We are. We’d rather have Eoin Morgan, but if he’s got a knackered finger, we’ll settle for Bopara.
This is a somewhat unfashionable opinion at the minute and we’re pretty sure it’s because of that phenomenon where Ashes performances are almost wholly responsible for forming people’s opinions.
In 2009, Ravi Bopara had seven Ashes innings, [...]
India make it 3 in a row all thanks to Duckworth/Lewis system. England batted first and scored 240 all out. Ravi Bopara was the top scorer with 60. For India Harbhajan Singh took 3 wickets and 2 each to Ishant and Munaf. India scored 198/5 from 40 overs before bad light stopped play. India were [...]
So, less than 3 months to go and if I was prone to worry (rather than immune to it by now) the number of unresolved issues in the England camp might just be setting me off.
Much of the selection debate over here has centered around Michael Vaughan returning as an opener or number 3. I’m not sure about it, especially as many people seem to want him in the team irrespective of club form. That...
England have been knocked out of the Twenty/20 World Cup in a winner goes through to the semi-finals match against the West Indies.
England batting first scrapped to 161 - 6 from their 20 overs with an interruption during the innings due to a shower. Kevin Pietersen and Ravi Bopara scoring a majority of England’s runs with Bopara [...]
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