Player Profile: Ravi Bopara
After scoring a century in the Caribbean last month, Ravi Bopara now looks set to be thrust into the limelight as a crucial batsman, and is likely to play a prominent role in the Ashes series this year.
Date of birth: 4th May 1985
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Teams represented: England, Essex, MCC, Kings XI Punjab
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
He made his ODI debut in January 2007 and then featured in the Cricket World Cup and scored some crucial runs as a middle-order batsman, notably against Sri Lanka when his 52 off 53 balls almost secured an unlikely victory.
In December that year, Bopara made his Test debut in Sri Lanka, but failed to impress in the whites of the Test team as he had in the pyjamas of the One Day side. He was promptly dropped for the summer series, but reappeared again in August 2008 for the fourth Test against South Africa.
Bopara’s was much improved batting at six in the West Indies in early 2009, and now looks set to claim the number 3 role after Michael Vaughan, Ian Bell and Owais Shah.
In such a crucial position, Bopara could be the hero or the villain when the Australians arrive later this year.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Congratulations to Ravi for a well made century at Lord’s in the First Test Match against the Windies.
July 11th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Hi,
I recently saw ravi bat against warwickshire and got a brilliant hundred, was proud to see he had an indian coloured grip, does anyone know where i could get one?