There’s a big step up from county cricket to Test cricket, which means there’s a big step down when you get dropped. Ravi Bopara’s returned to Essex and has promptly made 201 against Surrey.
Essex play in the second division, so it’s no so much a step down as a jump. It’s a good job players [...]
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, [...]
As in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything.
“He’s late to meetings, or he wears the wrong clothing to a function, or forgets his passport.” – Essex coach, Paul Grayson.
Ravi Bopara – a man with qualities we can all get behind.
He’s confident without being arrogant; humble without being meek; aggressive without being irresponsible; watchful without being bogged down.
That’s what he’d say anyway. England’s cricketers know they have to say the right things and it’s painful to hear at times. They have to remain positive otherwise the media call them weak-minded and if they’re too positive...
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