Jump to content

Ravi Bopara

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 128.243.253.104 (talk) at 16:26, 27 September 2013. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ravi Bopara
Personal information
Full name
Ravinder Singh Bopara
Born (1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39)
Forest Gate, London, England
NicknameMallet of Everlasting Righteousness; Roni
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 637)1 December 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last Test19 July 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 202)2 February 2007 v Australia
Last ODI23 June 2013 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–presentEssex
2006–2008MCC
2009–2010Kings XI Punjab
2009–2010Auckland Aces
2010/2013-presentDolphins
2012 (One Match)Gloucestershire
2013-presentChittagong Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 13 94 138 235
Runs scored 575 2,216 8,338 6,858
Batting average 31.94 32.58 41.48 39.41
100s/50s 67/0 1/11 23/32 10/39
Top score 678* 101* 229 201*
Balls bowled 434 1,367 9,976 5,209
Wickets 1 30 150 170
Bowling average 20.00 36.50 41.75 26.74
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/39 4/38 5/75 5/63
Catches/stumpings 6/– 27/– 80/– 71/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 September 2013

Ravinder Singh "Ravi" Bopara (born 4 May 1985) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex and England. Originally a top-order batsman, his developing medium pace bowling is making him a vital all-rounder and he has the best bowling figures for England in a Twenty20 International. Bopara has also played for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, and Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Bopara was first called up to the England One Day International team in 2007, before a difficult Test debut in Sri Lanka saw him dropped in early 2008 after a string of three ducks. He regained his place for a Test against the West Indies in the winter of 2008-09; on his return to the side, Bopara became the fifth batsman to score three consecutive Test centuries for England. Despite this success, during the 2009 Ashes Bopara again struggled and was dropped for the final Test of the series.

Early days

He was born to an Indian family, educated at Brampton Manor School, East Ham and Barking Abbey School, Bopara attended Frenford Clubs and represented Essex Boys and Girls Clubs in their representative U14 cricket team. Bopara made his first-class debut for Essex in May 2002. In 2003 and 2004, he played several matches for England U-19s, including in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup.

Bopara playing against Cambridge UCCE, April 2005

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] and in 2006 he was selected for England A in their March tour of the West Indies, as well as their 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. He was select for the third edition of World T20 in Caribbean.

England player

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. In England's match against Sri Lanka, Bopara was named man of the match for his 52 off 53 balls, which brought England to within three runs of victory from a seemingly hopeless position.[3][4] The partnership for the seventh wicket was an English World Cup record and was the second record partnership made by Bopara in the tournament, following his record fifth wicket partnership with Paul Collingwood against Canada.[5] On 30 August he again featured in a prominent tail end partnership, this time with Stuart Broad as the pair added an unbeaten 99 for the 8th wicket to defeat India at Old Trafford. Bopara finished 43 not out.

In June 2007, he made his highest ever first-class score, against Northamptonshire striking 229 runs off 391 balls, including 27 fours, and one six. He was picked in the squad for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in September 2007, but was injured and was unable to go.

Test debut

He made his Test debut in the tour to Sri Lanka in December 2007 but had a poor series, scoring only 42 runs in five innings including three ducks, and taking only one wicket at an average of 81. One BBC commentator described him as "well out of his depth at Test level",[6] and Bopara was subsequently selected in the ODI squad but not the Test squad for the tour to New Zealand in early 2008.[7] However, he returned to the Test squad for the fourth Test against South Africa in August 2008, following a good season for Essex in the County Championship.[8]

On 4 June 2008, Bopara recorded his highest List A score in the quarter finals of the Friends Provident Trophy. He scored an unbeaten 201 runs off 138 balls, including 18 fours and 10 sixes.[9] Bopara's score was just the eighth instance of a double hundred in the history of List A cricket and the highest for six years.[10] On 9 September 2008 Bopara was then named in England's 15-man squad for the inaugural Stanford Super Series in Antigua. There, England took on the Middlesex Crusaders and Trinidad and Tobago before facing the Stanford All-Stars on 1 November. The winning players in that match would have earned $1million each, with a further $1million being shared between the four players left out of the side.[11] This never came to fruition, however, as England fell to a heavy defeat in the final. The same day, Bopara was also handed an Increment Contract by the ECB.[12]

