 Collingwood | 8 Dalrymple | 9 Flintoff | 10 Nixon | 11 Anderson | 12 Lewis | 13 Mahmood | 14 Panesar | 15 Plunkett | Coach: Fletcher |
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