West Indies and Australia, 2009

On 18 February 2009, Bopara, along with Amjad Khan, was invited to join the England Test squad on their tour of the West Indies as cover for Andrew Flintoff who was struggling with a hip injury. He scored 124 not out in a warm up match, earning him a place in the 4th Test against the West Indies. In the first innings he scored his maiden Test century with 104 off 143 balls before being caught.[13] He was dropped for the next Test of the series, however he was re-selected for the first Test of the home series against the West Indies on 6 May.[14] There he scored his second consecutive Test century, scoring 143 runs from 186 balls.[15] He then scored another century in the second Test, becoming only the fifth England player to score three consecutive centuries.[16][17] He credited his success to his coaching by Graham Gooch at Essex.[18] Meanwhile, Australians Mitchell Johnson and Ricky Ponting stated to local media that during the upcoming 2009 Ashes series they were going to target Bopara in particular.[19]

Bopara getting hit in the throat by a bouncer during the first Test of the 2009 Ashes series at the SWALEC Stadium.

On 22 June, the England selectors announced a sixteen-man preliminary Ashes squad for that summer's series; it included Bopara.[20] Cricinfo staff wrote that "Bopara's stock could not be higher".[21] He found success in a warm-up match against Warwickshire, however, scoring 104 while opening with Andrew Strauss.[22]

Bopara struggled during the series, however, with scores of 35, one, 18, 27, 23, one and a duck.[23] He was dismissed by Ben Hilfenhaus in five of his seven innings. Speculation grew about his position for the final Test, where England required a win to regain the Ashes, and it was announced on 16 August that Bopara had been dropped in favour of uncapped Jonathan Trott, who went on to score a century on debut.[24] Bopara returned to Essex and scored 201 against Surrey,[25] and despite being replaced in the Test team remained in England's squads for the ODI series against Australia and the Champions Trophy in September.[26] On 11 September 2009 it was announced that Bopara had been awarded an "incremental contract" with England, as had Trott.[27] However, after the Champions Trophy Bopara did not play ODI cricket for ten months.[28]

On the fringes

Trott kept his Test place after his impressive debut, and Bopara saw Michael Carberry and Eoin Morgan make their Tests debuts in the away and home series against Bangladesh respectively, with Bopara making neither squad. However, some impressive form for Essex in domestic 40-over and Twenty20 cricket in 2010, as well as a century for the England Lions saw him recalled to the ODI team for the series decider against Bangladesh, after an injury to Ian Bell.[28] Bopara hit a late innings of 45 not out from just 16 balls and took career-best ODI bowling figures of 4/38.[29]

Bopara headed for the West Indies with England Lions in January 2011 after he missed out for the 2010-11 Ashes series Test and ODI squad and the 2011 World Cup. His stay in the Caribbean was cut short when he was called up to England's World Cup squad before the tournament as a replacement for the injured Eoin Morgan. Bopara played in England's opening match against the Netherlands and scored a match-winning 30 from 20 balls. After that, he did not play against India and Ireland as England chose to field a second spinner, Michael Yardy. Bopara returned to play against South Africa in place of the dropped Paul Collingwood. Bopara came in with the score at 15/3 and managed a partnership of 99 with Trott; Bopara ended with 60 of 98 balls. England restricted South Africa to 165 and Bopara was named the man of the match.

In 2011, Bopara turned down £100,000 to play for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL as a late replacement for the injured Paul Collingwood.[30] After Collingwood retired from Tests, Bopara and Morgan were the leading contenders to take his place in the side.[31] Bopara, who had already scored two centuries in the County Championship by May, was the favourite but an innings of 193 by Morgan for the England Lions against the touring Sri Lankans kept Bopara out of the Test side.[32] After missing out on the series against Sri Lanka, he returned to the team in August for the third Test against India in place of the injured Trott.[33]

In the following ODI series with India, Bopara was England's top run scorer with 197. In the tied fourth ODI Bopara hit a career-best 96 before being dismissed by Munaf Patel.[34] On 23 September 2011, Bopara claimed the best bowling figures by an Englishman in a T20 international with 4/10.[35]

Test centuries

Ravi Bopara's Test centuries
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 104 4 West Indies Bridgetown, Barbados Kensington Oval 2009
[2] 143 5 West Indies London, England Lord's 2009
[3] 108 6 West Indies Chester-le-street, England Riverside Ground 2009

Notes

  1. ^ This article from Cricinfo gives Bopara's score as 134, but the scorecard from Cricinfo and the scorecard from CricketArchive both say 135.
  2. ^ Bopara wins place ahead of Loye, Cricinfo, 14 February 2007.
  3. ^ Scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 April 2007.
  4. ^ Match report from the BBC, retrieved 5 April 2007.
  5. ^ World Cup Partnership Records for England from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 April 2007.
  6. ^ England series rankings from the BBC Test Match Special blog, retrieved 23 December 2007.
  7. ^ Prior dropped as Ambrose gets his chance from Cricinfo, retrieved 4 January 2008.
  8. ^ Bopara replaces Vaughan in squad from BBC Sport, retrieved 4 August 2008.
  9. ^ Cricket Scorecard from BBC Sport, retrieved 4 June 2008.
  10. ^ "List A - Most runs in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  11. ^ "Harmison gets $1m Stanford chance". BBC News. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Vaughan handed England contract". BBC News. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Amjad Khan and Bopara to provide cover for Flintoff". CricInfo. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  14. ^ McGlashan, Andrew (5 May 2009). "New-look England target momentum". CricInfo. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  15. ^ Miller, Andrew (12 May 2009). "England shake up the system". CricInfo. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  16. ^ "Cricinfo records". CricInfo. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  17. ^ "Bopara hits third successive ton". BBC News. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  18. ^ McGlashan, Andrew (14 May 2009). "Bopara credits Gooch for Test success". CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  19. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (21 May 2009). "Johnson piles pressure on Bopara". CricInfo. Retrieved 21 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Vaughan and Harmison left out of Ashes training squad". Cricinfo. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  21. ^ "Bopara backs Vaughan". Cricinfo. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  22. ^ Miller, Andrew (3 July 2009). "England make most of Ashes practice". CricInfo. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  23. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / RS Bopara / Test matches". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  24. ^ Miller, Andrew (16 August 2009). "Trott confirmed for Oval debut". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  25. ^ "County Championship Division Two, Essex v Surrey at Colchester, Aug 19-22, 2009". CricInro. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  26. ^ "Pietersen out of England ODI squad". CricInfo. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  27. ^ Brown, Alex (11 September 2009). "Harmison and Panesar lose contracts". CricInfo. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  28. ^ a b "Bopara called up to replace Bell". CricInfo. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  29. ^ "a20661 o3026 England v Bangladesh: Bangladesh in British Isles 2010 (3rd ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  30. ^ Ronay, Barney (12 April). "Why England must pick Ravi Bopara for the first Test against Sri Lanka". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  31. ^ "Morgan and Bopara face Test shootout". ESPNcricinfo. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  32. ^ Andrew McGlashan (22 May 2011). "Morgan wins selection race". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  33. ^ "Tremlett available but Trott still injured". ESPNcricinfo. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  34. ^ [1]
  35. ^ "Swann backs Bopara as all-rounder". BBC News. 23 September 2011.

References

External links

Template:England Squad 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Template:England Squad 2009 ICC World Twenty20

Template:England Squad 2012 ICC World Twenty20

Template:Dolphins cricket team Template:Chittagong Kings squad

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ravi_Bopara&oldid=574758767"